Karen's Heritage
This page details the heritage of Karen Sue (Myszka) Enlow. Her families are the MYSZKA, KOSHKO (also spelled KOSKO, KASKO) and the ZYBKO families of Kansas City, Kansas; Kansas City, Missouri; and California.
These families have all emigrated from the area that is now Belarus. After an initial period of independent feudal consolidation, Belarusian lands were incorporated into the Kingdom of Lithuania, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire and eventually the Soviet Union. Belarus became an independent country in 1991 after declaring itself free from the Soviet Union.
The family had always said that they were called "White Russians."
White Russian, depending on the language, has been called by many names. This chart shows the various terms used to mean White Russian.
These families have all emigrated from the area that is now Belarus. After an initial period of independent feudal consolidation, Belarusian lands were incorporated into the Kingdom of Lithuania, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and later in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire and eventually the Soviet Union. Belarus became an independent country in 1991 after declaring itself free from the Soviet Union.
The family had always said that they were called "White Russians."
White Russian, depending on the language, has been called by many names. This chart shows the various terms used to mean White Russian.
- In French it's Bielorussie
- In German it's Wiessrussland
- In Spanish it's Bielorusso
- In Polish it's Bialorus
- In Latin it's Ruthenia Alba
- In Slowak it's Belorusija
- In Esparanto it's Belorusio
- In Czech it's Belorusko
- Italian and Portuguese it's Bielorussia
- In English, its newest form is Belarus
KOSHKO FILE
20My KOSHKO file contains 148 surnames (AS OF Nov 2017) but the main ancestor lines are the following surnames.
ZYBKO (49 names)
MYSZKA (28 names)
KOSHKO/KOSKO (33 names)
GIDDINGS (19 names)
ZYBKO (49 names)
MYSZKA (28 names)
KOSHKO/KOSKO (33 names)
GIDDINGS (19 names)