Welcome to the Village Cluster website dedicated to our Galician-Rusyn ancestors from the Peregrymka/Perehrymka/Pielgrzymka village area. This site is, and will continue to be, a work-in-progress. Its purpose is the continual expansion of an established base of knowledge about our immigrant family members and their Carpathian foothills homeland.

There will be several research areas--most of which will take considerable time to complete. Rather than wait until all topics are researched and written, we invite you to join with us as fellow-creators of this site. We welcome all contributions--photographs of your ancestors, family histories, genealogical information and anything else which would help in our mission to honor those who have gone before.

The site contains a current appeal to support the restoration of St. Michael the Archangel Church, the only church remaining in our grandparents' and great-grandparents' villages, but it is hoped that support for this tiny Orthodox church will be an ongoing commitment of the larger American-Peregrymka family.

Please send any relevant genealogical information to Maryann at maryann@avillagecluster.com and proposed text additions to Carol at carol@avillagecluster.com. We are particularly interested in photographs of any of the immigrants listed from these villages in the old world or the new. Andrew Smith (ajsmith@avillagecluster.com) has the major responsiblity for maps and village historical documents.

We look forward to our work together.

Carol, Maryann and Andy