Ancestors and Relatives of Elaine Evans

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• Cemetery, & St. Dmitriy's, in Svetlice (132 KB)
  Cemetery where my ancestors are buried, with St. Dmitriy Greek Catholic church in the background.
• John Koshut Evans, approx. 1923 (12 KB)
  from Binghamton, NY photo
• View of Svetlice, 1992 (136 KB)
  View looking down on Svetlice from St. Dmitry the Great Martyr Greek Catholic Church. Photo taken by John Zgibor on a trip in 1992; used with his permission. I think the hills don't look all that different from western Pennsylvania!
• St. Dmitri, 1992 (112 KB)
  View looking up at St. Dmitri the Great Martyr Greek Catholic Church in Svetlice. Photo taken by John Zgibor in 1992; used with his permission.
• Inside St. Dmitri's (128 KB)
  Photograph taken inside St. Dmitri the Great Martyr Greek Catholic Church in Svetlice. I'm told that is or was the priest. Photo taken by John Zgibor, used with his permission.
• Emigration route from Slovakia (264 KB)
  This is the route taken by Helen Stefko Kosutova as she traveled across Europe on her journey to America in 1921, as determined by stamps on her passport. Traveling with her were her 3-year-old son John, and her mother-in-law Susanna Kosutova.
• Church dance! (171 KB)
  "Church Dance with Gypsy Orchestra", by Andrew Syka (copyrighted), from his book, used with his permission. Carpatho-Rusyn immigrants enjoying a csárdás in the St. Alexander nevsky Church School building in Woods Run, PA in the 1920s - 1930s. Note the Russian lesson on the blackboard.
• Arco, Trento, Italy, approx. 1950? (141 KB)
  An old postcard of Arco, showing the castle on the hill.
• Saibanti family, Bolognano, Italy, early 1920s? (85 KB)
  Angelo Saibanti and his wife Anastasia Vecchietti Saibanti. Their children Giuseppe, Luigi, Gioacchino, Elisabetta, and Domenica(?). Missing from the photo are Angelina Bianca Saibanati Amistadi (USA), and Teresina Saibanti Matteotti (Canada).
• Who are these people? (85 KB)
  I suspect this is Giovanni Saibanti (the brother of Angelo Saibanti), and his family? My only reason for believing that is that the setting appears to be identical to the setting in the photo that is known to be Angelo Saibanti and family. However, I have since heard from one of my relatives that back then traveling photographers would come to town and set up their camera at some central place, such as near a school or post office, and everyone in town who wanted their picture taken would go to that spot. If that is the case, these people might not be Saibantis at all. In fact, I'm starting to think they look more like Amistadis. If anyone can REALLY identify these people, I would really appreciate it! Certainly this picture was taken somewhere near Arco, Trento, Italy. It possibly was taken in the early 1920s.