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Gellertfalva?? Dobra Volya??? Spisske Vlachy?? and the ONDZIK fa   Message List  
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Heimatbuch on Eisdorf/Zakovce/Iszakfalva is printed

Dear fellow researchers,

The Eisdorf book is printed. The cost is Euro 19 plus mailing. It has about 350
pages, incl. many old pictures. It is in German, with English summaries.

You can order directly from Inge Schmidt at ingetraud-Schmidt@... , who
will also tell you how to pay.

Alles Gute,

Thomas




Thu Jul 9, 2009 1:56 pm

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In my joy in your finding the connection between Dobra Volya -- Gellertfalva -- Spisske Vlachy I forgot to ask if perhaps you could provide other insights. We...
jtgen96
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Feb 3, 2009
10:56 pm

Gwen, Gellert is a Christian name and simply means Gerhard/Gerold in German (I don't know the meaning of Dobra Vol'a. Dobra means good, but Vol'a?). Wallendorf...
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Feb 5, 2009
3:01 am

Hi Thomas: Thank you for the history lesson. I enjoyed your posting because you mentioned Richenau (Richnava), Kluckenau (Kluknava), and Wallendorf (Spisske...
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Feb 5, 2009
3:06 am

Thomas, What wonderful background you have supplied us for these villages. Thank you so much for sharing. Gwen ... German (I don't know the meaning of Dobra...
jtgen96
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Feb 8, 2009
8:40 pm

dobra vol'a means good will or voluntary, depending on context.  Separated, they are Good Will. Together, we have dobrovolna (-y, -e) which means voluntary....
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Feb 9, 2009
3:07 am

I don't know Slovak and ran across Scholtyz as the slovakized version of Schulz. I guess this website here has the slovak spelling: ...
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ycrtmr
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Feb 9, 2009
1:17 pm

Soltyz by any spelling variation and dialect of Slovak or German should be of interest to the list, since it is the Soltys system that was instrumental in...
Ron Matviyak
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Feb 9, 2009
9:55 pm

Yes, Ron, I agree- this part of Slovak history is almost fundamental to understanding the history of the middle-ages in Uhorska/Hungary/Slovakia. I was very...
Ben Sorensen
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Feb 10, 2009
4:09 am

Actually, Vol'a has a second meaning when used as a place name - it refers to a settlement that was free of taxes or duties for a certain period of time after...
Armata, Joseph R
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Feb 9, 2009
1:46 pm

Hallo Thomas, I saw your posting about Gerolsdorf and was very interested. I often wondered why I can't find the census 1865 for Presov. Is that the reason,...
christine mackara
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Feb 9, 2009
2:24 pm

Dear fellow researchers, The Eisdorf book is printed. The cost is Euro 19 plus mailing. It has about 350 pages, incl. many old pictures. It is in German, with...
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