Hello Karen,

                    My Aunt Rose Fratick mentioned to me before she died that

she had relatives in Bucks Co.  We are in Delaware Co. Pa.   My grandfathers

first name was Andrew he was married to Mary Horvanek. They came to the US in

around 1900. I was always told we were Slovak. Our neighborhood is Slovak and

at one time we had a Slovak American Citizens Club. I believe my grandfather

had a brother who settled in Bucks county. I do know that our name was

americanized years ago. Thank you for your response    Joe Fratick





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Joe-



My maiden name is Fratrik.  I am originally from Bucks County in Pennsylvania. 

There are several family members currently trying to find family in Slovakia.  I

would be happy to help you if I can.  My great grandfather, Adam Fratrik,  came

from Podhorie Hungary in 1906 to Ellis Island.  I have some information. Just

let me know what you need.

Karen Fratrik Earls

swekearls@...



MCMAN1@... wrote:

Hello

         Does anyone recognize the last name of  FRATICK or FATRIK, FATRICK,

FRATRIK in Slovakia?     I am interested in tracing my grandfathers roots to

Slovakia.

I know very little about his past as he could not speak english. I don't even

know what town he came from. Any help would be apprieciated.



    Thank you

    Joe Fratick     E-mail     MCMAN1@...





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--- In SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com, MCMAN1@a... wrote:

> Hello

>         Does anyone recognize the last name of  FRATICK or FATRIK, FATRIC=

K,

> FRATRIK in Slovakia?     I am interested in tracing my grandfathers roots=

  to

> Slovakia.

> I know very little about his past as he could not speak english. I don't =

even

> know what town he came from. Any help would be apprieciated.

>

>    Thank you

>    Joe Fratick     E-mail     MCMAN1@a...

>



Joe



Ellis Island Records (EIR) list 28 surnames Fratric who had emigrated

to US from Croatia (former Yugoslavia)

In Croatian the surname is spelled Fratric' (pron. Fratrich)



EIR list 16 surnames Fratrik who had emigrated to US from

western Slovakia (i.e., Bitarová (Sk) Bitérfalva (H) and Zadubnie (Sk)

Tölgyesalja (H)) located near Z^ilina.



You spell your surname Fratick.

Social Security Death Index (SSDI) lists 6 surnames Fratick under PA and IL=

.

Can it be assumed you are related to them ?



or

SSDI lists 13 surnames Fratrik all listed under Bucks CO PA.



What was grandfather's given name ?

He had settled in what State ?



He could not speak English but he spoke Slovak and was from Slovakia

formerly known as  Upper-Hungary before WW I  and part of Czechoslovakia af=

ter 1920  ?



What language did he speak ?



How are you ?        English



Hogy Van ?            Hungarian



Ako sa más^ ?        Slovak



Jak se máte ?        Czech



Jak sie masz ?       Polish



Kako ste ?             Croatian



Kako se imate ?      Slovene

Joe,

Each search is different.  However, my starting point was similar to yours.

I did not know how to spell the last names of three out of four of my

grandparents, and truthfully, the names alternated between Slovak and Hungarian

spellings depending on who was in power at the time.

One of the tools I did was to use the Ellis Island search database which has

been refined and expedited by Mr. Morse

http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.html

If you find the record, you will then know a little more about your

grandfather.  If not, you can always go to the local National Archives and

Records

Administration and search there.

Or the Latter Day Saints Mormon Family History Center nearest to where you

live.



The next step, and the one I consider the most important, would be to go to

the church where your father was baptized.  Ask to be helped by the rectory to

find the record of your father's baptism.  You must have access to the ledger,

not receive a copy of his Baptismal certificate. The certificate has nothing

more than whatever you probably already know.  But the ledger has much more

vital data.  It even has the godparents and their village of origin.  It has

where the family lived at the time of the Baptism.  But the main thing is that

it

will have the village of origin for both of your father's parents.  If you

are fortunate, it will be spelled correctly and it will be the exact town.  In

some instances, it will provide only the county of origin such as Saros or

Spis. But, even at that rate, you will still be a little closer to knowing where

is the village.

That is how I started my search.  To make a long story short, I have found

and visited two out of four of my ancestral villages.

Good luck to you.

Where did your grandfather settle?

Noreen





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At 10:04 PM 5/23/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>Hello

>         Does anyone recognize the last name of  FRATICK or FATRIK, FATRICK,

>FRATRIK in Slovakia?     I am interested in tracing my grandfathers roots to

>Slovakia.



There are many Fratrik, Fratrikova, and Fratric^ listed in the online SK

phone book.  I could find none of the others you mentioned.  Just a quick

scan of their locations seems to indicate most Fratriks were located in

Western Slovakia (Bratislava, Zlina, etc)



>I know very little about his past as he could not speak english. I don't even

>know what town he came from. Any help would be apprieciated.



You'll have to start here using Social Security, church, citizenship

applications, etc to find out when he arrived and perhaps what town he was

from.  Have you tried the online Ellis Island Database?



John M

Hello

         Does anyone recognize the last name of  FRATICK or FATRIK, FATRICK,

FRATRIK in Slovakia?     I am interested in tracing my grandfathers roots to

Slovakia.

I know very little about his past as he could not speak english. I don't even

know what town he came from. Any help would be apprieciated.



    Thank you

    Joe Fratick     E-mail     MCMAN1@...





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Recently read a article on a immigrant that came to the US in about 1901,

and it said that a trip to the US which normally takes a week took three

weeks because of bad weather and some mechanical problems.



Dan Kisha



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>

> I was recently at Ellis Island touring and in one of the instructional

tours

> they stated that a trip could take a week or up to a month.

>

> Sue

>

>

> >From: "Theresa McGlothlen" <tery@...>

> >Reply-To: SLOVAK-ROOTS@egroups.com

> >To: SLOVAK-ROOTS@egroups.com

> >Subject: [SLOVAK-ROOTS] Info

> >Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 19:36:25 -0000

> >

> >I was wondering if anyone could give me any information on how long

> >it

> >took the ships to reach the US?  I am giving a speech in my speech

> >class on genealogy, and boy am I nervous, and thought If I through in

> >that little bit of info as an ice breaker it might help.

> >Theresa

> >

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I was wondering if anyone could give me any information on how long

it

took the ships to reach the US?  I am giving a speech in my speech

class on genealogy, and boy am I nervous, and thought If I through in

that little bit of info as an ice breaker it might help.

Theresa