I, too, am leaning towards what Bohdana says. There are a lot of BRATKO immigrants coming from Galicia (today's southern Poland), which were populated with...
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Bohdana Badzio
bbadzio
Aug 9, 2004 4:18 pm
Hello Jerry, have you located the marriage record for Maria Bratko and Andrew Molchany, for example on an FHL microfilm? It should have information on the...
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John M,
yawho2001
Aug 9, 2004 5:44 am
... I found 57 Bratko listings in the SK online phone directory. From just a cursory scan of the listings, there appear to be Bratkos in many areas of ...
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Bill Tarkulich
tarkulich
Aug 9, 2004 2:27 am
Have you considered looking at the other BRATKO manifest entries to see from where these folk came? Have you used the online phonebook, with an areacode of...
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jwm469@...
jwm_579
Aug 8, 2004 11:41 pm
I am asking for help in deciding wher to try to look next. My great-grandmother Maria Bratko married my great- grandfather Andrew Molchany (Molcsany/Molcanyi)...
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Gregory J Kopchak
greg@...
Aug 8, 2004 4:21 am
Janet: We have sold the Slovak Family Traditions book in the past and although only a small part is in English and the photos are sepia only, it is well worth...
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Janet Kozlay
jkozlay
Aug 8, 2004 3:23 am
The work I found reference to was entitled “Encyclopedia of Folk Culture in Slovakia“ (Encyklopédia µudovej kultúry Slovenska), published in 1995 by ...
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Janet Kozlay
jkozlay
Aug 8, 2004 3:13 am
Thanks for providing the information. I became extremely irritated with the Expatriate Bookshop. It took so long for my book to arrive, I accused them of...
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Bill Tarkulich
tarkulich
Aug 8, 2004 2:56 am
Tradicie slovenskej rodiny (Slovak Family Traditions), 1997 Sources for purchase: http://stores.ebay.com/Slovak-Import-Company US$25 ...
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Dr. Joe Q.
DoctorQ@...
Aug 8, 2004 1:59 am
Dear Bill, Thank you for a link to such an informative site. Dr. "Q"...
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Bill Tarkulich
tarkulich
Aug 8, 2004 1:55 am
I have excerpted some interesting passages from this Slovak-language book.' You can find them here http://www.iabsi.com/gen/public/traditions.htm ...
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R D Gale
rdgink
Aug 8, 2004 12:56 am
I would like to refer you to the Carpatho-Rusyn Research Center, which has the Magosci text you referred to at about half that price (Nov. 2003). C-RRC Inc. ...
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jjeanann2000
Aug 7, 2004 11:28 pm
hi recently i rediscovered a cousin i hadn't talked to in years and after awhile she looked up her mothers bible and found it. it showed the dates i had for my...
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John M,
yawho2001
Aug 7, 2004 9:28 pm
... Are you speaking of "Tradicie slovenskey rodiny" (Slovak Family Traditions)? It covers the 19th and 20th century. I recently received a paperback copy...
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amiak27
Aug 7, 2004 5:20 pm
Wow, that is a shock to hear your business is so good up here, we only have 600,000 people of all kinds! Sadly we Rusyn & Slovaks obviously are very poorly...
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Gregory J Kopchak
greg@...
Aug 7, 2004 4:51 pm
Ron: There are lots of Rusyns and Slovaks in Alaska, they are just not well connected. We ship almost as much to Alaska as we do to Ohio and Pennsylvania. Greg...
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Bill Tarkulich
tarkulich
Aug 7, 2004 4:20 pm
Ron, Thanks for doing this. It is great and very insightful. _______ Bill Tarkulich ... From: amiak27 [mailto:rmat@...] Sent: Saturday, August...
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Bill Tarkulich
tarkulich
Aug 7, 2004 4:12 pm
I have a similar collection and I too struggle with what to do with the printed material. I find that as Slovak and Rusyns disperse across the lands, having a...
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amiak27
Aug 7, 2004 2:34 pm
Last November I returned from a trip through Czechia-Slovakia-Hungary and brought a few books that I have sought for a long, long time. Surprisingly they are...
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Dr. Joe Q.
DoctorQ@...
Aug 7, 2004 2:01 pm
Dear Ron, Thank you very much for your contributions. I'm sure you will think of a good use for your library. Dr. "Q"...
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Caye Caswick
ccaswick
Aug 7, 2004 1:57 pm
I think leaving them to Slovak and/or Rusyn Societies would be appropriate -- say so in your will if that is your intention. Caye ... ...
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amiak27
Aug 7, 2004 1:53 pm
Thanks! Yes, I was not sure if anyone else was interested enough for me to put in the effort, but the translation was from poor English summary and correcting...
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Bill Tarkulich
tarkulich
Aug 7, 2004 12:47 pm
Ms. Danusha Goska has asked me to publish to the web her annotated bibliolography of folk art and architecture in Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine. I have done so...
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Janet Kozlay
jkozlay
Aug 7, 2004 12:03 pm
Thanks for providing in interesting description of medieval house architecture. It is too bad that the author did not make any comparisons with 18th and 19th...
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nhasior@...
Aug 7, 2004 11:56 am
Ron, thank you for one of the most interesting articles. you must have spent a great deal of time in translating this document. i have printed it out and...
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amiak27
Aug 7, 2004 7:20 am
Janet, Your comment on village architecture shows someone else is also interested, so I will offer this: On the topic of the number of rooms in a house, the...
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mlthrush
Aug 7, 2004 12:23 am
Janet, Thanks for the additional information on typical Slovak houses and for the 2 websites. It got me searching for more details on my family's living...
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mlthrush
Aug 6, 2004 11:58 pm
Bill, Unfortunately I only have the copy of my family's census info. and not of the rest of the village. It is from Sucha Dolina in Saros county. I will need...
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Caye Caswick
ccaswick
Aug 6, 2004 4:12 pm
A friend passed this on to me, she knows I am into genealogy -- and it's about NY State -- but I'm sure everyone can benefit, it's pretty straight forward, no ...
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Janet Kozlay
jkozlay
Aug 6, 2004 2:25 pm
Frank, Where did you get your information that most houses had only one room? A search on “Slovak house architecture“ resulted in the following ...
