Jean, I am sorry to be the one to disappoint you, but my immediate guess is that "Estrarich" is really "Österreich", which is what the Austrians call their...
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Jeanann Jameson
jjeanann2000
Dec 3, 2004 8:28 pm
hi ron, thanks for getting back to me. i was hoping it meant a town. the only town my mother remembers my grandmother speaking is and excuse the spelling ...
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johnqadam
Dec 3, 2004 10:44 pm
To locate places in Europe, especially if you are not sure of the proper spelling of the place name, the best reference is found at ...
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nhasior@...
Dec 4, 2004 11:11 am
Hi Jean, my grandmother also spoke German, Polish, Slovak and Polish. She came from what was then the Austrio-Hungarian Empire. Today, her particular village...
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krisstrot@...
krisstrot
Dec 4, 2004 3:11 pm
In a message dated 12/4/2004 5:12:21 AM Central Standard Time, nhasior@... writes: Today, her particular village was in the Eastern part of Slovakia near...
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nhasior@...
Dec 4, 2004 4:51 pm
Hi Kris, my grandmother was from Lubicke Kupele. It is south east of Kezmarok. i wonder, since many of the settlers came from Germany, where in Germany...
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amiak27
Dec 4, 2004 6:15 pm
Looking at "Slowakei, Heimatland der Karpatendeutschen" to get the story straight according to German perspective, they state the Zipser German settlers were...
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krisstrot@...
krisstrot
Dec 4, 2004 6:16 pm
In a message dated 12/4/2004 10:52:29 AM Central Standard Time, nhasior@... writes: since many of the settlers came from Germany, where in Germany they may...
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nhasior@...
Dec 4, 2004 9:24 pm
Ron and Kris, this is all very interesting. If the Mongols ravaged Szepes County in the mid-1300's, could it not have been long after that that the German...
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Thomas Reimer
ycrtmr
Dec 4, 2004 10:03 pm
The Mongols came in 1240-1241. Germans lived in the Zips already then, since the 12th century, notably in Eisdorf (Zakovce). After the Mongol devastation, many...
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Manya Jurcak
manyajurcak
Dec 4, 2004 10:11 pm
I have a few papers in slovak that tell me something about my family but I can't find any sort of translator. I was wondering if anyone here could help me. ...
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Michael Mojher
mgmojher
Dec 4, 2004 10:30 pm
Dear Manya, I have a new niece-in-law, Lydia Bruns, who was from Slovakia. She was an English Major in college. She is interested in translating for a fee. If...
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Frank
frankly1us
Dec 4, 2004 10:55 pm
... Jean hi tag (G) czesc (P) ahoj (Sk) zdravo (Cr) Sremská Mitrovica (Croatian) Mitróvicza (Hungarian) Mitrowitz (German) Sirmium (Latin) Sremská Mitrovica...
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nhasior@...
Dec 5, 2004 2:28 am
... Thomas, Kris and Ron, If Germans were already living in Zips (Szepes) in 1240, that is well over 750 years ago. After living there for all that time,...
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Thomas Reimer
ycrtmr
Dec 5, 2004 2:38 am
Slovak and German are used here to describe their ethnicity, not their present citizenship. The descendants of a local German who married into a Slovak village...
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krisstrot@...
krisstrot
Dec 5, 2004 5:01 am
In a message dated 12/4/2004 8:28:53 PM Central Standard Time, nhasior@... writes: If Germans were already living in Zips (Szepes) in 1240, that is well...
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Vladimir Bohinc
vbohinc
Dec 5, 2004 7:53 am
Sremska Mitrovica is located right in the middle of Srem, which is a geaographical area right west of Belgrade. It never was located in Slavonia, which is...
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nhasior@...
Dec 5, 2004 11:35 am
Zipser giving credit to where he was born, and Saxon giving credit to his heritage. Slovak and German are used here to describe their ethnicity, not their ...
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Frank
frankly1us
Dec 5, 2004 1:58 pm
... geaographical area right west of Belgrade. ... area, more West. ... Fruska gora mountain between those two rivers. At the same distance from Belgrade, a...
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Vladimir Bohinc
vbohinc
Dec 5, 2004 2:18 pm
Dear Frank, Nista, nista. Sve je u redu.:-) Vladimir ... From: Frank To: SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 2:58 PM Subject: [S-R]...
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krisstrot@...
krisstrot
Dec 5, 2004 4:18 pm
In a message dated 12/5/2004 7:59:52 AM Central Standard Time, ... portion joined the new nation of Yugoslavia as part of the Treaty of Trianon (June 4, 1920)...
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amiak27
Dec 5, 2004 5:23 pm
Noreen, About a year ago I went to see 'Lord of the Rings' after listening to a fellow at work talk about all the characters, languages, cultures and exotic...
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Thomas Reimer
ycrtmr
Dec 5, 2004 6:11 pm
There is a more close connection in many cases. After the Turks withdrew, the rather empty area was resettled by all ethnic groups from the Kingdom of Hungary...
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krisstrot@...
krisstrot
Dec 5, 2004 6:23 pm
The interesting thing about my Zipser-Saxon Grandfather and my Donauschwaben Grandmother is that they met in Detroit in about 1919. I find it fascinating that...
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nhasior@...
Dec 5, 2004 11:18 pm
In a message dated 12/5/04 12:24:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Ron, you mean we have a life outside of genealogy? :O) enjoy the rest of the weekend. not...
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WHew536674@...
joycehewlett
Dec 6, 2004 1:45 am
In a message dated 12/4/2004 9:39:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... I found it interesting when I traced my great grandmother's family back to the 1720s in...
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Janet Kozlay
jkozlay
Dec 6, 2004 3:07 am
It is an interesting exercise to look at the languages spoken by people from a particular area in Slovakia when they came through Ellis Island. I did that...
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amiak27
Dec 6, 2004 4:23 am
With the medley and mix of nationalities in Austria-Hungary it is amazing to see how people did chose an ethnic identity. It sounds as if your grandmother was...
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amiak27
Dec 6, 2004 4:24 am
With the medley and mix of nationalities in Austria-Hungary it is amazing to see how people did chose an ethnic identity. It sounds as if your grandmother was...
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WHew536674@...
joycehewlett
Dec 6, 2004 4:51 am
In a message dated 12/5/2004 11:24:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... You hit the nail on the head. It wasn't until I started to research church records that I...
