Here is a terrific web site which has text and streaming audio of English-language broadcasts from Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia and...
Hi, I am a new member. My mother gave me a suitcase which I have been sorting through. In it were a bunch of old letters. I also looked up in the phone book...
Keep your first one short and simple -- feel free to write in English -- probably typing it would be best -- and if this person on the other end has children...
Dear Members, I will be in Eastern Slovakia, based in Presov, for the first three weeks of May. On last years trip I had time to photograph some villages for...
Thanks to reader generosity, I've published scans of several birth-related certificates, along with translation annotations. I have also published information...
Bill, I have recently obtained my grandfather's birth certificate -- 1899, Csakany in Abauj-Torna. Are you interested in adding to your collection? ... From:...
Hello Andrea, Love to have if it is unique in some way from the others. Thanks! ______________ Bill Tarkulich ... From: Andrea Vangor [mailto:drav@...] ...
As part of a project to map human migration, anyone can have their DNA analyzed for ancestral orgins under a program created by National Geographic & IBM. ...
I've located baptismal, marriage and death records for my ancestors via the LDS microfilms and had a question regarding the feminine ending on surnames. I've...
It's a matter of what language is used for recording. If the Slovak language is used, OVA is the most common feminine suffix, although SKA, and CHA are...
Thanks for explaining that Bill, I 'just knew' it was of this century and not before -- as my grandmother never referred to herself as ova -- but the cousins ...
You may enjoy these pieces on JP2 skiing in Southern Poland, On the Slovakia Border: "Pope on a Rope Tow", http://tinyurl.com/4nzku (The only place you can go...
Generally speaking, Rusyns never used the "-ova" feminine surname ending until they came under Czechoslovak rule in 1919-1920. Whether the Greek Catholic...
Dear Sue, This ova endings were officially introduced after the WW1, when the Czech administration took over the matters. Here and there you can find them...
My Rusyn grandmother called her Rusyn neighbor Mrs. Lilikutch "Lilikutchka", and she in turn was called by Mrs. Lilikutch " Vaskonya" (for Mrs. Vasko). Would...
different ethnic groups have different ways how to say who somebody is. One has to distinguish, how someone is "called" and how his name is officially written....
In a message dated 4/14/05 7:57:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Bill, Thanks for sharing that wonderful article on Pope John Paul's sking location. i enjoyed...
... Czech administration took over the matters. ... Czech influence. Such influence can be seen in areas close to ... began to write ova , or Jiri for Juraj. ...
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Pat Watkins
partygator@...
Apr 15, 2005 8:01 pm
I have just joined this group because I cannot find any information about my grandfather or grandmother who immigrated to the US on January 27, 1901. They...
Pat, I ran the town names thru this database (and you can too): http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellisshort.html I found one hit for your grandfather's...
Thanks Frank, You just answered many questions for me! Now any thoughts why i see names like waculik would change to vaculik? I have seen w change to v before,...
Jennifer -- here's a W/V example from my family history: The Surname WARGUSKA -- was spelled VARGUSKA as well -- probably because that is how it is pronounced....
In the modern road atlas; Sterusy is on Highway 502, 4 km south of Vrbove. The nearest large city is Piestany. Sterusy is due west of it, about 10 km. Piestany...
Welcome to a great new hobby You have a lot more information available than you realize. Sterusz, Nyitra Megye = county, now S'terusy, Slovakia. Locate it on ...
Dear Pat, On the Kuban line no research will be needed.I just recently completed the Kuban family research in Sterusy and will put you in contact with your...
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Pat Watkins
partygator@...
Apr 16, 2005 1:40 pm
Wow!!!! I definitely will contact you. Thanks, Pat ************ ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 /...
Wow!!! Did you ever get lucky. The part of your family tree that only has records available in the Slovak archives has been completed by a professional...
