Hi, I know people in Indiana by the name of Hudock..I wonder if that is a name change from Hudec/Hudek. I know my family name Lacsni has changed from that to:...
Hi Mary, Names Hudek and Hudec are spelled and pronouced different way and they are both in Slovakia for long years. Hudec is much more used. Regards, Maria ...
hi thanks for the info i don't no the name of any of my uncles on my grandfathers side, Rak. i no very little sorry this took so long but my computer is down ...
Hi Jean, I'm not really researching the Rak name, as it was a second marriage, which I don't think produced any children. All I have is his name. Your ...
Hi, I am trying to find out whether my great, grandfather Michael Dzamba may have been from Slovakia, and in particular Varadka. When I enter Dzamba into...
Hello Everyone, I have found my way back to this list after a short time away. I am, once again, looking for help. I recently had pictures taken of the two ...
To anyone on the site...... For some reason, I simply cannot any of the church records, the census records, or anything online that is accessable and free....
I cannot answer all your questions, but I'll give you what I have. 1. Searching for a name using a search engine is like searching in the dark. You do not...
hi John, have you checked the Ellis Island website? many of the 28 Dzamba surnames (male) were from Varadka .your Michael Dzamba, born in 1860, however, does...
What specific online resources are you denied access to? In general, church records are not online, only the catalog entries listing the village name and...
Hi Bill... Yes, I've been through Jewish Gen and done all that. Ellis Island too, and Yad Vashem. But I guess I'm speaking of the Hungarian census.........I...
Read the attached links. They explain the situation. http://www.iabsi.com/gen/public/CensusMain.htm http://www.centroconsult.sk/genealogy/census.html ...
Hi Bill and Noreen, Thanks very much for your help and suggestions. I don't have much to go on for my great-grandfather, though all of these information ...
... Greek Catholics from Varadka were/are virtually without a doubt ethnically & linguistically Rusyns, not Slovaks. The census statistics from the village ...
I am really confused. I guess genealogy does that. To make matters more complicated I saw the following link, and there are several sub- categories of...
... You wouldn't find the term Rusyn on a U.S. census document, nor on an immigration record. You would most likely see Ruthenian or Russniak, perhaps...
To which I will add, that some people of Rusyn origin who came into eastern Slovakia before the 18th century were assimilated into the general Slovak ...
It looks like Ancestry.com has reversed its earlier reversal and reinstated the California Birth Index. Hello data, goodbye security (for those of us born in...
Richard, I searched around for a linguistic map of the region as I am curious to see how it looks, and so far have had no luck. I suppose perhaps an academic...
You will a linguistic map in "Historical Atlas" by William R. Shepherd. The Fifth Edition, revised in 1926 was published by Henry Holt and Company in New...
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While many generic genealogy groups have discussed the utility of the data contained in the US Census document, I’d like to begin a discussion here about how...
Hi, I am new to this group. This is my first posting. I was wondering if any of you could help me with finding out about my ggrandmother's village. I found ...
Thanks to Bill for a wonderful discussion of census data. A comment: ... had presumed. Some very useful components include: . . . ... Usually shown as a...
Bill -- a genealogist suggested I find a library that offers Heritage Quest -- I personally like it better than Ancestry -- and the images of the census are a ...
Hello Bill and Slovak Group.... I do quite a bit of nobility research for other people and also for myself. At the present time I am researching a noble...
Jan, I hear your message is loud and clear. You really can't depend too much on the transcribed, searchable text of a database. There is far too much room...
Beverly, I checked my two references for Slovak communities and do not find any listing similar to Zamba. The references I checked were: 1. Vlastivedny'...
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