Slovak-Roots Moderator/Members, I am Tom Potsko from Hanover Township, PA. I have been researching genealogical roots of my family and my wife's family for a...
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Vladimir Bohinc
vbohinc
Jan 2, 2006 7:58 pm
Dear Kristine, This is a very wrong reading and there is no such or similar village in Zemplin. Can you make this document available for us to see and do our...
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Vladimir Bohinc
vbohinc
Jan 2, 2006 7:38 pm
Dear Carl, I like questions, but I am not very fond of " was this common?". To make something common would mean to generalize it. This would not bring you...
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amiak27
Jan 2, 2006 5:48 pm
Carl, As you gain information on the meanings of the words, I suggest you associate each meaning with a time and region, as words and meanings do change with...
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Carl Kotlarchik
ktlrchk
Jan 2, 2006 5:09 pm
Yes, I have read the Grisak Family History and agree that it is a very good book. I have also ordered several other books that have been recommended but I was...
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Tom Potsko
jaschr71
Jan 2, 2006 3:26 pm
Thanks, Janet ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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johnqadam
Jan 2, 2006 3:24 pm
There is an absolutely excellent book about the Rusyn US-immigrant experience. It's an autobiography of Joseph Grisak, 1873-1950, born in Slovinky, (today's...
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Carl Kotlarchik
ktlrchk
Jan 2, 2006 2:54 pm
Could anyone explain some things about the hierachy in farm villages in the 1800s? Vladimir Bohinc has written a bit about it on Bill Tarkulich's web-site but...
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Janet Kozlay
kozlay
Jan 2, 2006 2:26 pm
Dear Tom, There is no translated version and probably will never be. However, from what I can see, the Packa you found refers to a village, not a family name, ...
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Tom Potsko
jaschr71
Jan 2, 2006 2:07 pm
Janet, Is there an english translation or version of this site? I found three references to my family name Packa, in it. http://www.arcanum.hu/mol Thanks, Tom ...
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Tom Potsko
jaschr71
Jan 2, 2006 2:05 pm
Janet, Is there an english translation or version of this site? I found three references to my family name Packa, in it. ... [Non-text portions of this message...
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Janet Kozlay
kozlay
Jan 2, 2006 1:31 pm
You might want to check out all of these spellings at www.arcanum.hu/mol. In addition to the Latin entry referring to Ryuche, you will find mentions of this...
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Janet Kozlay
kozlay
Jan 2, 2006 1:03 pm
Precious little, I'm afraid. There is a mention of Matyas Maczek and his wife Orsolya (Ursula) from the late 1400s, I believe from Nyitra megye. A Maria Macsek...
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Ann Fisher
pajovigirl1
Jan 2, 2006 9:04 am
That's weird, unless ancestry.com just matched it to the last name. Since I'm not a paying member there I couldn't get details. It may just be their way of...
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Andrea Vangor
cinuka
Jan 2, 2006 6:44 am
Don't you all find this word in church records used in the same sense as sedlak? That is, a small owner rather than a renter. The man who in Hungarian would...
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Maze Rydlian
vwonxtc
Jan 2, 2006 6:39 am
Is there Maczek in there? Thanks David...
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Alan Antoska
aantoska
Jan 2, 2006 3:08 am
Today, a slovak word meaning farmer. Origin probably from latin 'rola' meaning field. Hence, field worker, but common usuage as 'farmer' ... Send instant...
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Vladimir Linder
vlinder1949
Jan 2, 2006 12:40 am
Rolnik is SLOVAK it is a farmer V;ladi ... Vladimir Linder I do Genealogical research, Ancestral Village Videos and Ancestral Village Photography in Slovakia....
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Carl Kotlarchik
ktlrchk
Jan 2, 2006 12:16 am
Thanks very much for translating this word but what language is this? I have checked my Hungarian, Slovak and Latin dictionaries and not found this term. ... ...
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johnqadam
Jan 2, 2006 12:02 am
LDS has some limited Greek Catholic parish registers of births, marriages, and deaths for Starina (Humenné), Slovakia; formerly Sztarina, Zemplén, Hungary. ...
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Bill Tarkulich
smitko2
Jan 1, 2006 11:42 pm
No, I am not aware. I know that a lot has happened since they "renovated" it. I remember going back a year or two ago and many of the signs have changed. Do...
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maruszin
Jan 1, 2006 10:59 pm
Hi Bill This was a nice description of your visit to Ellis Island. Are you aware of a of a site that shows the original signs with destinations for the trains...
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Kristine
krissy924
Jan 1, 2006 10:37 pm
... It just might be. It doesn't say though...at least not that I can tell. It is in Latin and under religio it has written graec. cath. beside both of ...
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Armata, Joseph R. (JA...
jarmata00
Jan 1, 2006 10:16 pm
This means a farmer (rolnik). Joe ... From: "Bill Tarkulich" <bill.tarkulich@...> To: <SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 5:05...
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Bill Tarkulich
smitko2
Jan 1, 2006 10:04 pm
I received an inquiry from someone looking at the Snina RC church register. They found an occupation is listed as "rolnik" or possibly "roluik". Do you know...
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Richard D. Custer
vchromoho
Jan 1, 2006 9:50 pm
Is the certificate from Sts. Peter & Paul Greek Catholic Church of Braddock? If so, you are probably dealing with Rusyns rather than Slovaks. There was a...
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Kristine
krissy924
Jan 1, 2006 9:17 pm
I have a marriage license of my great grandfather to his second wife in 1900 Braddock, Alleghany County, PA. It is somewhat hard to read. I had someone who...
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Vladimir Bohinc
vbohinc
Jan 1, 2006 5:31 pm
Dear Joni, Now you know where one has to search. Go to CGSI and pick a czech researcher near Litomerice who can do that for you. With best regards, Vladimir ...
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Janet Kozlay
kozlay
Jan 1, 2006 5:02 pm
I don't understand. When I search on Domanic I get 36 of them for the 1920 Census, none of whom are Balint, or even begin with a B. Janet _____ From:...
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Bratgirl54@...
mkosinar
Jan 1, 2006 3:40 am
Thanks Bill for the information you supplied.............Happy New Year to all! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
