I thought I would share this because I didn't know it myself until someone at my local Family History Center told me. Our local public library has a website...
A reminder that it is against the rules of the list to send spam, chain emails or any other off topic (non genealogy) messages to this list. Doing so may...
Hello everyone, I am new to the list, and not sure if I am in the right place. I am trying to find out more about my great grandparents, last names Kozar and...
Sarah, You mentioned the surname "Kozar." In my hometown, a coal patch in Southwestern PA, called Whitney, there was a family named Kozar. However, they...
My internet searches for Szerencs say that it is a town in Zemplen county, Northern Hungary. Is there another Szerencs in Ukraine or is the internet...
I would like the opinions of my fellow list members on this one. My grandfather's names was Andrej Varsa. I have seen the LDS films from the Church in...
... county, Northern Hungary. Is there another Szerencs in Ukraine or is the internet information old/wrong? ... Close but no cigar! Look for Szerencsfalva,...
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I'm sure there are legitimate explanations having to do with the "Americanization" of a family name that I don't altogether understand, but I have run into the...
Hello Sarah, It sounds pretty clear to me that your great-grandparents were Rusyns. Szerencsfavla, now Shchastlyve / Serenchovtsi near Mukachevo in the ...
... Some family members > were listed as Varssa, or Varsfa with the second "s" an uncrossed f, but > the"V" was always legible. ... Marilyn, I suspect the...
Most interesting about the long and short "s", thanks to your friend Cecil for the explanation. I'm still concerned about the exchange of the letter B for V....
The issue appears to be a case of simple clerical error based on the information you exhibit. Ship manifests were written at the port of departure by the...
Thank you Richard, for the help. Now I understand why the Szerencs I had was the wrong one... So I assume this list, then, is not appropriate to my search,...
Sarah, I happily disagree when you assume this is the wrong forum. You came to the right forum and recieved a solid answer, so this list proved to be a very...
Sarah, If it were my family, I'd cut them some slack. The state of "Slovakia"; has only been in use, in it's present form since 1993. Between the world wars, ...
... of Szerencs and you want the one in Zemplen Megye. You are able to research the church records of Szerencs, Zemplen Megye, at your nearest LDS Family...
Maura, I just tried to forward the email that was possibly the reason for your email. Why does it show up in Slovak-Roots when you forward to non-Slovak-Roots...
Yes, we have this in the Tulsa Library system and I used it to easily find the listings for my family on both my father's and mother's side. It is funny...
Paul, As you state, the document does not state that the remainder of the family is "illegal." That is your inference. Anyone who is not a citizen (born or ...
AL (alien) does not imply illegal, merely that they have not made any attempt toward citizenship. I'm not sure that I have seen WP before. If "first papers"...
I couldn't open this site Ruth ICOULDNT OPEN THIS SITE Paul, As you state, the document does not state that the remainder of the family is "illegal." That...
Hello Marilyn, A brief and general explanation that may work, though: certain consonants frequently change place with each other through ages or when a...
Hello, I know this isn't a recent mail, but unfortunately I have just read it. I was wondering where you got access to the WW I Draft Registration Records. I...
Hello again, everybody. Sorry I am answering old mails just now. I was wondering where does the Helpa Folk Festival take place. I am really interesting in...
Maria, the only place i have found such records is through Ancestry.com. sometimes Ancestry will have a special offer which allows you to access it for a...
National Archives has them http://archives.gov/research/military/ww1.html or www.ancestry.com Both have the records available for a fee ... -- Bill Tarkulich ...
I am trying to look up a last name of Nagy in the 058 area but I can't seem to find the name, also was wondering if someone would make a call for me, my great-...
Kelly, I did a Nagy search in area code 058. There were 27 listed. All given names were male, no Klara. Do you know Klara's husband's name? Or the village she...
... I found the phone numbers,I had written down for Klara Nagyova,Rudna 058/7344271 This is Klara's daughter Judy, I believe she lives next door. But what I...
