Dear Janet, polnohospodarsky = farming, pertaining to a farm, agricultural, etc., adjective farm = hospodarstvo Vladimir ... From: Janet Kozlay To:...
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June McKee
junemckee
Aug 25, 2006 1:52 am
Thank you everyone for all of your help. I was thinking that the cross meant a death even though it was with the baptisims but I was not sure. I will go ahead...
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Janet Kozlay
kozlay
Aug 25, 2006 1:40 am
According to the online Slovak-English dictionary at http://www.ii.fmph.uniba.sk/ui/dict.html, polnohospodar is a farmer, hospodarsky is a farm, and sluha is a...
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MarÃa Eugenia Kro...
mildred_halian
Aug 24, 2006 11:42 pm
Hi everybody! Hope you are doing well. What I have always thought was the place of origin of my great grandfather in my grandfather's "Rodny List", it seems to...
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nhasior@...
hasior48
Aug 24, 2006 9:28 pm
Hello Richard, In my Slovak-English dictionary it has a prince as being spelled " Princ" in Slovak language and a princess is spelled "princezna" the "a" has a...
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Richard Taubar
taubar
Aug 24, 2006 8:58 pm
How do you say "Princess"; in Slovak? Thanks and Regards, Richard Sayre, Pennsylvania Researching: Bozosi, Danko, Simkovic, Simkovich, Cifranic, Cifranich. ...
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david1law@...
davidsadvent...
Aug 24, 2006 3:25 pm
Hi June, When I saw the name LOCSEIVD, it immediately brought to mind LOCSE -- the Hungarian name of the town of LEVOCA (LEUTSCHAU in German) in the SPIS...
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krisstrot@...
krisstrot
Aug 24, 2006 2:18 pm
June, Sorry I can't help you on the village name. However, about the cross and date of death, I can tell you that I have run into that custom VERY often in...
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bhewlett@...
Aug 24, 2006 2:18 pm
June, I see Vladimir answered part of your questions. I can not believe that you can't make copies of pages from the film! That's nuts. There were a couple...
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Vladimir Bohinc
vbohinc
Aug 24, 2006 7:13 am
Dear June, This most probably was a street name in Presov. A cross with a birth record signifies the death of that person. Check the death records after the...
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junemckee
Aug 24, 2006 5:59 am
I am hoping that someone will be able to help me with this one. I checked out film #1793233 from the LDS here in my hometown. This film contains Roman Catholic...
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amiak27
Aug 23, 2006 10:21 am
Anticipating that you meant east and wrote west as stated in other emails, Budapest isa bout as close as you can conveniently come. Making your arrangements...
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genealogyslovakia
genealogyslo...
Aug 23, 2006 8:05 am
Dear Robin, I live in Slovakia in Kosice and I can offer myself as tourist guide with my own car for you. If you would like me to go to your ancestry villages...
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Richard Custer
vchromoho
Aug 23, 2006 12:42 am
West of Budapest? No, these places are in the Zakarpatska oblast of UKRAINE. Right outside the city of Uzhhorod, to be exact... Korytniany and Chaslivtsi. ...
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Robin
rmw67
Aug 22, 2006 10:30 pm
Thanks to all who replied. I would be going to the villages of Korytynany and Csascloc (sp) which I believe are about 175-180 miles west of Budapest. I don't...
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Matt Procter
matt_procter
Aug 22, 2006 9:23 pm
Robin, Car Rental vs. Public Transportation If your village is remote (not in or adjacent to a medium/large city) I would highly recommend renting a car. It...
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johnqadam
Aug 22, 2006 5:36 pm
... Helene Cincebeaux designs tours that specialize in reuniting Americans with Slovak relatives. Check her out at http://www.our-slovakia.com/ For a neophite,...
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Frank R. Plichta
frank.r.plichta@...
Aug 22, 2006 4:55 pm
Robin, I think a lot depends on where you are going and what else you want to do while you are across the ocean. Are you going ONLY to visit relatives or do...
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Caye Caswick
ccaswick
Aug 22, 2006 4:35 pm
Depends on your "gumption"; -- I kind of wung it -- tried not to overanticipate things like getting lost (you will), interpreter (you could drive yourself crazy...
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Robin
rmw67
Aug 22, 2006 4:30 pm
I have a few questions for those of you who have travelled to your ancestor's village. How do you find the closest airport? Once you are there, do you rent a ...
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Karen C
karens_roots
Aug 21, 2006 5:48 pm
Sorry I took so long getting back with you, I've been on vacation. My C'upka from Sumiac attended a Greek Rite Church in the U.S. I would really appreciate it...
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dconverset
fconverset
Aug 19, 2006 10:14 am
Thanks for your help.I'll try to go to Bytca' archives without reservation .When i come back I 'll tell to the group if it were possible or not. Françoise ...
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Vladimir Bohinc
vbohinc
Aug 18, 2006 4:45 pm
Also Presov has only two readers and they hesitate to give you original books. Some of the books have been vandalized by researchers ( pages cut out with a...
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gardens@...
slovo_gardens
Aug 18, 2006 12:50 am
Hello, in Slovak diminutive of "kotol" (an object) are: kotlik (with long 'i') and even more diminutvie: kotlicek (with long 'i' and "v" over 'c') and...
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Caye Caswick
ccaswick
Aug 18, 2006 12:38 am
Bill, I'll compile a fresh list for you and Helene Cincebeaux of my grandmother's village (Brezina) (south east of Kosice, south west of Trebisov) -- I took a...
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gardens@...
slovo_gardens
Aug 18, 2006 12:32 am
Hello, I joined this list 10 days ago, but becayse I'm very busy just today read few emails. this is my first reply. I do speak Slovak and Czech, and little...
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Dan Kisha
danielkishap...
Aug 17, 2006 11:46 pm
This reservation business at the archives must be a recent change because I know at the Presov archives there were maybe up to six persons doing research. Its...
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Jim
jnickel_o
Aug 17, 2006 11:34 pm
Doing a few searches it looks like Kalnas is unusual/rare. Search the Ellis Island Database using Steve Morse's search form: ...
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Barbara/Bill
wowbarbara
Aug 17, 2006 10:24 pm
I read that my great great grandmother's surname was KALNAS.....I haven't seen this tossed about in either the Slovak or Rusyn lists. Is it a "common" name or...
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christopher gajda
christopherg...
Aug 17, 2006 8:19 pm
OVA, ONYA, are used to show feminine version of surname. My grandfather was Yura Vasko, his wife Mary Vaskonya. I have heard of KA as name ending. My...
