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Hi, Is there anyone able to do a lookup at Ancestry.com for a fellow Slovak researcher in the U.K.? He needs the info on LEOKADIA MLYNARSKI - NY Passenger list...
13 Apr 4, 2007
10:24 pm

helene cincebeaux
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Anyone a Potozny out there. Looking for relatives. Thank u Georgie...
1 Apr 4, 2007
9:58 pm

georgielovely
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oops! Don't know what I did wrong...sorry about the multiple messages!...
1 Mar 28, 2007
5:48 pm

J.
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www.citizendium.org Another source for either research, or for contrbuting your own articles. Just launced this March, 2007 by one of the original creators of...
4 Mar 28, 2007
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J.
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At the suggestion of several individuals on this list I wrote to the Czech Military Archives in Prague looking for WWI records of Vasil Strenk born Jarabina,...
1 Mar 27, 2007
7:55 pm

Bruce L. Bauer
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I did find online at a site I could not read the info for Tkac or Tkacs. I would like more help if anyone can help on George Tkacs. Thank You. Deb...
4 Mar 26, 2007
9:25 pm

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I am trying to locate a village that now is within the city limits of modern Bratislava. Is the a website where such villages can be found. I don't have the...
6 Mar 21, 2007
5:11 pm

Michael Mojher
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John, Thanks. I think you may have pinpointed the village. I'm searching for a friend. He said his grandmother recalls, "It was a day's walk from the village...
3 Mar 21, 2007
4:56 am

Michael Mojher
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I have not received e-mail from Slovak-Roots in a couple of weeks. Do I have to sign in again? Thank you. Georgia Draves <robinhd@...> [Non-text...
7 Mar 19, 2007
11:25 pm

helene cincebeaux
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Cermak Genealogy Builder Awards 2007 Mar 06 The Czech & Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois (CSAGSI) announces its second annual Anton J. Cermak...
1 Mar 14, 2007
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SRK
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HI Everyone, Maybe someone can give me some help. I am researching a family Klaicz and many variations such as Kleitz in the Giraltovce area . The LDS records...
3 Mar 11, 2007
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helene cincebeaux
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Hi! What Slovak English English Slovak translation software do you use? A fellow in our Czech/Slovak Interest Group in Bellevue WA is looking for this...
3 Mar 8, 2007
10:31 pm

Michael Mojher
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Sheron, Puspoki (Umlaut on the u and o) was also called Bischdorf by its German inhabitants, and you can try to find Literature under the German name. Norbert...
2 Mar 5, 2007
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Sheron Winkler
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My husband and I are searching for his ancestors who came to the United States in 1912-1913.We have discovefred their home towns on the passengers list and now...
3 Mar 4, 2007
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Janet Kozlay
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Deb et al, Don't fret over the fact that your papers say Hungarian because all of what is contemporary Slovakia was at one time part of greater Hungary during...
1 Feb 27, 2007
12:11 pm

Paul Guzowski
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The distinguished name Tkach is derived from the Ukrainian "tkach," which is equivalent to the Polish word "tkac" and the Czech "tkat," which all mean...
2 Feb 27, 2007
6:59 am

Michael Mojher
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from: http://www.cisarik.com/villages-aaa-index.html Adidovce PSC 06732 county Humenné Albínov PSC 07801 county Trebišov Babie PSC 09431 county Vranov...
2 Feb 27, 2007
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Hi Group, Researching the church records for the Lutheran church in Zehna I found frequent use of female given names as "Alka" and "Halsa". These were almost...
12 Feb 26, 2007
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MA Bensh
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Hello: Here is a link to a website called BEHIND THE NAME: THE ETYMOLOGY AND HISTORY OF FIRST NAMES that I have found very helpful when trying to discern name...
3 Feb 26, 2007
1:29 pm

Bob Kocerha
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I just found an old post card sent to my Grandmother in San Francisco, California. There is no date on it but the postage stamp has ZEUEZOVCE C.S.P. and the...
3 Feb 26, 2007
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For those wondering about the official hungarian route from Fiume to America, another hint comes at http://web.greatships.net:81/carpathia.html where the...
1 Feb 24, 2007
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amiak27
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Bonjour, Mon ancêtre était dans l'armée hongroise (Trencsen je suppose ) avant son arrivée en France vers 1800. J'ai contacté LDS à Salt Lake City afin...
2 Feb 20, 2007
11:36 pm

Dr. Joe Q
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Hi: I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how our ancestors leaving in the 1890s and thereabouts made it to the ships that would bring them to the US. Did they...
11 Feb 20, 2007
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Caye Caswick
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Carl, One the map the lines that look links of a chain are the rail lines. The single line between the towns and villages are roads. Michael Mojher ... From:...
1 Feb 18, 2007
11:54 pm

Michael Mojher
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I had found my g-aunt Maria Kolina in the birth register for 1878 in Epjeres. There is something written above her name and I cant seem to find it in any of...
8 Feb 18, 2007
6:29 pm

helene cincebeaux
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Antal and David, Thanks. Indeed, anya is with women's names, atya is followed by a man's name. Thomas ... From: <david1law@...> To:...
1 Feb 15, 2007
12:53 pm

TR HOMEMAIL
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Hi Thomas The word nevelőanya means "foster mother" in Hungarian. There is a great Hungarian-English dictionary at MTA SZTAKI: ...
1 Feb 15, 2007
5:18 am

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'atya' = father, slightly archaic, nowadays 'apa' is used instead ('Atya&#39; = Lord, 'Szentatya&#39; = Holy Father (Pope)) 'nevelő' = the one who educates or raises...
1 Feb 15, 2007
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Antal Burjan
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What does "nevelö atya" mean? From the wedding entry, I'd guess stepmother, but I'm not sure. Thanks Thomas...
1 Feb 15, 2007
4:32 am

TR HOMEMAIL
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Hello to all of you, Just a brief notice on the word "egyház". Indeed it means church as an institution (as opposed to templom ('temple&#39;) which is the...
1 Feb 14, 2007
2:17 pm

Antal Burjan
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