I am researching the history of the Vizsla, Hungarian hunting breed, estimated by romanticists to be over 1000 years old. I found what I think is one of the...
Look for infomation about my Great-Great-Grandfather, Jan Zsilka and Katarina Luha. They were married Feb.21.1876. I would like information on the parents of...
Researching any WACHTENHEIM or VACHTENHEIM family mostly from the Carpathian Mountains area, and any near areas. Also from Hungary and Czechoslovakia (now in...
Hello: DANISOVCE is one village west of the village of DOMANOVCE, where a number of ancestors lived, including the following surnames in my direct lineage: ...
Paul Popovic, 1871, Brutovce, Spis - died 19XX - Pohradrie, Spis. Married Anna Pavlikova, Brutovce, Spis July 30, 1881 - May 19, 1954 Michael Popovic,...
Joann, I seem to remember a Haluska who contributed recipe to the St. Mary Slovak RC Church in Passaic cookbook. I will look for it. All my Slovak family...
June, My bobbin lace teacher was Gunvor Jorgensen and she was well known nationally and overseas for her teaching of bobbin lace. Unfortunately she passed...
Hi My name is Larry Kocik. My family is from Gbely, which is 41 miles due north of Bratislava. In Gbely the name is Kocich. On most of my ancestors "papers"in...
I have an address (finally) and was wondering if one of our members who has access to the 1930 Census data would be willing to look up some info for me?...
Two quick and good responses to my question on Slovak_World, one from a professor at U Pittsburgh & the other form a professional genealogist. So cousin of...
Does anyone know what the name/word "Kasar" means in Slovak or Hungarian. My grandfather and his brother both had "Kasar" as their middle name. They were...
Larry (Kocik): I am curious about the orgins of your name. My great grandmother was Anna Kochek (born 1860 in Slovokia - not exactly sure where), but some...
Question also on the KONDRC name my grandmother says that in chez it was pronounced as KONDRC "CON" "DRITZ" Does that sound about right. So many names so...
I know there was a discussion some time ago about "back-logging" of LDS films. I ordered one the first week of May...and got a call this week that it was in....
Hi i'm french and my grand father was slovak. I would make my genealogy research of Slovakia. I have many ancestors informations to verify with original...
I am sending a package of gifts to relatives I met in the Slovak Republic on my trip last year. I have a couple of questions I hope you all can provide...
Last week I had a client from US here. They came in a size of a half of a platoon, 4 persons:-) What we knew positively was, that the GGmother was born in a...
Anyone have any ideas for searching for immigration for two family members.Anna Benjak and Steve Kondrc, they where married in 1906. From info gathered w/...
I was doing some looking and found a relative :) but it says he is from Torlalks or Korlatks, Hungray I tried google as a first resort but came up short. At...
Are there any maps that show the extent the Ottoman Empire extended in current day eastern Slovakia in the 1600's? I am specifically interested in seeing a...
On the question of what part of Slovakia the Ottoman Empire had control. From the Slovak History: Chronology and Lexicon. Turkish Administration; page 322: "-...
Does anybody know the link to the Austro-Hungarian website,(Database) that lists the deaths of Hungarian Soldiers. I know there is one for WW2, but I can`t...
It is the gift of sleep or the approach to sleep, to make component parts of place and consciousness meaningless and, as breathing slows down, to do what water...
I heard a story from a 93 year old cousin of my father that in 1865 the Austria Hungarians took over the area of the Carpathian Mountains and that people had...
CECH & SLOVAK AMERICAN GENEALOGY SOCIETY of ILLINOIS General Meeting ~ May 19th @ 1 pm "Flight of the Falcon - The American Sokol Performance Team in Prague" ...
Thanks to all that have sent me information on list and off. I have been working the past few days trying to determine the number of days we'll be in the...
