I just got off the phone with my mother. She believes that Hnat/Mhat BLISHOK was from Sanok, Austria-Hungary and that Sanok is now part of Poland. I'm...
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Brecosky
brecosky@...
Jun 6, 2000 10:52 pm
Andrea: Thank you so much for the information. I'll go check out the family search site and see what I can find. Keep your fingers crossed! Anita B....
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John
jmatsko@...
Jun 6, 2000 11:11 pm
... In my case, the records for my mother's village were in Cyrillic only during the period from about 1847 to 1856. Before and after that they were in...
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Richard D. Custer
rcuster@...
Jun 6, 2000 11:23 pm
Hi Anita, Cigel'ka and Kurov are in northeast Slovakia northwest of the town of Bardejov. Kurov is just north of the Topl'a River, and Cigel'ka lies way north...
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jallen50
JALLEN50@...
Jun 6, 2000 11:40 pm
Andrea: Is there a master of any of these "vocabulary sheets" anywhere on the web? My grandmother was determined to learn and improve her English...and only...
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Andrea Vangor
drav@...
Jun 6, 2000 11:44 pm
No, they are scattered here and there. A lot of us print them out and shlep them around with us. I printed three different Hungarian genealogical word lists...
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Kathleen Duvall
nanwkshp@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:04 am
... Thank you so much!!!! I went immediately to this site and ordered the book. Kathleen in Florida researching GALEK, HUTZMAN...
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jallen50
JALLEN50@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:05 am
Thanks, Andrea! I can use any help I can get! I've learned a lot from Slovak-Roots. I'm so glad one of your other members told me about all of you! I really...
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jallen50
JALLEN50@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:12 am
Thanks for the tip, Kathleen...my order is next!!! ... From: Kathleen Duvall [mailto:nanwkshp@...] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 8:04 PM To:...
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Kathleen Duvall
nanwkshp@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:25 am
... How extensive is it? Do you know where they obtained their information? I don't even know where to start looking to where my grandmother and her mother...
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Kathleen Duvall
nanwkshp@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:29 am
... And there's the Eureka factor. Have you ever found that crucial piece of information and say Eureka! I have -- corny as I must have sounded, alone as I...
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Andrea Vangor
drav@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:32 am
Have you checked the soundexed index for immigrants to New York -- it covers 1911. Should tell you where to find the actual passenger manifest. ... From:...
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Brecosky
brecosky@...
Jun 7, 2000 1:05 am
Rich: I would never have imagined (even in my wildest dreams) that someone would come along and be so very, very helpful to me in researching my family tree. I...
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Brecosky
brecosky@...
Jun 7, 2000 1:28 am
Kathleen: I'm very new to all of this, but I noticed you are in Florida. I live just south of Pittsburgh, and I'd be more than happy to help you with anything...
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jallen50
JALLEN50@...
Jun 7, 2000 1:45 am
Where would I find the soundexed index??? I know my grandmother came to NY in 1906. I was always told she came to Ellis Island. ... From: Andrea Vangor...
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Richard D. Custer
rcuster@...
Jun 7, 2000 3:37 am
Wow, Anita -- you're making me blush! Really, I have a lot of data here & it is my pleasure to help. (You may detect some agenda on my part, mostly it's to...
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Kathleen Duvall
nanwkshp@...
Jun 7, 2000 4:10 am
... Me too! I want to know too. :) Kathleen in Florida researching GALEK, HUTZMAN...
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Kathleen Duvall
nanwkshp@...
Jun 7, 2000 4:47 am
... Thanks so much Anita! I was born in Pittsburgh. My family moved to Arizona in 1956 -- everyone still thought it was the land of opportunity, I guess! I...
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Kathleen Duvall
nanwkshp@...
Jun 7, 2000 4:52 am
... Which makes me think -- there seemed to be a large Hungarian population in Pittsburgh. I wonder why there? Was it because some Hungarians arrived there...
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Tracy LeSage
Teu666@...
Jun 7, 2000 5:17 am
Hello List, I have been a member of this list for quite a while, but this is my first posting. First I want to say that I have learned a lot just reading the...
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Eric Haas
erichaas@...
Jun 7, 2000 7:41 am
... With her social security number, you can write to the SSA and get her application, even though she doesn't appear in the death index....
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Frank Kurchina
frankur@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:23 pm
... live just ... anything I ... only been on ... Pittsburgh ... in ... Security ... assumed ... women ... did have ... social ... Was GM maiden name Galek or...
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sabinov@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:35 pm
First, you must remember that the SSDI is a database put out by a private company, NOT the SSAdministration! Many times people don't realize that. Now the SSDI...
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sabinov@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:39 pm
Detailed info on how to find the soundex to NY arrivals, as well as indexes for other ports, are on my HInts page , url below. Many questions asked on this...
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Frank Kurchina
frankur@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:41 pm
... Frank ... Many of your surnames are German. Ujvar was located in the Banat area, formerly part of the Austrian Empire and now divided among Romania, former...
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sabinov@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:48 pm
By the way, if the person who posted about the $99 CD of "Immigrant arrivals" is talking about what I think they are..... The LDS along with Ellis Island are...
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sabinov@...
Jun 7, 2000 12:55 pm
Folks, A reminder that what you put in your subject line is most important! There are many helpful people on this list, but we see the subject lines first, and...
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Joe Armata
joe@...
Jun 7, 2000 1:00 pm
The village is probably Raba Nizna (Lower Raba), a few miles northeast of Rabka in southern Poland (about midway between Krakow and the Polish/Slovak border...
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Fred Corbett
fhcorbett@...
Jun 7, 2000 7:02 pm
You can also do a search on the social security number and you may be able to verify that it is for your grandmother. You may also find out that the name was ...
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Diane Le Fevre
dilefu@...
Jun 7, 2000 8:19 pm
Gotta a questions for the group... would a person who changed from Greek to Roman catholic have been common in the 1800's? Why would such a thing happen? And...
