I don't want to answer the initial post asking about traditions because that can lead into so many directions. I recommend that people also subscribe to...
Dear Janet: I just wanted to let you know that I find myself often impressed with your knowledge and explanations regarding genealogy and Slovakia. I have...
Yes, they certainly were very brave. My father's mother came over at the age of 16,( said that she was 18, )and arrived alone without any plans except to go...
The writer raises a good point, worth reviewing since we always have newbies joining our list. For the rural populace, life in small villages 100 years ago,...
No, that I am sure about. I have no idea where she went when she got to the US or where Steve and Mary were married, but after 1907, I can follow her easily...
Yes, I was referring to the actual manifest - I could make out the first page, but not the second. Anyway, it doesn't look like it is my Mary Molnar now....
Hi Bill: I always enjoy reading your remarks, including when they are in the stream of consciousness because those types of remarks often hit the nail on the...
Just a note of interest: On my German side (Friedhaber) there were some females who lived in Bohemia & Moravia during WWII. They were Jewish and died in...
Maxine, like I said I'm no expert. I think you are correct. I was relaying what mum told me many years ago. All I have read and heard since agrees with you. ...
Dear Listers, I, too, am constantly amazed at the bravery of the émigrés. To leave the only home they had known and trust God and providence to carry them...
... following map: http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/abauj-t.jpg Check the yellow area, right side. In the yellow area, look along the left edge, near the...
Have we all gotten so old (or middle-aged, as the case may be)? An 18-year old doesn't need a reason. They get an idea in their head and do it. After all, they...
Thanks! Yes, I have gone to the LDS Ctr., but just haven't been back for a couple years now. That's where I was able to find her birth record, her parents...
... couple years now. That's where I was able to find her birth record, her parents marriage record, etc. <<< Aha! Was your Obaujvar = Abaujvar? Or Obudavar? ...
Thank you so much, edie ... From: Gregory J Kopchak To: SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:56 PM Subject: [S-R] All Souls Day...
... From: Bill Tarkulich <bill.tarkulich@...> To: SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2007 11:52:36 AM Subject: Re: [S-R] Bravery ...
Try this: http://immigrantships.net/newcompass/ancestral/memoirs/kozlay_diary_1849.htm l. There shouldn't be any spaces in there. If that doesn't work, you can...
First - sorry this is soo long, but wanted to explain what I do have on file. With my family information that I got from relatives, it made it easier to search...
Thank you, Paul. Yes, there must have been an element of adventure as well for these young men. Although Eugene Kozlay fled in fear, he urged a friend to join...
Dear Jody, First off, Abaujvar was in Abauj-Torna megye (county), not Abney Torra. See http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910/vmlista.htm for where the megye was...