http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/09/09/bulgaria.hockey.ap/index.ht ml Paul Paulochik paulpaulochik@... [Non-text portions of this message...
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Al Dubnicka
alandpeggyd
Sep 9, 2008 11:21 pm
Hello Paul, Having trouble getting in touch with you. Am interested in finding out how to transfer from 8 track to CD. Thanks, Al Dubnicka ... From: Paul...
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Paul Guzowski
bike_for_lif...
Sep 10, 2008 2:49 am
Al et al, Replying "back channel" means simply replying to sender rather than to the group. Paul in NW FL [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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gklodzen@...
gene62cu
Sep 13, 2008 3:27 pm
Bruce, I have used the 36 marker DNA test. To date no others of the surname in question, KLADZAN (now spelled KLODZEN) have surfaced as a match. Very likely...
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gregory majercik
gmajercik
Sep 16, 2008 4:17 pm
I may transition into a different e-mail account, but I would like to know if my account is active with this Group Greg Majercik ... From:...
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Frank R. Plichta
frank_r_plichta
Sep 16, 2008 4:30 pm
Greg, You are still here. Frank _____ From: SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of gregory majercik Sent: Tuesday,...
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genmom4
Sep 17, 2008 1:39 pm
Hello all! I am new to this Slovak-Roots Group, although some of you will probably recognize me from the Delphi Slovak/Czech Forum. I was born to Slovak...
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johnqadam
Sep 17, 2008 2:06 pm
... megye, northeast of Kosice. Her surname was Stofan. I have her baptismal entry from the church in that town, but have not been able to find her marriage...
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genmom4
Sep 17, 2008 2:19 pm
I do realize that this is a longshot, but I have posted some photos that I am not able to identify. The area would have been Munhall, Homestead, PA. I have...
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Tom Geiss
tomfgurka@...
Sep 17, 2008 2:20 pm
Welcome to the group Barbara. I've been in it a few months now, and, believe me, I'm impressed with many of our EXPERTS. I've truly learned a lot. I am...
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Marilyn Hertenstein
vastampingnut
Sep 17, 2008 2:41 pm
Barbara, I wish you luck in your research and wanted to ask your (and others) opinion as to the name Varsanyik. My father's family was VARSA from Teplicska,...
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maxine
vigee96
Sep 17, 2008 10:12 pm
Beautiful pictures! I wonder why they had so many people in their wedding parties? Did that come from the old country? maxine ... From: genmom4 To:...
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Gil Kubancsek
gek0105
Sep 18, 2008 4:34 am
Hello Barbara, I was born and raised in Munhall. My paternal grandparents settled in Homestead in 1902 and my maternal grandparents relocated to Munhall...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Sep 18, 2008 4:51 am
Hello Marilyn, Varsanyik is clearly masculine, otherwise it would end in -ova in this case. Varsa is also masculine, and Varsova is the feminine. Varsanyik...
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genmom4
Sep 18, 2008 11:49 am
Dear Gil, Thanks for the welcome! My mom was born and raised in Munhall as well. She grew up on the corner of Ravine Street and East Eighth Avenue, across...
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genmom4
Sep 18, 2008 11:52 am
To answer your question, Maxine, these photos were taken in Munhall, or somewhere very nearby. It's hard to imagine even having the room for all of those...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Sep 18, 2008 12:27 pm
Wonderful photos! I don't know anyone there, but I could see some traditions still occuring in those pictures. Loved it! Ben ... From: genmom4...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Sep 18, 2008 1:20 pm
I almost forgot, using the dictionary/1995 census records will at least help you get the extant version of names in Slovakia- and what localities they are...
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Marilyn Hertenstein
vastampingnut
Sep 18, 2008 1:50 pm
Thanks for your reply Ben. It was a shot in the dark, but I 'had' to ask. What 1995 census are you looking at? Happy hunting, Marilyn _____ From:...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Sep 18, 2008 1:56 pm
I put that in another post, dear. :-) BUT like I said, it is a gawd-awful database to use without speaking Slovak. It throws grammar, definitions, and census...
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genmom4
Sep 18, 2008 8:30 pm
Ben, I accessed the site, and put the surname of Varsanik in. That pulled up two different entries. I am not familiar enough with slovak to have a clue what...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Sep 19, 2008 2:58 am
Hi Barbara, The two Varsaniks are the two ways that the last name appears- and since we don't use those diacritical marks- makes it HARD to tell. The long I...
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Gil Kubancsek
gek0105
Sep 19, 2008 8:01 pm
Barbara, I know the place in Munhall you mention very well. Old Nathan Builders & lumber yard is no longer, I think it burned down a number of years...
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genmom4
Sep 20, 2008 12:00 am
Dear Ben, I don't think we have any documents from Slovakia. Many years ago, (~ 15 maybe?) my parents took my grandmother to Slovakia on a tour, and my mom...
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genmom4
Sep 20, 2008 12:08 am
Dear Gil, Thanks for the Munhall Carnegie library information. I will have to check that out. Do they alone have the Daily Messenger holdings? Do you know...
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John Vamos
jvamos2000
Sep 20, 2008 2:41 am
Barbara, Something that the Munhall Library has that may be of interest to you is a set of the Homestead Directories. They cover the period from about 1890 up...
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conserg@...
jeanconser
Sep 20, 2008 3:03 am
John and Barbara I too have family in that area.? However I am looking for the Braddock Free Press.? My relatives were from Rankin an Swissvale. Do you have...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Sep 20, 2008 3:50 am
Hey there, The differences you are citing are actually regional- the "gy" and the "cs" are Hungarian in nature and the "dz" without diacritics is either Saris...
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John Vamos
jvamos2000
Sep 20, 2008 2:05 pm
Jean, I don't know if the Braddock Free Press papers reside at the Munhall library (actually it is called the Carnegie Library of Homestead these days...
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conserg@...
jeanconser
Sep 20, 2008 2:52 pm
John - Thank you.I too went to Munhall High so I am very familiar with the area.Also my sister-in-law is a Slinchak who lived near Ravine Street but was unable...