Last night, I used the FHL Pilot database to do something that used to be very time-consuming - check neighboring villages for occurrences of a surname....
A patron at my local Family History Center showed me something interesting the other day. She was reviewing some baptism and marriage microfilms for a village...
I am seeking family genealogy for the following family names: Pardus, Navabilsky, Pikovszky, Csizsik, Viskoczy, Gloviczky, Bukas and Orlovszky. Maria...
Hello everybody - I am new to this group. I am in the process of tracking down german ancestors from Dobsina SK. I am interested in finding out what may have...
Could someone with Ancestry.com please look up the immigration record for Georgy Gasparik(he arrived in the U.S. on 09/21/1912 onboard the S.S. Graf Waldersee...
Yahoogroups has a new map feature that may be worth trying. I have enabled the feature for our group. It allows you to put a push-pin on a map for any...
Hi All, I added the villages I am researching to the map (Lozin, Duplin & Rakocz) - very cool & quite easy! Any other avenue for searching possibilites is a...
Maxine Hi. the name of the book is " A History Of The Binghamton Slovaks" by Imrich Mazar. I found a copy on Amazon for less than $20.00. It covers the years...
Could someone with Ancestry.com please look up the immigration record for Georgy Gasparik(he arrived in the U.S. on 09/21/1912 onboard the S.S. Graf Waldersee...
I have been able to create my entries and they appear in the table view and the list view, but I cannot see how to use the push pin feature. Can we get more...
Bill, Twice now I've entered my entry on the new map site and clicked on submit. Both times a message came up that I had to fill in the comment area. What...
I recently subscribed to a newsletter--Eastman's Genealogy--and a tip for searching with Google was listed. For the search terms, use "surname family...
For-profit advertisements are not allowed on Slovak-Roots. This includes genealogy researchers. We aim to keep this list as spam-free as possible to ensure...
Just to clarify, I have plenty of history books. But I'm looking for the entertainment and action of a novel. [Non-text portions of this message have...
I recently engaged Juraj, jurajcisarik[at]hotmail.com, for some research in Slovakia. I'm no novice at research and can say that he did a very fine effort and...
Dear List: My cousin is planning on visiting Slovakia in December. Unfortunately I will not be able to accompany him, however would like to help him get to...
My g-grandmother is Anna Beganyi, born in Also Mislye in 1871. Per church records, her parents were Josef Beganyi and Erzebet Brestovics. I am encountering...
My great grandparents immigrated from Slovakia in the late 1880's. I can find no record of their immigration documents and unfortunately no one in the family...
Hi Group, I'm weighing in a little late on the discussion about Historical novels and history in general; I agree with Bill that knowing something of the past...
Hey Gang, Thought I might weigh in here. I'm entirely comfortable with historical discussions, especially as they reveal life details that would not otherwise...
My grandmother's maiden name is spelled in two ways. One is Mucha and the other is Muha. I have searched the village records of Nizne Ruzbachy and Vysne...
FHL Czech Republic records on Pilot Czech Republic collections containing records beyond 1910 will be removed from the collection today, edited and returned at...
Hi Martha, I see your reply to my "Adopting a New Name" message has generate a lot of emails. I was wondering if anyone in Hazleton was interested in...
Just returned from a two week trip to Hazleton, Pennsylvania where I was research my mother's father side of the family. Was shocked to learn that the family...
Here is the site I used to get a schedule for a bus from Kosice to Velky Folkmar http://cp.atlas.sk/vlakbus/spojenie/ [Non-text portions of this message have...
Hi, I live in Nanticoke, Pa,which is down the mountain from Hazleton in what is called the Valley. Hazleton is at the further point of Luzerne County. I go...
