If you look at the image I posted in the folder Hanusovce, the abbreviation
llisted looks more like AH than AK but I am not very familiar with this form
of...
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MaryLou
mary_lou_crouch
Dec 5, 2009 6:26 pm
Fascinating info--thanks. Yes, I am on the Slovak World list also--I am very interested in exploring
the way my ancestors lived. MaryLou ... From: Ron Date:...
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Dec 5, 2009 7:39 pm
Just looked at it, and Bill, unsurprisingly, is absolutely correct. They are using a later form/ more latinized or latin influenced form of Gothic script,...
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Bill Tarkulich
smitko2
Dec 5, 2009 10:21 pm
"Things are not always as they appear." Congratulations Ben, you are developing some of that insight that is essential to this line of work. Most certainly,...
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Ron
amiak27
Dec 5, 2009 10:54 pm
I just want to reiterate that AK remains a legitimate alternative to those Thomas has proposed. After reading his post I went to Google.de and checked it out....
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Ben Sorensen
benamilka
Dec 5, 2009 11:31 pm
_Plus, an understanding of the forms of religion in a specific region is critical. While the above is certainly true of church records, it can equally be...
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Joe Armata
jarmata00
Dec 6, 2009 1:36 am
Cicmany drew the interest of early ethnographers because it had preserved the tradition of extended families in one house (vel'korodina), similar to a Balkan...
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Michael Mojher
mgmojher
Dec 6, 2009 3:49 am
For those who may be interested in the subject of 19th century village life in Hungary the Journal of Family History 1994 - Volume 19, Number 4 has six...
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Michael Mojher
mgmojher
Dec 6, 2009 4:30 am
Further reading in the Journal of Family History: Erik Fgedi Some Characteristics of the Medieval Hungarian Noble Family Journal of Family History 1982 7:...
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helene cincebeaux
helenezx
Dec 6, 2009 4:41 am
Hi Michael - so interesting! Thanksfor sharing. Have you found similar research on Slovak families and communities? helene ________________________________ ...
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Bill Tarkulich
smitko2
Dec 6, 2009 12:04 pm
Helene, Have you read this? Tradicie slovenskej rodiny (Slovak Family Traditions) , Botiková, Švecová, Jakubiková VEDA, Vydavatelstvo Slovenskej akademie...
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William F Brna
wbrna
Dec 6, 2009 12:55 pm
Joe, My cousin, who lives in Tvrdos~in (Medvedzie) added on to his house when his son married. His son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter live in the addition...
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helene cincebeaux
helenezx
Dec 6, 2009 2:03 pm
Hi Bill - Thanks! I went to a lecture by Pani Botikova in Bratislava during a CGSI conference, she was so interesting and told of many things in the book. i...
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MaryLou
mary_lou_crouch
Dec 6, 2009 2:51 pm
And the traditions came to the US. When my parents married in 1947, they
lived with my Slovak grandparents in a small house, about 900 sq ft; it had
2...
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Greg
gregory_kopchak
Dec 6, 2009 4:43 pm
Happy Feast of Saint Nicholas to all! Did anyone find something special in their shoe this morning? http://www.iarelative.com/xmas/okto.htm Greg Kopchak...
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Michael Mojher
mgmojher
Dec 6, 2009 6:14 pm
The Slovak Document Store has it for sale - Tradicie slovenskej rodiny (Slovak Family Traditions) Author: Marta Botíková, Soňa Švecová, Kornélia...
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Michael Mojher
mgmojher
Dec 6, 2009 6:20 pm
http://www.unesco.org/most/essckusa.doc - For those who may be interested in modern Slovakia Housing there is this six page article. A DISCUSSION OF THE...
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Michael Mojher
mgmojher
Dec 6, 2009 6:38 pm
The Slovak Sociological Review twice a year publishes an English issue. You can explore the articles by yearly index. In order to view or print the article you...
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Greg
gregory_kopchak
Dec 9, 2009 11:18 pm
If you haven't lined up your Christmas Eve Oplatki yet..... http://www.iarelative.com/xmas/oplatki_order.htm Greg...
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Charlest
charlestintera
Dec 12, 2009 12:21 am
I found a photo on Panormio of a marker that looks like a religious shrine and the picture is placed, in Panoramio, on a gravel road leading south out of...
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Michael Mojher
mgmojher
Dec 12, 2009 4:35 am
The title of photograph, Nad Markusovcami / Beyond Markusovce isn't any help. Obviously a religious monument, the iron work is much like I have seen in...
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haluska
ddhalusker
Dec 12, 2009 3:08 pm
I have a relation from Markusovce or possibly nearby Porac. Have you heard the surname Budaj? (Buday) Joseph Buday lived in Nemacolin,Pennsylvannia after...
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fc_popovich
Dec 12, 2009 5:22 pm
Has anyone found LDS record copies for this village: Vitaz in Saros?...
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david1law@...
davidsadvent...
Dec 12, 2009 5:41 pm
Yes, the Nagyvitez / Vitaz records are part of the SIROKE / SIROKA parish records. What surnames are you searching for? My great, great grandfather JAN...
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david1law@...
davidsadvent...
Dec 12, 2009 5:45 pm
The Roman Catholic records for SIROKE / SIROKA are on the following films in the LDS Family History Library: Inv. č. 1259 Krsty 1819-1846 - FHL INTL Film [...
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Tom Geiss
tomfgurka@...
Dec 12, 2009 7:45 pm
f.c. Popovich, I noticed your last name. I mention here that, at my great grandparents wedding, in 1862, (John Gurko, and Maria Pastorek) the officiating...
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hyperlexiadaddy
Dec 13, 2009 8:45 am
Hi First time around I input a lot of things with variations on spelling and mistakes in relationships (bound to happen with 5 people having the same name). ...
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Gordon Grening
ggrening
Dec 13, 2009 11:07 am
I am using Family Tree Maker 2006 but will be upgrading to 2010 this Christmas. I also use Personal Ancestral File Version 5 because it has a more robust...
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SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogro...
Dec 13, 2009 5:43 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the SLOVAK-ROOTS group. File :...
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haluska
ddhalusker
Dec 13, 2009 5:46 pm
I recently recieved what is supposed to be a 1946 census from the village of Patskanovo. My transliteration is going very slowly,infact it is not making any...
