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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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Michael Mojher
mgmojher
Dec 6, 2009 4:30 am
Further reading in the Journal of Family History: Erik Fügedi Some Characteristics of the Medieval Hungarian Noble Family Journal of Family History 1982 7:...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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MaryLou
mary_lou_crouch
Dec 5, 2009 6:25 pm
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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treimer@...
ycrtmr
Dec 5, 2009 6:14 pm
A.B., C.A. and A.C. would be the correct abbreviations for Lutherans in old Hungary, for Augsburger Bekenntniss in German(Augsburg Confession), and in Latin...
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Ron
amiak27
Dec 5, 2009 9:50 am
MaryLou, Yes, in the old days there were 'duplexes' in Slovakia and 'quadriplexes' as well. The word I find in use is Dvojdum for duplex and have a couple of...
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Ron
amiak27
Dec 5, 2009 3:50 am
I have also seen AK as Augsburg Kofession - Lutheran. It is common in the German at least. Ron PS. As a side note, if you encounter "Konfirmation" you are...
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MaryLou
mary_lou_crouch
Dec 5, 2009 3:46 am
Thanks. Also--sorry the image was upside down--am sending new copy! MaryLou ... From: Bill Tarkulich Date: 12/4/2009 8:36:47 PM To:...
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Michael Mojher
mgmojher
Dec 5, 2009 2:47 am
Chuck, On my last visit to Slovakia I paid a visit to a new found relative. You could call the place a "duplex" as you did. There was one common pitched roof...
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Carl
ktlrchk
Dec 5, 2009 2:42 am
My family was Lutheran and I have hundreds of Lutheran church records of the Augsburg Confession and have never seen the designation of it as AK. It is...
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Tom Geiss
tomfgurka@...
Dec 5, 2009 2:07 am
RE. Village houses A friend, who moved there in 1939, wrote to me of her first Christmas over there, (in Spisska Nova Ves, near Markusovce). She said, In the...
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Bill Tarkulich
smitko2
Dec 5, 2009 1:36 am
AK = Augsburg Confession Bill ... From: SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of MaryLou Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009...
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MaryLou
mary_lou_crouch
Dec 5, 2009 12:50 am
I uploaded 2 pages of the Magyar census that I am trying to decipher. I
have written some notes on this page but cannot really see or translate what
the...
