Hi Daniel, I found a curious thing in Slovakia. My experience over the years was that people weren't that much interested in their ancestors, and didn't go...
Daniel, Of Svaliava. It is in the Ukraine, but some distance from the Slovak border. The same border existed for Czechoslovakia. So Svaliava was never in...
My Szolyva grandmother Mariska (Mary) Vikuk Kristen was totally thrilled when she heard in 1988 that I was researching the family history. A few of her...
Michael, that region of old Bereg county became a part of Czechoslovakia between WWI and WWII, after which time it became part of Ukrainian SSR and now...
Janet, Thanks for the correction. I found a pre-WW II map. There is a "tongue" of territory that extended further to the southeast. That area was given to the...
Can anyone help me put this village into a country or specific area. I found the notation on a US WWII Draft Registration Card that placed it in Poland. The...
If we stand by your statement that the printing is very clear, then Bill is right, the Netherlands would seem to be the place to seek. However, I tried...
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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 : /Maria...
I recieved a birth entry from the village of Remeniny from my cousin the other day and I have yet to come across script of this nature. We/I have some...
Jacques, Thanks for the confirmation! Because it is written I am having trouble seeing it. I thought cyrillic possibly. Dennis ... and so is Maria Gacha. ... ...
Specifically, it is Church Slavonic http://www.iabsi.com/gen/public/church_slavonic.htm http://digi.perseus.sk/Inst/Azbuka.gif The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth...
Dennis, This is why I proposed looking at Steve Morse' Cyrillic website. http://stevemorse.org/russian/cyrprintcurs.html?font=print When I find a family name...
Hi Helene, Very interesting comments. I too wonder about relations of people with the same surname in the same area, and the people saying they weren't ...
Hi Michael, Just to correct you, Svaliava is now located in the Ukraine. But before 1918 I believe, it was Hungary, and then when my father was born in 1920,...
Janet, I am not in touch with Frank Jacobowitz, but if he is related to the WAchtenheims then I want to know him. I think he's related to that "other" ...
I found your comments very interesting, Helene, as I did Michael's experiences along the same lines. While never having been to Slovakia to experience this...
Ron, Family members have left for home and the house is quiet now so I took the time to post the pics you asked for in the Oszuszka folder in the photo section...
There must be many stories like this and I agree with your analysis, Debbie. Years ago my late cousin was told by another with the same unusual surname as hers...
I've reformulated this discussion because the title quite a bit off the original topic Re: [S-R] SURNAMES-Wachtenheim-Szolyva/Svaliava and I'd like to draw...
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Wow - well said, Bill! You nailed it for the rest of us "historians." Ray Veth - Middletown, NJ In a message dated 4/5/2010 9:02:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight...
Bill, I haven't been on the forum much lately--focused on another family line at the moment--but what you wrote really reflects my own experiences. Family...
... The families puts up with my eccentric interest in family and culture and take it as a matter of fact now. The Europeans are interested in seeing and...
Bill, You have expressed my feelings so to the point. For instance at a family birthday party for my 80 year old uncle a number of years ago, I distributed a...
It seems like that is a story or condition that everyone of us can sympathize with. Kukuk In a message dated 4/6/2010 2:15:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time, ...
