Hi everyone, I haven't posted much to the list but truly appreciate all the advice that is here. Just thought I would share a story today. After a few years of...
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tom geiss
tomfgurka@...
Feb 1, 2011 5:21 pm
Georgette, What part of Slovakia did they come from? I realize that it's a far cry from Jurco to Gurko, which was my family's name. Just checkin' Tom ...
Wonderful story, Georgette, and very similar to what I discovered of my grandfather Josef and Istvan (Stephen) Kladzan, brothers from Vinne (then Hungary, now...
Hello Listers, Can anyone tell me if there are birth,death or marriage records for Slovakia (Zamutov,'Caklov) other than the ones that are online at Family...
Linda, What specifically are you trying to find? If you are not finding what need online it may be what you are searching for is not their or you are not...
Hello, I'm new to the group and genealogy research in general. I opted for a free two week subscription to ancestry.com, and have been trying to track my ...
Scott, have you tried searching on the Ellis Island database? Do you have any indication of a village name? Even if there are multiple names, it will help the...
Thanks Elaine. My father's father's surname is STANKOWITZ, but I have also seen STANKOVICH. My father's mother's surname was BURKEY, but I have also seen...
Scott, If you know the Eastern Orthodox church your father attended, that might be a start. There should be a church history which might be helpful. Many...
Hi Scott - noted your surname. Did your ancestors come from Nizny or Vsyne Orlik? I am searching for a Miskivski family from there for someone coming on my ...
Scott  I don't know about Orthadox churches, but Roman Catholic churches  record all the sacraments receiveded by it's members.  I wrote to the church...
Stan, More information is needed here. First names, birth dates including years, location of residency in the US especially the first location, all would...
... seen BERKY. <<< For Slovakia, Berky(ova) computes. The other possible spellings do not. Stankovic(ova) works too. If nothing else works to define the...
... seen STANKOVICH. My father's mother's surname was BURKEY, but I have also seen BERKY. <<< According to genealogist Juraj Cisarik, there are (only) two...
Hello Scott, Welcome to genealogy! Oh, you’re gonna get addicted! First of all, let me warn you that you must cancel that free two week subscription to...
I have 3 listings in the Slovak Pride data base - one is for Stankowicz and then two individuals listing Stankovic. The surname of one is Stankovitz. Contact...
Sorry, gang, somehow my post (which I had written in a word processor and then cut & paste into email) came through w/o apostrophes or quote marks and in some...
Scott, I like the Steve Morse site http://stevemorse.org/ to search for immigration records. You can search by "sounds like". I prefer this site over Ellis...
Scott, I did a Ancestry.com search with Stankovwitz. There were 144 listings for immigrants. Only one said they were from Slovakia. An Iwan who arrived 12 JUL...
Scott, I used Steve Morse’s search for Stankowitz. There were 69 listings. Without the given name the search stopped there. There were about the same number...
I was never interested in geography/history in school and am paying for it now. I have been searching for my great-grandparents immigration records and...
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Bernardine Weigand
deanniew@...
Feb 3, 2011 6:36 pm
Scott, my daughter's friend's family spells their name STANKIEWICZ. Bernardine ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Bernardine Weigand
deanniew@...
Feb 3, 2011 6:40 pm
On Feb 2, 2011, at 11:16 PM, Scott Stankowitz wrote: Scott, I just found many STANKIEWICZ on the Ellis Island site. Bernardine ... [Non-text portions of this...
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Lubos Brieda
lbrieda@...
Feb 3, 2011 6:54 pm
Hi Cheryl, There is Zborov in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and even Poland. Here is the Czech one:...
As you may know, the former provinces of Bohemia and Moravia are now a part of the Czech Republic. I see you write the village as Zborov and also as Zboro....
