In September 2002 I purchased from a private party, a book titled Heraldicky' Register Slovenskej Republiky, volume I published in 2000. The text in the book...
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CurtB
curtbocha
Jan 3, 2012 7:14 pm
Frank, The notice says that ten volumes will be published. Actually only volume one and two have been issued so far. You can order vol. 2 online from the...
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lkocik@...
lrrykck
Jan 3, 2012 7:57 pm
Hi John  Hope your having a good new year.  When You say the house numbers have changed since the 1800s, according to your Christmas card list; would that be...
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John
johnqadam
Jan 3, 2012 8:48 pm
In the case of a house in Secovce, there ARE two numbers posted on the house. In the case of Senne and Dubravka, there is only a single number. In Senne, they...
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Ron
amiak27
Jan 3, 2012 9:30 pm
It seems an always-informative place to go for information are the articles posted by Martin Votruba, professor at U of Pittsburgh. ...
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deeellessbee
Jan 3, 2012 10:44 pm
Hi all. Today I went to the local FHC and was thrilled to finally find my great-grandfather's birth/baptism record... or so I thought. I just got home and...
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helene cincebeaux
helenezx
Jan 3, 2012 11:39 pm
Hi Frank - have you asked Milan Sismis at Matica Slovenska who publishes a perioidical on Slovak heraldry and genealogy. I would think he would know or be able...
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William C. Wormuth
senzus@...
Jan 4, 2012 1:44 am
Heraldry of the World The largest heraldry site on the net, with presently coats of arms on-line !        http://www.ngw.nl/int/slo/n.htm Hurrra! I...
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CurtB
curtbocha
Jan 4, 2012 6:52 am
Debbie, It says "Defunctus est" and it does mean he died 26 sept 1942 in Plechotice. Curt B....
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jdkocis
Jan 4, 2012 6:51 pm
John, Is there any more can you tell me of "the KOCSIS home site" mentioned in your post and the KOCSIS family who had lived there? I have traced my KOCSIS...
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John
johnqadam
Jan 4, 2012 8:40 pm
... In Senne, the Kocis families are still there but not on the grassy site of my mother's former home. I can't tell you anything about Kocsis families who...
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deeellessbee
Jan 4, 2012 8:42 pm
Drat! So this must be the wrong person? I don't know what to think. The town is right, the parents are right, the age range is close (I had birthdates of...
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CurtB
curtbocha
Jan 5, 2012 5:49 am
Debbie, This may still be the record you are looking for. Remember that the writer who added the note, added it in 1942, and perhaps was recording second hand...
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stevemartonak
Jan 5, 2012 1:19 pm
Also, keep in mind that WWII was going on. Information didn't necessarily travel back and forth in a timely manner between the US and Slovakia. --...
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deeellessbee
Jan 5, 2012 7:13 pm
Thank you both for the comments. Like I said, if it were just the death date that was different, I wouldn't be as concerned, but the fact that the document...
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Ron
amiak27
Jan 6, 2012 6:37 am
As really cool as it may be, it is spam and the member is now on moderation, so we do not need 6 messages of complaints. Ron Matviyak moderator...
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CurtB
curtbocha
Jan 6, 2012 7:30 am
Debbie, Contacting the village is easy. Village has a web site: http://www.plechotice.sk/ Send a copy of your record photo to the village office and ask if...
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deeellessbee
Jan 6, 2012 1:28 pm
Curt, thank you for that information. I will give it a try - in English! I don't know a word of Slovak. Well, maybe a few words, but nothing that would help...
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Sue Martin
orowan
Jan 6, 2012 1:42 pm
I've had success using Google Translate, and copying and pasting the message into the email. Sue ... From: "deeellessbee" <deeellessbee@...> Sent:...
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Nick Kerpchar
ccknk
Jan 6, 2012 1:53 pm
It has been almost two months and I have not received approval for my request to join the Rusyn Heritage Yahoo Group so I have not posted the words to the...
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William
wfbrna
Jan 6, 2012 3:40 pm
... Amazingly, this actually works. Not that I think it is of much value. Bill Brna [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Michael Mojher
mgmojher@...
Jan 6, 2012 6:31 pm
http://en.e-obce.sk/obec/plechotice/plechotice.html This is a link to the Plechotice information page. On it you will see the village does have an e-mail...
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Michael Mojher
mgmojher@...
Jan 6, 2012 6:37 pm
http://www.zemplin.eu/plechotice/en Here is an English website about Plechotice. In the upper right is a black area, click on it and a video presentation...
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Michael Mojher
mgmojher@...
Jan 6, 2012 7:08 pm
Debbie, Google Translate is alright if you make the sentences very simple and use very plain English words. My cousins have laughed at some of its...
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deeellessbee
Jan 6, 2012 7:20 pm
Thank you all for your information and even more important, your encouragement! I'll write or e-mail and see what I can find out. I am really hoping this is...
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deeellessbee
Jan 6, 2012 8:27 pm
I have a question regarding a record I found. I recently obtained my great-grandfather Andrew's death certificate, which gave me the name of his parents, with...
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CurtB
curtbocha
Jan 6, 2012 9:13 pm
Debbie, In the nineteenth century, slightly more than one third of the population of Plechotice was Greek Catholic. Greek Catholics of Plechotice and their...
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deeellessbee
Jan 6, 2012 9:39 pm
Ah, thank you Curt! That was going to be my next question - where are the GC records for Plechotice! I will definitely look, but I'm not too hopeful. The...
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deeellessbee
Jan 6, 2012 10:12 pm
Sigh. That dull thud you hear is me banging my head against my desk. I do believe many of these Celovce records are in Cyrillic... Oh well, I guess I need to...
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Ron
amiak27
Jan 6, 2012 10:24 pm
OK, I have a previous posting on a method that works well for me. This site offers CAPS small letters, and cursive. I need this "template"; of cursive to...
