Our Easter day meal consists of "shun?" consisting of chopped ham, cut-up keilbasa, hard-boiled eggs cut up, with a sauce of buttermilk which had grated ...
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gldandy
Mar 30, 2012 6:33 pm
Hello from a new member! Although I've been research my family history for a couple decades, I only seriously started on my father's side in the past few...
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Tara Trovitch
aromasofsoy
Mar 30, 2012 7:11 pm
We call the egg cheese that your talking about Hurtka. I am not sure if its spelled correctly. This is my favorite thing, ever!! I make it for Easter and also...
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david1law@...
davidsadvent...
Mar 30, 2012 9:00 pm
Dear Georgie: Welcome to the forum! If you are not already familiar with it, I highly recommend Bill Tarkulich's SLOVAKIA & ENVIRONS GENEALOGY RESEARCH...
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K Higgison
kachka_2007
Mar 30, 2012 9:29 pm
Hi, Our family celebrates Holy Saturday, too. We would make the Easter Cheese with 18 eggs, half n half, pinch salt, and a lil nutmeg...cooking on the stove in...
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hmsbob@...
hmsbob
Mar 30, 2012 9:29 pm
i can remember mom preparing the easter basket that was taken to the church Holy Saturday afternoon to be blessed and to be enjoyed and eaten on Easter Sunday...
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Dianne
diannemills
Mar 30, 2012 9:38 pm
i'm not sure where this started.......maybe it was a coal mine region or slovak betting game? when we visited our relatives for Easter in mt carmel Pa, we...
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christine mackara
cbm1048
Mar 30, 2012 9:51 pm
While searching the R C records for our Krisso Ancestors in Trhoviste, County Michalovce, I noticed 3 films, Inv. # 1300. # 1301 and 1302 , seem to be...
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Maxine
vigee96
Mar 30, 2012 10:01 pm
On Saturdays we NEVER EAT MEAT. On Easter Sunday, we bring a basket of food to church to have the food Blessed before we eat it. In the basket is: Butter,...
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Michael Mojher
mgmojher
Mar 31, 2012 1:21 am
Christine, When I ran across a problem within the records I contacted the FHL at the page link below. It is a human endeavor and mistakes are made. The flip...
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Ron
amiak27
Mar 31, 2012 2:52 am
This is a genealogical ONLY forum, and we diverge occasionally into closely related fields as we recently did with understanding grammar, in order to...
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James Soltis
soltis242291...
Mar 31, 2012 4:34 pm
The past week, I was able to access the 1869 Hungarian Census. The tape title I have is for Nepszamlalas, Szepes (megye). The film # is 2151177, the first...
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htcstech
whiteox_nelson
Mar 31, 2012 5:20 pm
Hello Jim, Joka and Thurzo were Hungarian estate-owning nobles. Here's a link for Joka. http://kleberczderethe.blogspot.com.au/2012_01_01_archive.html If your...
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James Soltis
soltis242291...
Mar 31, 2012 5:42 pm
The Joka and Theso that I listed were first or given names, not surnames Jim Soltis ... From: htcstech <htcstech@...> To: SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com ...
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david1law@...
davidsadvent...
Mar 31, 2012 5:49 pm
Dear Jim: It may be helpful to upload a link to the page that you are attempting to decipher. In Hungary, surnames are listed first and before the first or ...
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James Soltis
soltis242291...
Mar 31, 2012 6:03 pm
David: The census shows only the first name (given name) for children and Joka and Theso were shown as given names of children. The full name would be Joka...
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david1law@...
davidsadvent...
Mar 31, 2012 6:12 pm
Dear Jim: Thank you for the clarification. The first name "Joka" may possibly be Hebrew in origin and means "gift from God" in Hebrew. I am wondering if ...
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William C. Wormuth
senzus...
Mar 31, 2012 7:04 pm
It is hard for us to decipher the info withour reading directly from the original. For instance, Hungarians write their names, last first, such as Mihaly...
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James Soltis
soltis242291...
Mar 31, 2012 8:55 pm
Thank you David and William, your answers are enlightening. However, the records for Felso-Laps (Vysna Lapse) seem to be written by at least four different...
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Margo Smith
margolane61
Mar 31, 2012 9:25 pm
Jim, are you aware that, based on your surname, you are likely a direct descendant of the original village founder (i.e., the village of your father). ...
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James Soltis
soltis242291...
Mar 31, 2012 10:05 pm
Margo: Yes, I have considered the name origin. I was reading a posting on PolishOrigin website from Zenon (one of the "experts" on the site) who had just...
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helene cincebeaux
helenezx
Mar 31, 2012 11:16 pm
... From: James Soltis <soltis242291@...> Subject: Re: [S-R] 1869 Hungarian Census To: SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com Date: Saturday, March 31, 2012,...
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helene cincebeaux
helenezx
Mar 31, 2012 11:19 pm
Hi Jim - Think that the vidana isn't an occupation but indicates married and so agree that Theso was likely a form of Teresa.  helene ... From: James Soltis...
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patskanovo
Apr 1, 2012 1:18 am
Hello group, I have a name and some information and I am looking for a a village. Katherine (Katrina ?) Hava (?) Katinsky of Belle Vernon ,Penna. died 10 May...
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david1law@...
davidsadvent...
Apr 1, 2012 2:14 am
Dear Jim: From what you have shared so far, it appears that you are doing a fantastic job researching your family history. Sometimes, we put too much pressure...
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Judy
hogelj
Apr 1, 2012 2:40 am
Hi Jim, Recently I have been working with the 1869 Hungarian census too. Most of the tranlated versions show Hungarian being used to record the information....
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CurtB
curtbocha
Apr 1, 2012 2:45 am
Dennis, In this case the W in Polish is pronounced like we pronounce the letter V. So it is Hava in Slovak but Hawa in Polish but pronouced the same. The...
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Michael Mojher
mgmojher
Apr 1, 2012 2:59 am
I plugged your surname spelling into the Slovak 1995 Census database. It offered up a couple of alternatives, Havaj was the only one that was a surname. It...
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Rick Mayernik
mrgenealogy1
Apr 1, 2012 3:31 am
Hello My Great Grandfather, John Komar, born 1858. according to the 1900 census for Perry, St. Francois County, Missouri (Komer is Kamer) . Year of ...
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Czech
boiirose
Apr 1, 2012 3:32 am
TOOLS, then TOOLBARS, then MENU BAR and THEN I can follow the directions. Sigh, thanks -- *Lorna R. Stein* [Non-text portions of this message have been...
