I would say that Gyorgy was the father of Maria and Mihaly - he was Ozvegy - or a widower, working on the land. All are local. Only Marta can read/write, all...
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htcstech
whiteox_nelson
Jan 29, 2013 2:05 am
Ok. image 137 right side is the house and description, 138 about the inhabitants, 139 left side is the livestock etc. They had 1 cow - (tehen). Peter M. ... ...
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deeellessbee
Jan 29, 2013 2:39 am
Peter thanks for that help. Thanks especially for the "has a lot/parcel of land" - my translation only said "lot" and while I figured it meant he had some...
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karen lovadina
lovadina_karen
Jan 29, 2013 2:41 am
On a baptismal record under the column where it says religion and conditio, some records say "mont" and some say"pleb". What do these mean? Karen [Non-text...
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deeellessbee
Jan 29, 2013 2:42 am
Ahhh... I see. Can I ask how you knew that, Peter? Did I miss something somewhere on the form? Or (more likely) should I have read something somewhere...
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mgmojher
Jan 29, 2013 3:43 am
Debbie, Sorry the page I got the information was not set to display Slovak words properly. Here is a link that shows you the pages of the census and explains...
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mgmojher
Jan 29, 2013 3:50 am
http://www.berecz.us/tutorial/miscdocs/mis2.htm This should clarify the pages for you. From: deeellessbee Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 6:42 PM To:...
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mgmojher
Jan 29, 2013 3:52 am
http://www.berecz.us/tutorial/miscdocs/mis2.htm – If you click on “See Notes” on the right it will explain the columns. From: deeellessbee Sent: Monday,...
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deeellessbee
Jan 29, 2013 4:03 am
Ah! Thank you Michael! That's great. I really should try to read this stuff *before* I plunge into any records. Thanks for all this information and the...
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htcstech
whiteox_nelson
Jan 29, 2013 7:07 am
Hi, There is every possibility that it is your family. If you have a look at the 1st and 2nd column headings, it gives evidence of 2 families in the one house....
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deeellessbee
Jan 29, 2013 6:47 pm
Peter, thanks for your thoughts and info. I saw that Gyorgy was a widower with two kids, and I figured he was a relative of some kind, sharing the house with...
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lrrykck
Jan 29, 2013 8:03 pm
Hi Debbie The 1869 census is a goldmine of data for how our ancestors lived. I think your problem is in using it to put the family together. Maybe it...
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deeellessbee
Jan 29, 2013 8:54 pm
Larry, you are completely right, and this is really what I need to do... again! I have combed through the records, and as I mentioned, I have found a few...
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karen lovadina
lovadina_karen
Jan 29, 2013 9:55 pm
... From: karen lovadina <lovadina_karen@...> Subject: Re: [S-R] translation To: SLOVAK-ROOTS@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, January 28, 2013, 8:41 PM On...
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htcstech
whiteox_nelson
Jan 29, 2013 10:15 pm
Hi Larry, The classification of bulls, cows, oxen and 'borju' - calves into Hungarian or Swiss was important to the economy. I got most of this info from bits ...
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htcstech
whiteox_nelson
Jan 29, 2013 10:34 pm
Hello Karen, Not knowing the year and place I would hazard a guess that Pleb stands for Plebania meaning Parish. Mont, I'm not sure of. Were these words...
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Margo Smith
margolane61
Jan 29, 2013 11:22 pm
Pleb = commoner, not noble. Could be either colonus or inquilinus. Margo ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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lrrykck
Jan 30, 2013 12:26 am
Peter Thank you.... This is the data that you don't find in typical avenues of genealogical research. I wouldn't even know where to begin to look for it. ...
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deeellessbee
Jan 31, 2013 10:20 pm
Yes, Peter, thank you for this info. Looks like my family had a milk cow! Debbie...
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Robert Pollak
rjp4053
Feb 1, 2013 12:50 am
I have given up trying to find information on my gg-grandmother. Can anyone suggest a good genealogist in the Spis region? I know a lot about my...
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Jan Ammann
aloysialouise
Feb 1, 2013 1:16 am
Why don't you give us her name & details. Who knows? Someone may know something. It's worth a shot. Dumb luck kicks in every now and then! Jan Sent from my...
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mgmojher
Feb 1, 2013 1:16 am
Bob, Do you have any idea where in the Spis region that you would concentrate the search? I have used a certified genealogist out of Presov, Michal Razus,...
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Robert Pollak
rjp4053
Feb 2, 2013 7:39 pm
My gg-grandmother's name (found on the birth records of her children and on her death record) was Anna Petrustsak. The first record of her is the birth...
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htcstech
whiteox_nelson
Feb 2, 2013 8:21 pm
Hello Robert, Not wanting to waste your time or efforts, but I want to clarify how early you have gone back searching for Anna's father in Vlkovce prior to...
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takukuk
Feb 2, 2013 8:42 pm
Bob, I emailed you personally, but perhaps you didn't get it. I show only 9 children and have a marriage date of: 7 NOV 1846. Is the ancestry tree...
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Sue Martin
orowan
Feb 2, 2013 9:41 pm
Have you checked records of Szepes-Ofalu? I believe that's the earlier name of Spisska Nova Ves. Sue ... From: "Robert Pollak" <rjp4053@...> Sent:...
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takukuk
Feb 2, 2013 11:18 pm
Peter, thank you for the spelling variations. Bob: on Anna Petrustsak's death record, her father's home town appears to be Kis-Kun, so just on a hunch I found...
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takukuk
Feb 2, 2013 11:26 pm
The Hungarian/Slovak/German city names plus all the name changes confuses the devil out of me, but I looked up Szepes-Ofalu and found this on WIKI: ...
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Sue Martin
orowan
Feb 3, 2013 1:01 am
No, you got it right. I mixed up Spisska Nova Ves and Spisska Stara Ves. Sorry about that! Sue ... From: takukuk@... Sent: Saturday, February 2, 2013...
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hmsbob
Feb 3, 2013 3:17 pm
what do i have to do, and where do i look for information on the church records that they put on ancestry. step by step if possible. its been so long since...
