I have added the following sections to my Helpful Hints page, url below. I have used all these research methods successfully and I hope they will help you in...
I have recently taken over the Kings County NY GenWeb page (Brooklyn). If your ancestors settled in or came through Brooklyn, you might want to take a peek...
HI, In researching the Ellis Island site, most of the individuals with my surname were from Bosany, but one is listed as being from Bacsafalva. Is (was in...
Hi everyone, My GG Grandfather died Nov. 30,1916 and was buried Dec.2, 1916 in Hertnek. I'm guessing that is in Slovakia, can anyone confirm that for me? Also,...
Do you mean, LDS? Those are the initials for Latter Day Saints, the religious group who have made copies of church records from all over the world, including...
From: John <jmatsko@...> Subject: Virus Detected was Re: RE: Ship Manifest DOB Yes John I do have a virus program, Norton. I did NOT open any of those...
The ship manifest page at the Ellis Island site showed a place for data of birth at the bottom of the page. In my g-m's case, the date in the DOB block was the...
Can someone tell me how to find records in the LDS tapes for Bos^any? It appears my ancestors came from what is now known as Bos^any, but was Nagy Bossany ...
This is being sent with permission of the original poster "Sgt George" who really knows his "stuff" about viruses. It's kind of technical, but read it all the...
Dear Admin: I subscribed to the Slovak roots list and it didn't allow attachments at first; now it seems that all the e-mails that come up on my screen show an...
Please remember this is a list for researching relatives from the former Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia/CZ and SR etc. While some questions about emigration...
In the hungarian census of 1869 there are items on cover of each household that I have not been able to translate. I believe it has to do with social status...
I'm finding that H's were misread as K's and vice versa. Hlinka was found under Klinka, Karpiak under Karpiah, etc. Also L and S were confused. (Littmanova...
I started with ellisisland.org and ebtered from there and registered. Good luck. It does take alot of time & patience. You have to keep hitting reload, refresh...
Phil - you are so right when you say to forgo negativity about the Ellis Island site - what if the owners of the site didn't put it on -we have to be patient...
Hi , I am just new to this list and trying to find some information on my grandparents on my mothers side. My Grandfather Micheal Chernich came to the county...
Hello, I am trying to find birth/baptism records for my grandparents. They were both born about 1880. My grandmother was probably from Hrabko, and my ...
http://www.channel3000.com/sh/technology/stories/national-technology-73307020010420-100404.html this is a local news article here, with a link to the site. It...
Dear List Members, I think this is the first time I have posted to this list since this list changed to yahoogroups. I have been receiving other list members...
Hello Friends, You all are lucky you even got into the website,my AOL keeps telling me the site can't be found and when I try Ellis Island.com it's not the ...
Part of Hungary became Slovakia and the was called Czechoslovakia after 1918. Place names were changed, and names were in German, Slovak and Hungarian. There...
According to the Ellis Island ship manifest for my g-f, he came from LEHOTA (which I had already known and determined, I think, to be Nova Lehota near Piestany...
Dear Group: Several people have posted with frustrations trying to use the Ellis Island Web Site. As many of us have found out, patience is the key. Seems that...
