In the course of browsing through the baptism records for Rankovce in the 18th century I found a part of the book where there appeared to be some other kind of...
Hi everyone.... Here are some answers to some questions I have gotten privately, and thought everyone would like to know the answers.... 1. I have reset the...
Oh! {picture lightbulb going on over my head!} Yes, it has to be Cibinium for Sabinov, that word rang a bell and I remembered seeing it all the time in the...
We're going to try an experiment for a day or so, and see which works better.... Private replies to me were even for reply to list and reply to sender, so I...
Thanks Al, I'll try those.... I didn't see anything under the Z's... so maybe its one of the other ones. By the way, I owed you a response from a letter Helene...
Sorry about the lengthy post to John going out to the list; I hit the reply button and it went to the list, not his email address! It doesn't work that way on...
I suppose I'm probably the only dummy who didn't think to search for a Slovak Embassy site, until it was suggested in answer to a list posting, but just in...
New subscriber to list. I am looking for information on the Hamara surname from Zeleznik, and surrounding towns, Slovakia (about 15 miles NE of Presov). My...
Getting a film on permanent loan at your FHC does mean that it will stay there, even if you move. Basically you pay one time for a film loan for 60 days, which...
Dear June and List, Somehow, a subject discussed on the list got a bit out of hand during your absence. Someone introduced the subject of the different...
I am happy to say that John Movius, webmaster of the FEEFHS site at http://www.feefhs.org , has indicated they would be interested in hosting a homepage for...
Dear listmembers, We are currently at 58 members, not bad for only a week! Hopefully we will continue to grow steadily as word gets out that we exist. We are...
Hi List....here is a great site I came across that gives the translations in Latin, Hungarian , Slovak and English............ for Baptism, marriage, and Death...
Hi, my name is Tracey and I am trying to find any information I can in regards to the SPETLA and KAZDA surnames. My grandfather was Joseph SPETLA and he came...
Hi Jenny, and welcome to the list! I think the answer to your question depends on what kind of microfilm you are using.... Church records are divided into...
Anabeth, I looks like some/many of the FHCs no longer offer a true permanent loan for microfilm because they encounter situations where people move and do not...
... From: SLOVAK-ROOTS@onelist.com <SLOVAK-ROOTS@onelist.com> To: SLOVAK-ROOTS@onelist.com <SLOVAK-ROOTS@onelist.com> Date: Saturday, June 26, 1999 3:20 AM ...
Dear Maura, I'm a new member of your list. These are the surnames of my ancestors I am researching. Frendak and Germek from Blatne Revistia. Kral and Matocka...
Hello William and Welcome to the List! I hope you find what you are looking for on this list, we are rather small right now but growing every day.... so if...
I am a new subscriber to SLOVAK-ROOTS. While previously researching the family name in the Family History Center in Greentree, PA, I met Anabeth Dollins who...
Dear Maura and List, I just started to rummage around in the FHC microfilm with Lutheran baptism records for Rank (Rankovce), 1755-1842. Got as far as 1787...
Hi all... Andrea's post brings up a good point about contacting relatives, even distant ones.... When I started doing this seriously two years ago I had a...
My great-grandmother was Ethel Neuman. According to her US naturtalization papers she was born in Banka, Czechoslovakia on 25 December 1887. She emmigrated...
Hi! My family came over and settled first in Rices Landing and then in Canonsburg, just south of where you are in Bridgeport. My grandfather worked at the...
According to US Census, various spellings of surname POKORNEY came to the US abt 1884. The records indicate they were from Austria, Slovak roots. I am ...
For those of you who had relatives come into US ports, particularly NY (which at various times was either a wharf in Manhattan, Castle Garden or Ellis Island)...
I am searching for information pertaining to the Parma, Cernosek & Bohuslav families. My emphasis at this time is on the Parma family. Any information will...
I need any informationm on the Neumans from Banka. My great-grandmother was Ethel Neuman from Banka who married Vito Zilka from Rokovice. Thank You, Nicholas...