In my opinion (and I'm certainly not an expert) any migration at this time period boiled down to where they could get a job and make $$$. Word of mouth...
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leroy_s@xxx.xxx
Oct 22, 1999 11:50 pm
Hello My ggrandparents came to New York in 1872. They came with two other families on the ship Silesia. The passenger ship list says that they came from a town...
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RMH
rmharing@xxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 23, 1999 12:03 am
... From: Maureen Pulignano <deefalt@...> To: <SLOVAK-ROOTS@onelist.com> Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [SLOVAK-ROOTS] Slovak...
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JArcher360@xxx.xxx
Oct 23, 1999 2:09 am
My grandparents, and two of my grandmother's brothers came to the US around 1912. One of the brothers returned to Slovakia after several years, having worked...
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RMH
rmharing@xxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 23, 1999 2:28 am
The most amazing thing to me is that the wages that our ancestors could earn working in the mines, while they would seem so low to us, were nevertheless enough...
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James A Honeychuck
jimhoney@xxxxxxxx.xxx...
Oct 23, 1999 11:42 am
A book I have here confirms that the end of serfdom was a contributing factor. According to Mark Stolarik in Immigration and Urbanization, The Slovak...
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Alice
alice7@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Oct 23, 1999 7:20 pm
Thanks Bob for your help however I have already tried that URL and my ships are not on it. I wonder if there is a 'mailing list' that deals with immigrant...
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sabinov@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
sabinov@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Oct 23, 1999 11:11 pm
The biggest list for Ships information is TheShipsList which you can join by sending subscribe to TheShipsList-L-request@... or ...
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Andrea Vangor
drav@xx.xxxx
Oct 23, 1999 11:17 pm
But if you look at this excellent web site, provided by a Canadian Slovak researcher, it discusses the attempts of the Hungarian government to prevent such...
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Andrea Vangor
drav@xx.xxxx
Oct 24, 1999 12:04 am
This explains some of the challenges for searchers: http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/europe.html "The Slovaks, who were relatively the best off, and...
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Arejayemm@xxx.xxx
Oct 24, 1999 12:52 am
I'm very glad to learn this bit of information regarding Slovak migration to Canada. My grandmother had a sister who came to Canada with her husband. He died...
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Jenny Brichta
yump@xxxx.xxxx
Oct 24, 1999 3:06 pm
Julie, They may have gone to Canada for a land deal that the Canadian govt was offering at the time. To encourage immigration, land was offered for very low...
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Jaypla73@xxx.xxx
Oct 24, 1999 5:45 pm
unsubscribe @onelist.com...
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J. Michutka
jmm@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 24, 1999 9:06 pm
... This would make sense; supposedly it was my grandfather's dream to have his own farm. When they later moved to Michigan, they did become a farming family,...
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Alice
alice7@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Oct 24, 1999 9:51 pm
Thanks Maura for the info, however, I must tell you that I was on a 'ships list' about a year or so ago when I was researching the other side of the family and...
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Alice
alice7@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Oct 24, 1999 9:50 pm
Thanks Maura for the info, however, I must tell you that I was on a 'ships list' about a year or so ago when I was researching the other side of the family and...
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BeechCrRR@xxx.xxx
Oct 24, 1999 9:55 pm
Hello, Earlier today I signed on the list and so this is my first query... In going through the LDS records various versions are used for the same first name....
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sabinov@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
sabinov@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Oct 24, 1999 9:56 pm
Again, if anyone does lookups on ships it's in CDs or books, they certainly can't take the time to search actual records, i.e. if its not in a book or on a CD...
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sabinov@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
sabinov@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Oct 24, 1999 10:05 pm
The Hungarian for Elizabeth is Erze'bet. When you find something in the LDS IGI or even in searching films, you'll see the name written in the preferred...
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Kate Cullinane
cullinan@xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
Oct 24, 1999 11:49 pm
Julie, This web site might be of some interest to you. It doesn't really describe the process but you might find your ancestors on it. ...
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Deb Blabolil
dlb14@xx.xxxx.xxxx
Oct 25, 1999 12:11 am
Could the person who is researching BILEK please email me- I have a friend who has done some BILEK genealogy. Thanks Deb Blabolil Searching BLABOLIL Deb...
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Ron Matviyak
amiak@xxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 25, 1999 12:31 am
Maura, I would like to thank Jeff for asking and you for answering the question. I find your answers great - concise, clear and diplomatic as well. "Preferred...
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Andy Verostko
averostko@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 25, 1999 2:21 am
Jeff, I'm sure you will get some very good info on names from the group and here is my opinion. The child was baptized at the church. "What name do you give?"...
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wendy Hantsbarger
wendy_freidel@xxxxx.x...
Oct 25, 1999 6:49 pm
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Alice
alice7@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Oct 25, 1999 7:39 pm
Thanks for your response Maura. Message: 7 Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 16:56:53 -0500 (CDT) From: sabinov@... (Maura Petzolt) Subject: Re: Re: Ships &...
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Jenny Brichta
yump@xxxx.xxxx
Oct 26, 1999 1:30 am
Hi Julie, What Kate wrote sounds like what I heard from my great-aunt Fritzi. She emigrated from Czech. into Canada and had a real struggle there the first ...
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Lisa Baker
twosocks@xxxx.xxxx
Oct 26, 1999 3:03 am
Hi, I'm trying to locate this village, my grandfather listed it as the place of his birth in the 1920 census. I've checked map quest, shetl seeker but can find...
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Kim Grosch
kimmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx.x...
Oct 26, 1999 6:57 pm
Thanks to the help of many people on the internet I have finally made contact with a living relative in Slovakia. This was truly exciting for me. Consequently,...
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BobHORGOS@xxx.xxx
Oct 27, 1999 8:09 am
Lisa: If you would go back to ShetlSeeker and merely type in the name of Beretski and do not type in the name of the country, ShetlSeeker will give you every...
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J. Michutka
jmm@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Oct 29, 1999 1:11 am
I'm not sure I'm clear on one thing about the Canadian land grants--were they only in the west? My grandparents went to London, Ontario, so I'm not sure that...
