Do you know if the name Szekely was Amaricanized to Sekey? I am researching the name Sekey. The immigrant was Andrew in the early 1900's. He was Slovak....
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llpeters@...
Dec 2, 1999 1:42 pm
I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THEY EVER USED THE NAME SEKEY. BUT I I KNOW THEY CHANGED IT ABOUT 5 TIMES.YES SZEKELY HAS BEEN AMERICANIZED AS SEKEY. I HOPE THAT WE...
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Micheal and Beverly
sekey@xxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 2, 1999 7:26 pm
Thought I would post this site for anyone who hasn't been there. It is basically a message board where you can post and respond to queries. There are boards...
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elainetm@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Dec 4, 1999 9:24 pm
Michael SLEPICKA, married to Anna HRUSKA, in Chicago, Illinois, August 1879, St. John Nepomucene Roman Catholic Church, parents of nine children, all born in...
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Andrea Vangor
drav@...
Dec 6, 1999 8:56 am
I give up! I am weary of struggling with fragments of semi-literate Latin in 18th century records (not complaining about having them, of course!). Anyone have...
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Ron Matviyak
amiak@xxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 6, 1999 9:03 am
... p.77 inquilinus = house resident, renter, inhabitant None of the others are listed. I have one other reference that may have something.. will look...
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Judy (and Dr. Joe ) Q...
judyq@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 6, 1999 9:22 am
Dear Andrea, Ron has a good point, is it really Latin? I have a modicum of Latin education, but I am not familiar with a Latin word with doubled vowels as in...
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Andrea Vangor
drav@xx.xxxx
Dec 6, 1999 10:24 am
The phrase occurs repeatedly, like a formula. I will copy a typical example and post later. It did not look much like Latin to me either but the records are...
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Ron Matviyak
amiak@xxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 6, 1999 3:23 pm
Sorry< I should have been more complete in my initial answer. That one word came from a list of Latin words in the book quoted. I also checked the companion...
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Andy Verostko
averostko@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 6, 1999 4:26 pm
... Incolis is a resident I can't guess at what poonis is or might have been Inquilinus is a tenant farmer iur doesn't look at all familiar. Regards Andy...
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J. Michutka
jmm@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 6, 1999 6:24 pm
... iur abbr. of iure? which would be "rightfully, justly". Or could it be a mis-reading of "vir" (man, in it's most basic meaning; also used in classical...
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Andrea Vangor
drav@xx.xxxx
Dec 6, 1999 7:02 pm
Dear Julie, I think you have really hit something with your translation/correction of "iur". I found the fragment in a name, identifying John Doe as the son...
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Joe Armata
JOE@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx...
Dec 6, 1999 7:34 pm
To add a bit about inquilinus, it's a term from the feudal days referring to someone who had no cropland - meaning no large tracts of land to grow grain. He...
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aantoska@xxxxx.xxx
Dec 7, 1999 2:46 am
Ahoj Andrea, Could your "poonis" as in "incolis poonis" be an abbreviation of "impoenitens" - impenitent; viewed as a public sinner, or refusal of last rites?...
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Andrea Vangor
drav@xx.xxxx
Dec 7, 1999 4:23 am
I don't think Lutherans have Last Rites. But keep trying, listers -- and tomorrow I will go back and find some exact text to provide context. I wonder...
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Andrea Vangor
drav@xx.xxxx
Dec 7, 1999 4:27 am
Thanks very much, Andy. I can see that incolis meaning resident fits very well. The following word is probably an abbreviation for something or other....
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Andrea Vangor
drav@xx.xxxx
Dec 7, 1999 9:14 am
Thanks very much, Joe. I find these medieval expressions fascinating, and sure they would have shifted their meanings over time like everything else. But I...
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John
jmatsko@...
Dec 7, 1999 4:18 pm
... Were there any Hungarian census for this period? The only information I was able to obtain about my grandfather (b1861) and great grandfather (b1812) was ...
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RAHannig00@xxx.xxx
Dec 7, 1999 5:59 pm
Hi, My name is Robin Hannig, and I joined this list a few days ago. First I'd like to say I'm impressed with how much some of you know, after seeing your ...
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Joan Hendershot
jhender3@xxxxxxxxx.xx...
Dec 7, 1999 8:16 pm
Could this possibly be Solivar. It was called Soovar in Saros Co. Hungary. Joan...
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RAHannig00@xxx.xxx
Dec 7, 1999 10:12 pm
Hi Joan, thanks, you are the second person to suggest this might be Solivar. Do you know when this would have been part of Hungary? I know the family was ...
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J. Michutka
jmm@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 7, 1999 10:28 pm
... Could it be a misspelling of "quondam", "once, formerly"? It would make sense if the author was used to hearing the word but not seeing it, and spelled it...
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JK
Rusyn.from.ujak.joy@x...
Dec 7, 1999 10:49 pm
Hi Robin: Check out our site, The Carpathian Connection http://www.tccweb.org/ we have excellent links for reference ranging from the old Austro-Hungarian...
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Andrea Vangor
drav@xx.xxxx
Dec 7, 1999 11:03 pm
I think that in the case of the lower Lutheran clergy, they would write a Latin word the way they remembered it from the seminary. But because their liturgy...
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Al Stoffa
a_stoffa@xxxxx.xxxx
Dec 8, 1999 12:57 am
Robin, Sovar is listed as the name for Solivar in 1808. I'm not positive but Solivar mah have been absorbed into Presov. Hope that helps. I have found records...
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sabinov@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
sabinov@xxxxx.xxxxxxx...
Dec 8, 1999 1:33 am
The Duncan Gardiner book "German Towns in Slovakia and Upper Hungary" is microfilmed and available via your local FHC. I have it on permanent loan at mine as...
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Micheal and Beverly
sekey@xxxxxx.xxxx
Dec 8, 1999 2:13 am
I requested the list owner to allow me to post this message to determine interest in this topic. She stated it was fine. I started a group for people...
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MJESKO@xxxxx.xxxxxxxx...
MJESKO@xxxxx.xxxxxxxx...
Dec 8, 1999 2:22 am
Hi SOLIVAR is still a suburb of Presov. Mark "TRADITION is the JOYFUL memory of a people!"...
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Joan Hendershot
jhender3@xxxxxxxxx.xx...
Dec 8, 1999 3:23 am
Hi Robin: I recently went thru Parish Record films of Solivar. They have Parish Registers of birth, marriages and deaths for Solivar from 1709 to 1896. They...
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OLSMARIE@xxx.xxx
Dec 8, 1999 11:43 am
Welcome to the Slovak Roots list - I am on about 2-3 weeks also -------Marie G...
