I am looking for a map of Slovakia that shows the break down of the counties. I have 3 different maps and non of them show the counties. I have an excellent...
Happy New Year to all, and may your ISP server thumb its electronic nose at any Y2K bugs. Because of intense withdrawal symptoms (my Family History Center has...
I have found the subject surname in my family tree. My question: is this even a Slovak name or a Slovak name that has been heavily Latinized or corrupted by...
Hi all, Today I got my first look at some Solivar (Soovar) films. I did find members of both sides of my MIL's family in there, so I'm happy. Now I need to...
Yes, Kassa (H), Kassau (G), and Kosice (SK) are all the same city. Now I avoided speculating until now, but if this could be German, then "kassa, kassa'n"...
Can anyone help me locate the subject village? I can't find it on any of my maps but believe it is in the SE corner of Saris zupa, in the neighborhood of the...
Hello- Anyone researching the names Bilek, Zid or Blabolil please email me- I know someone out there had the name Bilek on their list once before and I can't...
An efficient way to avoid printing entire web pages, is to copy the information you need and paste to an original email-addressed to yourself. Works well in...
Need some help translating the following causes of death: nesghules gyornorrak ...and the following occupations: telkesgazda foldeszes Any help is greatly...
In searching the church records I have come across the subject first name many times, spelled in each of the three ways (if I'm reading the chicken scratch...
As promised, we will relax the "genealogy-only" rules of SLOVAK-ROOTS from now (Dec 24) to New Year's Day, Jan 1, 2000 , to allow some discussion of things...
Dear fellow listmembers, Many of you may already know that there are several nasty viruses going around. These viruses are -not- going through Rootsweb or...
I agree, they do seem to make it complicated for the user... even something as simple as making you print out two pages to get one little item printed because...
I have a membership to Ancestry.com and have found very little useful info. However, I find the best way to get the most results is to put in the surname only....
The posting I made on whether or not to "relax the rules" for Christmas, and asking people to vote on one of 3 suggestions was made nearly two weeks ago...... ...
These edifying remarks come from http://ihff.nwy.at/index.htm/ where there is a very informed discussion of the problems we face in researching archives of the...
Ron and all, the thing you have to remember is that the databases at Ancestry are rather "hit and miss" in terms of what they have, and will only be useful to...
Maura, This is a busy holiday season, but perhaps you or some other subscribers can give a few pointers on what and how to search on the Ancetry (and any) web....
Here is the original posting I made on Dec 14 about voting for relaxing the rules. If you were on this list on Dec 14, then you got this post. Whether or not...
Well, there are over 170 people on the SLOVAK-ROOTS list, and I only heard from 8 of you on the "Relaxing the Rules" for Christmas situation. 1 vote for no...
Hi all, I was told to utilize all of ancestry.com databases you needed to go to 'guest registry' at the top of the first page, fill out the form, and submit ...
A discussion is raging on another list as to the best way to photograph microfilm pages on the readers. Apparently, the Family History Centers permit this...
I've just been notified that the Ancestry site http://www.ancestry.com will open all it's databases for free searching from Dec 20, 1999 (tomorrow) to Jan 4,...
I am tempted first to think of the old Greek AE that we continued to use occasionally in America up until a few decades ago - the combination letter that...
... For Austria/Hungary, serfdom was abolished by Maria Theresa's son, Emperor Joseph II, in 1781. After that date, the common people were no longer bound to...
Ijust finished thomas Bell's book out of this furnace on three generations of Slovaks being exploited by the U.S. Steel Corporation and found the treatment of...
