There are frequent occasions when folks talk about the origin of their ancestors and they use modern day names for the location of origin. Some of the names...
Frank, Slovakia never was a protectorate of germany. It was the Czech. Vladimir _____ From: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com]...
Vladimir, Source: The Statesman's Year-Book 1940, Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the year 1940, Edited by M. Epstein, M.A., ...
Vladimir, Other Sources: 1. Source: European History Since 1870, by F. Lee Benns, Indiana University, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc., New York,1955. Entry:...
Slovakia also was not occupied by the Germans in any considerable size till Sept.1944. Parts of Slovakia were occupied by Poland and Hungary. Vladimir _____ ...
The Summer issue of Slovakia is hot off the press; it's published by the Slovak Heritage & Folklore Society International If you would like to see a copy it is...
My grandparents (and one great-grandparent) were my Slovak immigrant ancestors; they landed in New York City, stayed there a while, went to London Ontario for...
Julie - Interesting you should ask. I had at one time noted a reference for Slovaks in Ontario, and found the Ontario Dioceses - Slovak Eparchy, Unionville,...
Thanks Chuck; did some browsing of the site, so far no easy answers--yet! It was interesting to find that there is a Slovak Byzantine rite church in the...
Frank, In your entry for 1867-1918, while all of present-day Slovakia was in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, part of it was in the Republic of Austria and part...
Nancy, It was as a result of the Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye in 1919, that recognized the Czechoslovak Republic, consisting of the Czech Lands (Bohemia,...
Nancy, After rechecking my 1815-1866 map of Central Europe, the Empire of Austria included Bohemia, Moravia, part of Silesia and a small portion of Galicia but...
Everyone has to keep in mind.... Your immigrant ancestors couldn't spell English. In America they also lost the ability to spell Slovak through the years. I...
Galicia hungarian? _____ From: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Plichta Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 4:18 AM To:...
... Let me support this with an example, Vladimir. Just because the US Taiwan Relations Act mandates US military protection of Taiwan does not mean that...
... This is getting quite messy. The Kingdom of Hungary _was_ part of the "Empire of Austria" in 1815-1866 just like the Kingdom of Bohemia, Margraviate of...
Martin, I'm glad I'm not alone. Thanks. Vladimir _____ From: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Votruba ...
Frank, Your use of "the autonomous province of Subcarpathian Ruthenia". This really interests me. I'd like to know more. I was never aware that Ruthenia ever...
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Martin, The winegrower's impressions of his first views of America are fabulous. His apparent surprise that there was poverty in America. His description of...
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Jack, The entire paragraph is a direct quote from "The Statesman's Yearbook", Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year ...
No I did not say that Galicia was Hungarian. I said that the geographical area known as Galicia was a territory within the political entity known as the...
OK, thanks. I'll try to find it. Jack Gergely ... From: Plichta To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 1:18 PM Subject: [Slovak-World]...
Interesting reading for anyone who hasn't seen it before. George http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/peters.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... Martin, I don't make stuff up. I can only report what I read in sources that are well respected and known for their historical accuracy. In "The...
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