TRW, a big automotive supplies is opening a new manufacturing plant in Slovakia, with all the latest technologies including robots, vision recognition systems,...
The Slovaks are still the Czechs' most favorite nation and the Czechs' attitude to the Americans also remains stable at the level to which it dropped following...
My mother is currently living in Bratislava and is taking care of her elderly mother (93) by herself. She is trying to find a nurses aid or a home health aid...
I'll be heading to SK for Valentines week to visit my inlaws and check out our little apartment we purchased recently for the first time. It does need some...
Please check out some more pictures of Presov at: Travel The World http://travldawrld.blogspot.com/ I just can't get enough of posting pictures/stories...
... many ... There were, however, Slovaks who helped Jews escape from the Nazis. There are three of my relatives included in the list of Righteous Gentiles in...
2008 Texas Polka Fest at the Big Red Barn - Round Top, Texas February 21-24, 2008 This is the chance for all TexasCzechs members to get on national TV. Big Joe...
I just posted another travelogue with pictures from Presov and Kosice. I gotta tell you, it's hard for me to post those pictures/stories because I miss...
It is a simple question: What happened to the Jewish citizens in my ancestral village? I finally tied together two databases people posted on the forums and ...
I'm not even sure that Ancestry.com is worth using. I entered "Brna" and got only one hit, a 13 year old boy who is listed in the 1930 census. Not only did...
One of my used-book purchases over winter break was Serf, Seigneur, and Sovereign: Agrarian Reform in Eighteenth-Century Bohemia by William E. Wright...
Hi, Everyone! Just in case you're interested, I posted a new Slovak travelogue on my website with pictures of Presov after an evening rain. It hurts me to ...
I recently upgraded to Family Tree Maker 2008 from Family Tree Maker 2006. A one month free trial of Ancestry.com was included in the package. I don't know...
Has anyone yet purchased/read the new English translation of Culen's "History of Slovaks in America"? http://www.cgsi.org/store.asp?p=453054439 It sounds...
After seeing your slideshow, I'm definitely retiring in Slovakia! Those pictures of the High Tatras brought back so many memories. Thanks for sharing, Russ...
Joann, I'm sorry, but I cannot include your message in my reply, however, I have traced my direct ancestry back to the oldest son of a couple who was born in...
Janet, I'm sorry but I can't include the text of your message. I keep getting an error report which does not allow me to reply with the message. I recently...
I have visited Slovakia three times, in 2001, 2002, and in May, 2007. I have driven several thousand kilometers over a total of 47 days, from Bratislava north...
I just posted this story on Slovak-Roots and figure some of you may put the information to good use as well. We succeeded in getting visitor visas for (to be)...
Mark you calendars for the 3rd Egg Eggstravaganza at the St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Social Hall, 85 E. Main Street, in Uniontown,PA on Sunday, ...
Hi to everyone! I just joined this group and hope it will be a great place to share our Slovak experiences. Anyway, let me tell you a little about myself. I've...
While chasing a few Czech links down I stumbled across the "RadixIndex" which is a pay to use database for Hungary. I have no affiliation with this site and...
I tried to find Rovnanek's book at Amazon and did a Google search but could not come up with the title. Could you tell us what it is and where we might get...
Forgive me for butting in. I am not being critical to anyone. We are all here to learn and communicate our knowledge and thoughts to everyone else on S-W. I...
In footnote 29 for this chapter, Spiesz says that in 1949, Viliam Siroky "proposed...the conversion of priests into state employees" as one of the means of...
