Hi Everyone, Writing an article on saints who were beloved in Slovakia a hundred years ago and were the inspiration for many of our ancestor's first names. ...
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gergely
gergely@...
Jan 13, 2013 1:10 pm
This looks looks a list of all my aunts and uncles. Jack Gergely Newport News ... From: helene cincebeaux To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday,...
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jenna-m
broni03
Jan 13, 2013 3:38 pm
Mine too. Looks like a list of aunts and uncles except that neither of my grandparents names, or my mother's made the list: gm-Veronika, gf-Carol (m. Carolus...
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votrubam
Jan 13, 2013 4:49 pm
... By coincidence, the most popular names in Slovakia in 2012 were published yesterday. For comparison, I added a list of the Slovaks' most common given...
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Jackie Kornmeyer
kornmeyerjackie
Jan 13, 2013 4:51 pm
I had two aunts who were named Ruzena. All others are there. Of course my name was found in a book by my brothers ; no one they knew had that name Jaqueline ...
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Jackie Kornmeyer
kornmeyerjackie
Jan 13, 2013 4:55 pm
I also found their spelling of my name to be very interesting. To get the pronunciation they spelled it Dzaklin Sent from my iPhone...
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S
ukwc.president
Jan 13, 2013 5:51 pm
Olga, Eva, Kristina, Alzbeta, Stephan, Samuel, Paul, Karol, Adam off the top of my head! Susan ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Helen Fedor
helentrib
Jan 13, 2013 6:16 pm
There's also a variant of Ondrej, which is Andrej. Otherwise, all my older relatives are on that list. H To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com From:...
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Helen Fedor
helentrib
Jan 13, 2013 6:17 pm
Oops, I forgot about Julia. H To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com From: helenezx@... Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 03:28:11 -0800 Subject: Re: [Slovak-World]...
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dragansk
Jan 13, 2013 6:44 pm
Suggest adding Pavol (Pavel) and Stefan as popular male names, and Alzbeta for females. Curious to see David as a popular name 100 years ago. Don't recall...
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Tonya Harmon
paulinecookbook
Jan 13, 2013 7:35 pm
Hi Helene, how about these names, popular in my family: Pavol (Paul) Milan Jaro (Jerry) Igor Stefan Paulina Juliana -- Tonya [Non-text portions of this message...
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helene cincebeaux
helenezx
Jan 13, 2013 7:56 pm
Thanks to all for your comments and suggestions - isn't it interesting that the Slovak Ministry of Culture just published that list of names poplar now and in...
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votrubam
Jan 13, 2013 8:30 pm
... Not particularly, Helene, see: http://groups.google.com/group/slovak-spot ... That's unclear. None of the names was anglicized in either the current list...
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gergely
gergely@...
Jan 13, 2013 9:02 pm
Ah, Paulina. Good Ole Aunt Pa. Jack Gergely Newport News ... From: Tonya Harmon To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 2:35 PM ...
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helene cincebeaux
helenezx
Jan 13, 2013 9:09 pm
oops - went back and saw the translate to English at top and must have clicked on that inadvertently - Thanks Martin and thanks so much for posting this inof! ...
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votrubam
Jan 13, 2013 9:26 pm
... Oh, thanks for letting me know, Helene, I've been wondering what was behind it. Martin...
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Katherine
katherinez0
Jan 13, 2013 11:29 pm
Hi Helene, I took a look at Steve's tree and came up with the following.  Most of these are from the Hrapkov area. Apolania,...
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L. LEPORIS
leporis1
Jan 14, 2013 12:32 am
Aunt Sue born Urska. LLeporis...
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William C. Wormuth
senzus
Jan 14, 2013 12:38 am
Ahoj Helene, FRANKO:  Veronika, Michal, Emerich (Imro), Anna, Apolina, Angelika, Maria, Tomas, Helena, Ferdinand, Margita, Azlbeta, Stefan POLLAK:  Eva,...
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William C. Wormuth
senzus
Jan 14, 2013 12:45 am
How could I forget, my Gramma was Julianna [Yuhlee-anna]. ________________________________ From: William C. Wormuth <senzus@...> To:...
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whiteox_nelson
Jan 14, 2013 12:53 am
I have one name to add ~ Apollonia - a very early saint. Appeared twice in my family from 1870 onwards. I looked her up: ...
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whiteox_nelson
Jan 14, 2013 1:00 am
Tell me more! Are they available online? Peter M...
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L. LEPORIS
leporis1
Jan 14, 2013 2:42 am
Family was really responsible for data mining Hungarian Reformed church website. They hit a jack pot story in Sandor' s galley slaves. (p.51 #20 Miklos Leporis...
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lkocik@...
lrrykck
Jan 14, 2013 5:10 am
My personal favorite;....Vavrinec ... From: "William C. Wormuth" <senzus@...> To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 5:45:09 PM ...
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lkocik@...
lrrykck
Jan 14, 2013 5:15 am
helene  Did anyone mention Vendelin, Konstance or Magdalena ... From: lkocik@... To: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013...
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Julie Michutka
jmichutka
Jan 14, 2013 12:45 pm
... I see Apollonia with some frequency in 19th century Kysuca river valley, in the northwest part of Slovakia. I wouldn't call it popular, but it certainly...
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Matchett
juliamatchett
Jan 14, 2013 8:18 pm
My mother's name was Hermina. Julia Matchett...
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whiteox_nelson
Jan 16, 2013 11:37 pm
I kept being bombarded from my online journals on Wikipedia's new site called Wikivoyage. Here's what it says about Slovakia: ...
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votrubam
Jan 16, 2013 11:42 pm
The Federation of European Professional Photographers awarded two of its 2012 top prizes to photographers from Presov (Wedding Photography) and Bratislava...
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dolores desideri
djdesideri
Jan 17, 2013 6:19 pm
My nephew would like to make his [long deceased] grandmother39;s Bohemian Rye bread. I found the recipe in my files, but then found that Pillsbury discontinued...