Hi, I have found word "falu" on Hungarian Wikipedia http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falu . In the column on the left is czech, english, german etc. version, so that you will find that falu is word of hungarian origin and means willage. All best in the year 2008! Petr Sedlon ----- Original Message ---- From: Ron and Betty Mlejnek <rvmlejnek@navix.net> To: czech@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 11:09:20 PM Subject: Re: [CZ] PLEASE HELP ME FIND MY GF I once helped a Czech National locate relatives and their records in Broome County, NY. I used the Broome County Genealogical Society. Have you tried any of these "Links"?: http://www.bclibrary.info/history.htm http://www.kindredtrails.com/NY_Broome.html http://www.mynewyorkgenealogy.com/ny_county/brm.htm http://www.geocities.com/marcri2/ http://www.bclibrary.info/ You can also subscribe to this list: http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_states-ny.html#NYBROOME BTW, a place name ending in "falu" appears to be either Slovak, Hungarian, or Romanian, but the first part of the name, Laksarnafalu, appears to be wrong. It might be 2 words. Most search strategies depend on the first 2-3 letters so I think you need to get on a Hungarian Mail List to identify the place. Also, if Franz were naturalized or applied to be naturalized (Declaration of Intent), his exact birthplace will be listed. RVM At 09:40 PM 12/29/2007, you wrote: >After 6 years of research over multitudes and multitudes of websites, >census's, stats, stats, and more stats, I have just about given up >trying to find >out when my grandfather died and where he is buried. I have >used Ancestry to >distraction, FHC, Ship lists, Immigration stats, and so many more lists, and >guides that I am buggy in the head just thinking of them all. I realize all >of you are just as busy; this will be my last cry for help; if >I don't find a >DC and a cemetery this year, I will just call it a draw and give up. I am >very limited in that I do not know his parents names, and I am the >last living >family member. If someone should stumble up any information that I don't >already know about, please let me know....this one is a very, very >deep rabbit >hole. > >His name is Franz (Frank) Walla (1888-195?) >Birthplace: Laksarnafalu, Hungary >Immigration: May 10, 1910 on SS Blucher >Siblings: Ferdinand & John >Parents: Unknown >Occupation: Ship fitter - Raritan Ship Yards, Perth Amboy, NJ > Sole molder - Endicott-Johnson Shoe Factory, Broome, NY >Military: WWI - US Army Le Somme, France >Spouse: Filomena M. Kupecz (1888-1939) >Marriage date: Unknown >Children: 1 Son, Walter Francis Walla, born 1/19/1929; Binghamton, NY > died 9/8/1987; >Warren, NJ >Last known address: 316 E. 70th St. Brooklyn, NY >Social Security #: Unknown, no records found in SS Death Records >Language spoken: Slovak >Census: 1920 and 1930, but not before. > > > >**************************************See AOL's top rated recipes >(http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >CZECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CZECH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs