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Does anyone know of a way to check the origin of a surname? I am having a terrible time with the name Fruss and have no idea of it's origin. I know the ancestor with the name came from Hungary, but is the name even Hungarian? Any help is appreciated. Claudia

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------A301F228747A61FECBCADC41 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I am from Holland. I am researching the ancestors of my mother. The oldest ancestor is one Wenceslaus Benda, who is supposed to be born in or around 1713 in a place that is noted here in Holland as: "Laarsen", but this place does not exist in Europe. We suspect that it might be Laznh in Tsjechik because this is pronounced the same way (about) as Laarsen. He was a mercenary soldier, married here in Holland to Hendrina van Beverdam, and never returned to Czechoslovakia, as far as I know. He died in 1783 in Nijmegen, Holland. *************************************** Huub T.M. ter Beek IJsselstein, the Netherlands [email protected] ICQ nr. 2392869 ************************************** --------------A301F228747A61FECBCADC41 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Huub T.M. ter Beek Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Huub T.M. ter Beek n: ;Huub T.M. ter Beek email;internet: [email protected] x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: FALSE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------A301F228747A61FECBCADC41--

I am researching my Slovak roots. My great-grandfather, John Martin Savel was my immigrant ancestor to the US. He was born in Hranovnica, Slovakia (present day Slovak Republic) in the parrish(?) land of Spisska Zupa 9 Jan 1878. He married his wife, my great-grandmother, Katerine Szabo in 1904. They, and my great-uncle Martin, traveled to the US and settled in Pennsylvania. My family is uncertain of when this trip occured, they estimate around 1905. Can anyone out there help me with this? If someone can do a look up for me, or tell me where to look it would be MUCH appreciated. Also, my family has done extensive research on the SAVELY surname. Please contact me if you have SAVELY info, perhaps we can help each other. My roots are deep in Hranovnica, Slovakia. I'm also looking for info on the surname SZABO also of Hranovnica. Many thanks, Larry Milligan

Does anyone have information on the name Swartek (Czwartek). My grandparents were from Poland (Warsaw I believe) and came to the US probably around the late 1800s early 1900s. Any information would be appreciated, thank you.

> Today I received information taken from the 1900 death certificate of my > gr/grandfather Leopold Silhavy in Sabinov, Slovak Republic.... previous > information from his children's birth records indicated he was born in > Pohor, Bohemia. > He was born in 1853. > > This record is written in Hungarian. > Parents of Leopold are listed as > father: Josef Silhavy > mother : Domina Anna Nagyova-Szkalova > > questions- > > I know why the -ova is added to her surname, but why is it hypenated? > Are those both her parents names (ie. Nagy is her father and Szkal is > her mother??) or was she married twice? > > Domina is not listed in my Hungarian names book as a girls name.. I have > only previously seen Domina listed as a latin term referring to a female > doctor... > So is Domina a female name or is she Anna and Domina some kind of title? > > Any ideas appreciated. > > Maura

My grandfather said that his family spoke the Slavic language. His Surname is PELAK changed to PELLOCK when he came to the US. His mothers name was ROMANCHEK. does any one have any information. Thanks Chriss

New subscriber researching relatives from eastern Europe. John (Jan) Skripek (1869 - 1934). Immigrated to Catasauqua, PA from Lubica, Slovakia in the early 1900's to work at the Crane Iron Works. He is listed as being from Gabel, Galicia on his daughters birth certificate. I have not had any luck in finding out where Gabel is. Katerina Beskid (1875 - 1948). Wife of John Skripek. Born in Jakubany, Slovakia. John Procak (Proctak, Prosak...) - Born 1850 in Lesko-Smilnyk, Galicia. Died in 1904 in Northampton, PA. Immigrated in late 1880's to PA. Sophia Opalka - Wife of John Procak. Died ~1905/6. From Monoya? Ukrania? Was there a region of Galicia called "Ukrania"? Thanks for the help! Jim Lynch [email protected]

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Can anyone tell me where TANAC and LIKA, CROATIA are located. I can't seem to locate them on the map or get them from MAPQUEST. Where are they near? Thank you Ruth Stolfer [email protected] Researching: CEVIZOVIC, LACKOVIC AND RUKAVINA

To Write for Passenger Arrival Document>>> General Reference Branch National Archives and Records Admin. 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20408 Form 81 - for Ship Passenger Arrival Records Cost $10.00 You must know the arrival date, port, and ship though

I have a question regarding Passenger lists. I have - finally - found the names of the ships that two of my three Bohemian ancestors came over on -- one in 1867 and the other in 1881. One ship was named the Goethe and the other the Lessing. Now I want to confirm with a passenger list plus the port of departure. Who do I write or where do I go to obtain the next step in the link to the "Old World"? Still Searching for the following: Bohac -- Cedar Rapids Iowa @ 1881 Petranek -- Cedar Rapids @ 1867 Hayek (or Hajek) -- Cedar Rapids @ 1867 Soukep Nemecek Svejda Doubravsky ------ All of Cedar Rapids Iowa Thank you Bob White Chula Vista CA

I am trying to locate Opina, Hungary. I always thought my grandfather was from Slovakia but his immigration papers listed his birthplace as Opina, Hungary. He was born in 1879, was this part of Slovakia at that time? I also can't find Ofaln or Miklos Vagas, Austria on a map. My great uncle listed Ofaln as his birthplace, he was born in 1884. Miklos Vagas is listed at the birthplace for his wife, born in 1889. Can anyone help me locate these place on a map? Your help would be greatly apreciated. Regards, Carolyn

I'm looking for my history through these names. Anybody???

Researching the name Wipijewski, originating in Biczyna (?) Poland. Family settled in Milwaukee, but may have had stops in Detroit, Cleveland, and Pennsylvania.

> The grandparents of my husband, Richard DZUREC, emigrated to the Cleveland, > Ohio, area around 1910 from the following towns: > > Zelina Bycha (Dzurec) > Livgoin Kuchisdonbev (Prihel) Could the first be Zilina Bycha? That would be two towns, Zilina and Bytca (formerly Bycha), not far from each other in northwest Slovakia. I can't think of anything for Livgoin, but Kuchisdorf is today Vinosady, just east of Pezinok northeast of Bratislava in southwest Slovakia. Joe Armata [email protected]

On Sun, 19 Jul 1998 [email protected] wrote: > Zelina Bycha (Dzurec) > Livgoin Kuchisodbev sp???(Prihel) > > Is there a website with a map of Slovakia? Also, is the Slavic language > written using the Cyrillic alphabet? Thanks so much. Cathy At first glance I could not locate those locations on my own map of Slovakia, nor in my Slovak encycloppedia - there is a Bytca in a district (okres) of Zilina - a hachek on the c gives it a similar pronunciation to Bycha - but be careful, my theory may be wrong. Try www.mapquest.com - or if you are near a Barnes & Noble bookstore, you could get a good road map of Slovakia. (They may have to special order). The Slovak language is written with our regular alphabet, but with a few diacritics that are necessary for correct written Slovak - but you ask if the "Slavic" language is written using the Cyrillic alphabet. Some Slavic languages are - I think you may need to clarify the words Slovak and Slavic in your own mind, and an ordinary encyclopedia would do this for you. Good luck Cathy, Margaret Sheremata

How was Szubin, Bydgoszcz, Poland known in 1856? My 2nd great grandfather, Vincenc Scibinski, was born in Szubin, Bydgoszcz, Poland. When documenting events I try to use location names as they were known at the time of the event, then note the current name. Would it be correct to refer to Szubin as Schubin, Posen, Prussia in 1856? Thanks for your help. Chuck Shultz Friendswood, Texas [email protected] http://www.ghg.net/cashultz/family.html

The DZUREC and PRIHEL families emigrated from Slovakia through France. Some of them remain in Le Mans and Paris in the present day. I am trying to locate the towns from which they emigrated in Slovakia. I was given the following spellings for the town: Zelina Bycha (Dzurec) Livgoin Kuchisodbev sp???(Prihel) Is there a website with a map of Slovakia? Also, is the Slavic language written using the Cyrillic alphabet? Thanks so much. Cathy

To clarify a bit, what katydid means is that GEN-SLAVIC is getting messages posted to the Usenet group soc.genealogy.slavic. Most of the soc.genealogy.* groups are gated to/from a mailing list. There is a no spam setting for GEN-SLAVIC (and the other genealogy mailing lists) which is turned on and Rootsweb effectively weeds spam to the mailing lists from the Usenet groups. The odd one does make it through to the list. If you have a post office address for very long, you are going to get junk mail from a variety of sources. And you ignore it. Margaret Sheremata [email protected] GEN-SLAVIC Listowner On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, katydid wrote: > the reason you get spam etc on this list as well as GenIre and any others gatewayed > with a newsgroup is that _it is an open list_ and anyone can post to it, and > spammers and others take advantage of it. > > I own two lists for Irish research and both are "closed" lists , as are most > rootsweb lists for just that reason, you don't get spammed (as only subscribers can > post and receive messages) and you don't get a lot of , shall we be kind and say > unstable, people just coming on to start trouble. > > This is why I rarely post to GenIre or GenSlavic --- because another feature of this > is that spammers read these newsgroups and collect email addresses of people and add > them to databases to send to. I have had this new address for 2 months, never got > any spam until I posted once to GenSlavic. Now I get them. > > There is nothing a moderator or anyone can do about it, any list gatewayed with a > newsgroup has this issue. The best thing you can do is don't respond to the emails, > just hit delete. The other thing is join another of the Eastern European lists that > are "closed" like Hungary or German-Bohemian and search there. I have gotten a lot > of help by people on GenSlavic but this issue has caused me to be very unactive on > the list. > > It's just a by-product of being gatewayed with a newsgroup.... > >