Audrey Horvat wrote: > > Researching the surname HORVAT/GODEC from Jugoslavia. Horvat & Godec are no longer surnames from Yugoslavia but from Croatia with Horvat being a Hungarian alteration of Hrvat (=Croat) and means that your ancestors have certainly been Hungarized and their genuine slavic surname replaced by the mentioned nickname. Godec sounds with its -ec suffix very croatian, from Zagorje? (serb would be rather -ac) but it isn't excluded that it might be of slovene origin too.

Carl Friedrich Benbjamin Mattheus came to South Africa in 1816. He was a Prussian soldier and came from Brauchitschdorf, now Chrostniki (Poland) . Can anybody tell me whether there are any members of the Mattheus family still living there? If so, could you please tell me how to contact them? If anybody has any information regarding the Mattheus family from Prussia (Poland), also let me know at [email protected]

HI! In searching for my keywords I came across several archived messages with the above "to address". Just testing - if this Slavic Discussion list is still going on I would like to join in. I am searching for my Kuban Cossack roots and would like to learn more. My father was a White Army officer who wound up in Yugoslavia, Germany and then the US. rsvp

HI! In searching for my keywords I came across several archived messages with the above "to address". Just testing - if this Slavic Discussion list is still going on I would like to join in. I am searching for my Kuban Cossack roots and would like to learn more. My father was a White Army officer who wound up in Yugoslavia, Germany and then the US. rsvp

The Arizona Polish Genealogical Interest Group will meet on June 13, 1998 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Maricopa County Library Center, Multipurpose Room, 17811 N. 32nd Street, Phoenix, AZ Geri Harris, a volunteer at the Mesa Family History Center and a member of the Czech & Slovak Genealogical Society of Arizona, will speak on researching parish records at the Family History Center. All those interested in Polish genealogy are invited to attend this meeting. For additional information contact [email protected]

I am trying to find a place called Hostasovice, Moravia. I fear it no longer exists. Can anyone help me also with where to write to find out about Czech ancestory? Thanks a lot, Jill

Between 1918 and 1991 the country was named Czechoslovakia. In 1992 the country split in two. The western half is now called the Czech Republic, the eastern half is called the Slovak Republic. Previous to 1918 Czechoslovakia was a part of Upper Hungary. Velke Kapusany is located 15 miles south east of Michalovce or 4 miles west of the Ukraine border. John Hudick

Find a Czech Ancestor forum of the Czech Info Center on the WWW offers free posting for tracing family roots in the Czech Republic. Czech Ancestor Club offers additional services to members. -- CZECH INFO CENTER http://www.muselik.com/ Internet's Premier Czech Information Resource Top 5% Web Site Award Winner by Lycos/PointCom!

Researching the surname HORVAT/GODEC from Jugoslavia.

>If anyone should be intersted in Rusyns (Carpatho-Rusyns), two books which >are very good are "The Rusyns" by Alexander Bonkalo and The Rusyns of >Slovakia by Paul Magocsi, the latter book also takes those slavs who were >associated with the Rusyns in their areas of living (Polish, Ukrainians, >Hungarians and Slovaks) to a point. Both books are quite well written >and take in from beginning times up to the present day situations. > >Best Regards, > >Joy K >-----Original Message----- >From: Edward T. Surkosky <[email protected]> >Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.slavic >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >Date: Sunday, June 07, 1998 1:36 PM >Subject: Re: History of slavs > > >>Some history of the Slavs I have read: Byzantine Missions Among the Slavs >>by Francis Dvornik; The Slavs in European History and Civilization by >>Francis Dvornik; The Slavs, A Cultural and Historical Survey of the >>Slavonic Peoples by Roger Portal; The Lands Between, A History of >>East-Central Europe since the Congress of Vienna by Alan Palmer, to name a >>few. >>-- >>Ed Surkosky - [email protected] >> >>Yarko Kit <[email protected]> wrote in article >><[email protected]>... >>> >>> Hi. Has anyone read any interesting books on the history of slavs, their >>> culture and migrations throughout history? >>> If you could recommend any books that you have read or heard of. >>> Thank You, >>> Yarko Kit >>> >> >

X-To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Subject: Surname Polacek and Oswiecimski Hello Steven; I have cousins in Solivar, Slovakia whose surnames are Polacek. Their father Stefan Polacek, born about 1897, married my bloodline aunt Katarina Lukacsik about 1924 in Solivar, Slovakia. His parents were Jurj Polacek & Anna Istvanikova. I have been researching family surnames in church records from Solivar (Sovar) back to 1700 but have not seen the Polacek surname except for what I show above. They probably originated in a nearby town I have not researched. If you tie into the above mentioned Polacek I would be interested in seeing what you have. The other surname Oswiecimski sounds Polish. Can't help you there. Good luck in your search. John Lucas John J. Lucas Houston, Texas E-MAIL:[email protected] Searching family names: Yurik,Jurik, Sebej, Sebey, Girovsky, Hrivnak, Majernik, Lukacik, Lukacs, Lucas, Ludvik, Korobsak, Kakascsik Horvat, Kohut, Tomko, Hlavati, Szekely, Hajduk, Kacsmarik, Chovan Palko, Jurasko, Olejha, Kocserha, Galya, Pribula,Tsajka, Antonyi Szokolsky, Schlesinger, Duchoss, Paula, Kifel, Pampicka, Kondja Havrilla, Sindlar. Family emigrated from Saris County,Presov / Solivar, Slovakia. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 * PDQWK 2.5 #48 -- |Fidonet: John Lucas 1:106/110 |Internet: [email protected] | | Standard disclaimer: The views of this user are strictly his own.

I will share information with anyone else who is researching the PALCIC surname. Thank you, Daniel Palcic e-mail: [email protected]

Ernst Emile Behnisch of Ober Ullersdorf, Brandenburg, Prussia was my great-grandfather. His father was Ernst Behnisch; his mother Henriette Seller. Died in 1883 at Ober Ullersdorf at age 31. Would love to correspond with anyone researching this family. Katherine H. Brown [email protected]

Is there anyone here that does lookups in other countries, i.e. Slovakia? I have an approximate birthdate/year and a name to be looked up but not having any luck at all on this from other avenues. Also, does anyone here know the workings of Vladmir Linder? He purports to be a professional who performs research each summer in Slovakia for a fee. I have no idea how to compare his fees with those of other professionals and I also want to ensure he's legitimate before I send him my dollars. Thanks in advance. [email protected] http://www.tznet.com/jayjay/geneal.html-ssi -- Researching: Blenker, Colard/Collard, Daul, Dobbs, Eggel, Hrusovszky/Hrusovsky, Kalb, Michlig, Pelot, Rader, Richardson, Salzmann/Salzman, Spice, Szegedi, Sztojkovics, Van Vleck, Wells, Werner, Whitney, Werner,

bhoudek wrote: > > Have been trying to trace back the Houdek family. > the furthest I am able to go is Wentzel (sp) to Prauge > area, married to Mary Miller had at least Richard M. in > 1862 and almost immediately, came to USA and settled > in Muscatine, Iowa. Richard married Lucie Elizabeth King > and had Glenn, Raymond, Harold, Gertrude and Paul (my > father). Have no info on Wentzel, and would appreciate and > data and share what I have. > > Thanks, Bill Houdek Obviously you need to find clues as to where to look in the old records. See http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/feefhs/socslav/hudick1.html If you think Houdeck is a Czech name, search this site: http://www.iarelative.com/czech/search.htm Hudek is also Slovak name. See http://www.feefhs.org/slovak/iar/ss-al.html Jim Honeychuck

[email protected] everyone, I am very new at this. I am searching for information on JOHN HORVAT,SR., born December 16, 1880 in Kal, Jugoslavia area of Dolenskem, baptized in parish of Ambrus. He removed to Pueblo/Aspen, Colorado in 1896. Married, July 8, 1906, JOHANNA GODEC, born October 19, 1886 in Kal, Jugoslavia area of Dolenskem, baptized in parish of Ambrus. She removed to Colorado in 1906. They both removed to Willard, Wisconsin about 1906. He died in Willard, WI, August 25, 1930, age 49. She died in Neillsville, WI, December 8, 1972. Family name "HORVAT" use to be "HROVAT". Would appreciate any info. on this family. Also, where exactly is Kal, Jugoslavia area of Dolenskem? Can not locate on a map. Thank you very much. Audrey Horvat

Have been trying to trace back the Houdek family. the furthest I am able to go is Wentzel (sp) to Prauge area, married to Mary Miller had at least Richard M. in 1862 and almost immediately, came to USA and settled in Muscatine, Iowa. Richard married Lucie Elizabeth King and had Glenn, Raymond, Harold, Gertrude and Paul (my father). Have no info on Wentzel, and would appreciate and data and share what I have. Thanks, Bill Houdek

I read croatia history for thousend years before CHRIEST .nwo i start <history of the BALKANS> from the earliest times to the present day by Ferdinand SCHEVILL

Marc MEREAUX wrote: > > I try to find where is situated WARTHEGAU. In 1944, my grand-father lived > Sagenfeld, Nr 5, Warthegau. I don't know if this town in DEUTSCHLAND or in > POLAND. For, before the war, he was living in FALKERBERG now NOWE SADY > (Poland). > > In Sepp MULLER's Book, (FALKENBERG, ein deutsches Dorf in Galicia) I have > read that my grand mother was dead in WARTHELAND, is-it the same town than > WARTHEGAU and where is-it ? > > thanks for all pieces of information > > Marc in CALAIS (France) > > E-mail : [email protected] Warthegau was an area, not a town, in Poland. The experts on this subject can be contacted at http://www.feefhs.org/ca/frg-wv.html Also search at http://feefhs.org/feefhsei.html and you will find a little more information. Good luck in your research. Jim

A reminder that Polish Spirit by Wladek Wojcik is back in print. You can read a sample chapter and reviews at http://www.sbjess.co.uk/spirit1.htm We believe that this is a story that needs to be heard and which only the families of those involved nowadays remember. Even many of the families don't _really know_ because the survivors of the Gulags often couldn't talk about it. Anything you can do to spread the word, by way of copying the address to a friend, creating a link to the site*, having it mentioned in an association newsletter, etc., will be gratefully received, as will all and any comments, however critical. Best wishes, Graham Sanders *always happy to reciprocate!