Hi Thomas, I must say I had quite a bit of good luck in researching in PA. I only knew my grandfather name and the approx.date of when he died. My grandfather I knew was born in Poland, but I also wanted to know when my grandparents got married. He died when my father was 2, so little was known. I wrote one general letter and sent it out to the Register of wills and clerk of orphans courts in all the counties. Don't waste time with phone calls, one call told me they had no record, but by mistake I sent a letter to the Somerset County Court. I couldn't believe it when a letter came back and told me that they had it. I was so happy! I also sent letters to the historical & genealogical soc. and they found the death cert. for me. ST John Cantius was another story. I knew my father and his sibblings were baptized there, but after numerous letters ( always sent a check & self addressed envelope) that went unanswered, on trip to PA I decided to stop by there. What a shock on the sect. face when I introduced myself. You would think that she really would have had to dig deep, when in fact, behind her desk she pulled the big ledger out. There was all my info!! I haven't received the birth cert. as of yet, but I found a family in PA, and just recently, one in Poland. Good Luck in your search! Patricia Miklas Bowen, New Hyde Park Pmikbow@worldnet.att.net / kgtl67a@prodigy.com

In article <336802AA.6B79@columbia.edu>, Mark Felton <mkf9@columbia.edu> writes: > Hi. I'm new to using the newsgroup but was keyed into this in the > hopes of finding some help on my family history. At this point > my research is broad: a family name "Herko" from eastern Europe > (maybe the Ukraine or the Slovakian region of the former Austro- > Hungarian Empire?). Any ideas or tips in my research efforts? > I'm also looking for two towns, named "Mattamorish" (sp?) and > "Kamuenke"(sp?) Thanks. Re the place names: Could the first be Maramarosh? This is the name of a county, not a town, in former northeast Hungary; today that area is on the border between northwest Romania and southwest Ukraine. The second looks like the Slavic Kamionka/Kamianka, which means "stone" and is a common placename. There are several in Slovakia and Ukraine; do you have any better idea as to where yours might be? I couldn't find any in former Maramarosh county, but there's one in Ukraine about 30 miles to the north of the old county border--the village of Kamjanka, just southeast of Skole (which is about 20 miles southwest of Stryj). This village was in former Stryj county in Austrian Galicia, but it was close to Maramarosh. Joe armata@vms.cis.pitt.edu

Greetings All, I am looking for as much information as I can find on the surname KORBILYOVA. I'm told it is non-standard and am therefore at a bit of a loss. Where may I go to find further information? I would appreciate anyone's help. Regards, Patricia Sclater. __________________________________________________ P A Sclater. firebird@gvi.net Proofreading. Grammar and Style. ___________________________________________________ -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet

Thanks, it might be Canada, I will check with the phone company, but I haven't called Canada either. Paulette

Goeran Aaberg wrote: > > Anybody knows if Schlaman or Slaman is a Polish surname. > Maybe from Stettin in the 1500th - 1600th century. > > Goeran Aaberg > Sweden Could be variants of Szal- root using both Szal- & Sal-, or Sal- from Solomon, from Hebrew Shalomah, & similar names. My wife's grandfather, Charles Louis Johnson, was born Falkoping, Sweden, but I have never been able to find out anything about his birth, etc. He came to US about 1893 and stayed. He left brothers and sisters there, but their names were lost after he died. People destroyed his old letters, etc. Regards, JIM

Looking for Gabrisch from Poland. Came to US before 1838.

one of our family's branches is zabriski -- anyone else? (especially if on aol -- easier !) nickholbro@aol.com

Weyburn, SK is not in Slovakia but is in Saskatchewan, Canada. SK is the abbreviation for Saskatchewan. Robert Neil Chatham, Ontario, Canada rneil@ciaccess.com

Mark Felton wrote: > > Hi. I'm new to using the newsgroup but was keyed into this in the > hopes of finding some help on my family history. At this point > my research is broad: a family name "Herko" from eastern Europe > (maybe the Ukraine or the Slovakian region of the former Austro- > Hungarian Empire?). Any ideas or tips in my research efforts? > I'm also looking for two towns, named "Mattamorish" (sp?) and > "Kamuenke"(sp?) Thanks. Hi Mark, Check out Mapquest on the net for the towns; you might also check on when and where your ancestors came to the US. Census records from 1920 sometimes have the village of origin,as do death certificates and naturalization papers in many states. Check out some of the general genealogy books from your library (I see you're in NYC, so the NYC Public Library should be helpful); a good one is Angus Baxter's book, In Search of Your European Roots. Check out the sites for the National Archives and also the Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) on the net. These places can give you some jump off points in your research, as does this discussion group. Have fun, and let us know what you come up with (you may have some interesting surprises, I know I did)! Regards, Bonnie Cieslukowski Weissman

Does anyone have any information on St Michaels Church in Rechitsa near Ratne Volyn County Ukraine. I received information this morning that my family's records were found in the Volyn Archives. ANy information on this church would be of great assistance. Thanks Mike

In a message dated 97-05-01 14:40:29 EDT, you write: << On My present phone bill I have an International Long distance call to Weyburn SK at (306) 842-2019 on Mar 27 for 1 minute. I did not make this call. Has anyone else received such a billing and does anyone recognize the city and/or number? I have NEVER called Slovakia and there is noone else in my home who could have made the call. I am very concerned. Paulette Shine looking for Spak, Pollock, , Shine, Sajn, Knafelc >> Sure that is not Canada? Annie

I am looking for information on Ruda surname in Poland Tom

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ronjoy@aol.com (RONJOY) wrote: >Looking for information about the town of Grabowo / Grabawo Poland. cira >1863. > IE location, size, current name if different etc My modern road map of Poland shows 19 Grabowo and another 5 with that word as a prefix to a longer name. You probably have to do more research to determine which is the correct one. Jerry Frank - Calgary, Alberta jfrank@cadvision.com

New York State maintains an index of births (also deaths and marriages) on microfiche. Older records (75 years perhaps) are available for the public to browse. Not only don't you need the exact date of birth, you don't even need to know the exact year! I've spent a lot of time browsing these records, very profitably. I'm astonished that Pennsylvania doesn't do the same. Of course once you have the information you still have to order the certificate, but that's a much smaller problem.

Hi, I believe this is Weyburn, Saskatchewan, CANADA. Chris At 12:57 AM 5/1/97 -0400, you wrote: > >On My present phone bill I have an International Long distance call to >Weyburn SK at (306) 842-2019 on Mar 27 for 1 minute. I did not make this >call. Has anyone else received such a billing and does anyone recognize the >city and/or number? I have NEVER called Slovakia and there is noone else in >my home who could have made the call. I am very concerned. >Paulette Shine >looking for Spak, Pollock, , Shine, Sajn, Knafelc > >

Hi, I am tracing my family history, and my great-grandparents are from Mlynarovce,Slovakia, his name beening Motily (U.S. name Motel) her name Gulick, they settled in Marblehead, Oh. (lots of Slovaks their). Please E-mail me at Crueltool4@aol.com

In article <19970428191000.PAA23114@ladder01.news.aol.com> MercyNatl <mercynatl@AOL.COM> writes: > >My Grandmother was from Habura. Is there any way to get some information >on that town? pictures? >Thanks. >Alan Gornik -=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Yes, write me at << avsusko@wat.hookup.net >>

Can someone tell me if Dzikow still exist or is taken over by the Town of Tarnobrzeg? How close were they, in location to each other? Gayle

On Thu, 24 Apr 1997 15:03:15 -0400, in soc.genealogy.slavic you wrote: >There was a VALKO family in the Rankin & Braddock Pa area (Allegheny >county), although I am not researching this, I do have some information on >this family if you are interested. > > > >At 11:29 PM 4/23/97 -0400, you wrote: >>Hello Gen-Slavic, >>First time submitter here. Please be kind. >>Researching the surnames PAVLUS (PAVLIJUS) from Kurimka, and KURILLA from >>Benadikovce, both vllgaes in Saris county. Also the surname VALKO from the >>town of Nova Ves. Would like to hear from anyone with interest in the names >>or towns. I understand a book has been written on the village of >>Benadikovce, regarding genealogy. Thanks for reading. >> >>Jim Cupedro (mambo@imperium.net) (I'm first time here too) I'm living in Presov (central Saris) Kurimka and Benadikovce be find of Svidnik district. Nova Ves is not town and he is in S-W of Slovak republic. I think thet you find Spissku Novu Ves. It is town in Spis county. Name Valko is very frekvently. Jozef Gondek (dodog@vadium.sk) >> >> >Connie Szwarc Schartner, North Braddock Pa >E-mail rsms91b@prodigy.com & schartner@usaor.net > >**************************************************************************** >*********************************************** >Visit the Szwarc homepage is: http://www.abci.net/~szwarc/szwarc.html >**************************************************************************** >*********************************************** > >Researching: > >From: village of Posada Gorna, Rymanow Poland: SZWARC MASNIK BOLANOWSKI >ZIEMBICKI > >From the village of Wydrna, (Dydnia, Krosno) Poland: MAZUR PAWLOWSKI >HERMAN PAJECKA > >From the village of Kravany, Spis county, Slovakia, near Poprad: AMBROS >CSIZMAR DRAGOS FABARIK GAVALIR HRONEC HUDAC HUSZAR LIPTAK >KACASVINSZKY / KACVINAR KRACUN LAVRINE LUDVIK MALATIN MICHLIK >MLINAROVA PAVLICSKO / PAVLICKO SCHUSTER / SHUSTER >SKOKAN / SZKOKAN STEFKO SZVITAN TALLAX / TALLAZ TOMAJKO URBAN ZELINA >ZEMAN ZMOK P.S.:Excuse me but i don't know english language.