My father, Jozef Adamik, was born in Wreczyca, Mala, Poland. I have found Wreczyca Wielka west of Czestochowa city in Czestochowa province. In 1926 he was living in "Weglowice". Could this be Wlodowice on the southern border of Czestochowa province? Does anyone know the whereabouts of anyone, from these places, with the surnames Adamik or Brywa ? Daniela Adamik Email: jdk@sia.net.au

This is in response to several questions in the past concerning the process of naturalization. It is taken from the March 1997 issue of Nas~e Rodina, the newsletter of The Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International: .....An act of 29 January 1795, replacing the first act of 1790, required that a declaration of intention be filed three years before admission as a citizen, and residence of five years in the United States and one in the state where the naturalization took place..... .....Since 1790 children under the age of twenty-two years have become citizens automatically by naturalization of the parent. Until 1922, a wife became naturalized upon the citizenship conferred her husband, and no separate filings were necessary. After an act of 22 September 1922 a married woman had to be naturalized on her own.....

Hello, Has anyone heard of this name? I could only find 11 listed in the SSDI CD. I have a Amalia Priff, who was a niece to my grandfather. She was b. abt 1900 in Russia. Came for a visit in the states in 1910, from a KS census, i found she was listed. Went back to Russia , and now we can't find her. Any ideas? Would really like to find out what happened to her. ALso looking for information on the surname Scheideman, Thanks in advance. Marilyn

Archive-name: genealogy/new_user Posting-Frequency: 15th of the month Last-Modified: 1997/01/02 Version: 1.5 URL: http://www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/new_user.htm Getting Started --------------- Summary ~~~~~~~ This regular posting contains a list of pointers and suggestions to help somebody who is approaching the subject of Genealogy for the first time. It should be read by anyone who wishes to post to the soc.genealogy.* newsgroup hierarchy. This document is part of a regular series of postings which are sent to all appropriate groups and mailing lists. This particular document is posted on the 15th of every month. The latest version of this document is available from the following locations * Via the WWW at the URL http://www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/new_user.htm * Via email by sending the following text in the body of a message to listserv@meertech.demon.co.uk get new_user If you have any comments or changes, or any suggestions for new topics to be included, or you would like to write a note for inclusion in the archive, then please contact John Woodgate, (john@meertech.demon.co.uk) Contributions by: William Mills, Wes Plouff, Jeff Thompson, Cynthia Van Ness Changes For This Version (1.5 - 1997/01/02) Some additional notes Copyright and Disclaimer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright (c) 1996,1997 by John Woodgate. All rights reserved. This document may be freely redistributed in its entirety without modification provided that this copyright notice is not removed. It may not be sold for profit or incorporated in commercial documents without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Permission is expressly granted for this document to be made available for file transfer from installations offering unrestricted anonymous file transfer on the Internet. This document is provided AS IS without any express or implied warranty. The author may be contacted at 50 Great Meadow Road, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS12 8DA, England. I am new to Genealogy and would like some help. *********************************************** For those just starting to research their family history, these short notes might help: * Visit your local library and read a basic book or two on genealogy. This should give you some basic guidance on the methods to use, and where the information is held. There are many useful introductory books on Genealogy and family history, which will provide you with more complete and coherent guidance as how to get started than you could expect to get merely by posting a series of questions to the newsgroup or mailing list. In many cases specific questions can be answered by library reference materials. * Develop a plan. Think about which lines to follow. You have two parents, four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, and so on. You have to draw the line somewhere. You can use your time better if you develop a plan to guide you. Start with talking with and writing to all your kinsfolk with your questions, (while they are still alive), and do it soon. * Start by talking with, and writing to all your kinsfolk with your questions, (while they are still alive), and do it soon. Overly general questions such as "What do you know about the family's history?" may overwelm your relatives. Asking specific questions (when did you get married? Who were your parents? grandparents? brothers and sisters? Where did you aunts and uncles live?) may get you more information. Use photographs and old family possessions to help get the conversation started. Remember to start this before the last of that generation passes on and takes all that valuable information with them. * Visit your nearest Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS or Mormon) Family History Center. You can find them in the phone directory. The family History Library catalog, on CD-ROM and microfiche, is your key to accessing millions of original records and published genealogical works kept by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Microfilms can be rented for research in the local Family History Center for a nominal fee. The local centers have two excellent indexes on CD-ROM: the Ancestral File and the International Genealogical Index (IGI). Neither of these are available via the internet. * Document. You may need to review your sources again, someone may want to verify your research, your work may imply something to someone who will need to access the same records, or someone may need to pick up where you left off. Too many people underestimate, or never consider, the importance of documentation. If you have found information in a reference book, make sure you keep enough reference material to enable you to walk back into the same place five years later, locate the book and find the reference again. * Keep a careful record of what searches you have done so far, even if you found nothing. It may well save you from searching the same record or source again in the future. * Don't sell your project short. You might start this with the idea of just finding a handful of people just for your own interest, only to find it blossom into a lifelong study. If you begin with some planning, some learning, and good documentation, then nothing is lost if it stays a small project, but you will reap great dividends if your little project turns into a big one. Remember that it is not uncommon to drop the project for 5 or 10 years and then go back to it again. * Be prepared to step back and catch your breath. When you look at the ambitions for your project and think about the effort involved, or when you are faced with dozens of trails that you want to follow, it may seem like trying to move a mountain with a teaspoon. When that happens, take some time to remind yourself that this is supposed to be fun, then do some more planning to get back on track. * Watch for all the FAQs which are posted to the various newsgroups and mailing lists. These Frequently Asked Questions (and their answers) should answer most of your initial problems. A good place to start is the Meta-FAQ. This lists all the FAQs and other regular postings and you can get the latest version from the following locations + Via the WWW at the URL http://www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/meta-faq.htm + Via email by sending the following text in the body of a message to listserv@meertech.demon.co.uk get meta-faq * Don't expect too much from online resources. Usenet, mailing lists and other online discussion forums work best when someone needs to overcome a stumbling block or an arcane problem. other online resources include name matching and query services, software and files describing topics in genealogy from the very general, to the very specific. However, they offer scattered coverage and are often unfocused. A good rule of thumb is that newsgroups, etc., become useful after you have found all your ancestors by convential means. * Many people learn of a certain index or book that may be useful to their research and immediately jump on the Net and plead for someone to do a look-up for them. These same folks are often unaware that their friendly neighbourhood public or academic librarian can issue a formal interlibrary loan request for the wanted item. Since librarians have access to OCLC, the International Bibliographic Database, and the average researcher does not, they can quickly identify another owning library and send out the request over their networks. It's standard, everyday stuff for the librarians. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- new_user / V1.5 - 1997/01/02 / john@meertech.demon.co.uk

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I have an old photo of an ancestor taken on a visit to Russia. He is standing by a horse drawn sled infront of a building I have been told is a station (hard to tell from photo). There is a sign on top of the building that is quite clear - except for the fact that I know no Russian. The firest word transliterates (?) as MUCHNAYA, but I'm having trouble with the second, maybe, IBAK???INAYA. I would appreciate any help - and could e-mail a gif of the photo to you if you thought you could help. Any suggestions? Thanks in Advance, Helen -- What do you mean my Birth Certificate expired? 'The Parsonage Pages' : http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/8555 Links to my personal family History Database of over 900 persons. Information on Parsonage name studies An on-line version of the newsletter 'The Parsonage Pages'. Birmingham and the Midlands genealogical resources (England).

I saw this address in another newsgroup. How would I subscribe? We are researching KRISTINIAK in Bardejov Ralph Lewis, Harrisburg, PA - rllewis@usa.net (also RalphLewis@aol.com) Researching: KHATCHKALEVITZ/CHATCHKALEVITZ/LEVIN (Vilna, Svencionys?, Argentina, South Africa) RUDNITZKY (Svencionys) MATZKIN (Svencionys) ROCHAKOVSKY/ROCKOFSKAYA/ROCKOFF (Slutsk,Nowy Schwertzen,Shervzna,Grosova) BRUKARZ/BROOKS (Lomza,Ohio,Calif,TX,Australia,France) GOLDENBERG(Lomza), SALANT JACUBOVICZ/JACOBSON (Pultusk,Lomza) ROSEN(Switzerland,Poland [Pultusk?],Russia) SCZUPAK/LEWIS/LOUIS (Nesne; Volkovisk; Galveston & Houston, TX; Kansas) STENBECK(sp?)(Unknown) KAMYKOWSKI(Tarnow,Piotrkowice,Bialystok,Nowy Targ,Gieraltowiec,Crakow) ---------- Do you believe in Macintosh? Check out the EvangeList web site at: <http://www.evangelist.macaddict.com/>

I was told that Paul was Pavao in Croatian. Could it also be Pave? Paul pmagnusson@kiwi.dep.anl.gov

Hi June, Sorry for the delay in responding. I found the website and have added it to my list of favorites. I'll need to spend some time looking around. Steven Dubec E-Mail Address: dubecs@cadvision.com ---------- : From: June Nessler <6610bj@HUMBOLDT1.COM> : To: GEN-SLAVIC@MAIL.EWORLD.COM : Subject: Re: Zilina, Slovakia - LDS Filming Complete? : Date: Sunday, March 02, 1997 6:11 PM : : >Does anyone know whether the LDS have completed filming the records : >for Zilina and neighboring towns within a 20km radius? : > : >Thank you. : > : >Steven Dubec : >E-Mail Address: dubecs@cadvision.com : > : You can find out quite a bit about LDS library if you type "New Jerusalem" : into your search engine and then get the "Genealogy Lady" from one of their : menus.

At 17:05 3/14/97 +0000, you wrote: > Is there any where I can search the birth records of Kocise for the >years >1917 - 1919. Also are any death records in Kosice for non-military >deaths during the first World War I > My understanding that the LDS microfilms stop in 1895. I was told that when the LDS church went into Slovakia to microfilm the records they could only film records that were 100 years old. During my visit in August 1996, I went to the local parish church in the home town of my relatives and was able to obtain the information directly from the parish priest. Good Luck Frank Robert Plichta plichta@worldnet.att.net P.O. Box 305, Galax, VA 24333-0305 "Quaerere summa reum familia PLICHTA." "Buscando el mundo por los PLICHTA." "Je cherche le monde pour les famille PLICHTA." "Ich suche nach PLICHTAs in der ganzen Welt." "Searching the world for PLICHTAs." Plichta/Plihta/Plichtova/Pleta Sie koennen mir in deutsch oder english schreiben. Plichtas originated in: Slovakia, Czech, Poland, and Germany.

maligh@aol.com wrote in article <858182741.26020@dejanews.com>... > I am trying to find anyone who has ancestors from Wadowice, Zawadka, > and or Sosnowice. My father was born in USA, but his father returned > to Poland after his wife died in Detroit in 1923. They lived in > the country outside of Wadowice from 1925-1939. My great grand- > parents lived in Zawadka and I can't find anything about them. My > father does not remember them...when they died...etc... > Any help on these towns would be appreciated. > > Thank you. > > Mary Wroblewski > Do widzenia! Do Zobaczenia! > (Good-bye! Till we meet again!) > > -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet > I would say that You ought to know who was also born in Wadowice...? :) Sorry about the joke... Mail me directly what You need... Grzegorz

I have information on Derkacz surname in Poland. This is the Polish spelling of the name you refer to. My fee for surname research is $29.00 per surname plus SASE. Should you have any questions, please e-mail. J. Piszczor

Searching for information on the following surnames: MALENICS (Malenick/Malinik/Malinick) KRAJNIAK (Krenick/Krinik/Kreniak/Kranak) GURBA (Enij?) KOLESAR (Mary) Enij GURBA married Vasily MALENICS daughter Helen MALENICS was from Struznice (now Ostraznica) in Zemplin (Zemplyn) county (close to Humenne, near the Ukranian border) Frank Krajniak and Helen Malenics were married in 1910, in DANBURY, CONNECTICUT Any information would be greatly appreciated! Please feel free to e-mail me at: veda@trail.com **Kiersten

Hi I am looking for books concerning Poland and its culture, mostly as it pertains to the southern part of Poland formerly known as Galicia. Topics concerning 1) costumes or apparel, especially military attire, complete with pictures 2)traditions or customs of everyday activities or holidays and most importantly 3)any genealogical dictionaries concerning Polish research and/or Ukrainian research. Thanks in advance to anyone who can tell me the titles and authors of any books on these subjects.

Carol Harbushka wrote: > > Hello to all, > I am making a long-awaited trip to Chicago on March 22 to do research > Hi Carol, You might want to call ahead and reserve a reader for the days that you plan to be at the branch of the National Archives in Chicago. I went there a few years ago with the hopes of searching the passenger ship's lists only to be disappointed that they are kept mostly in the branches on the east coast. Chicago stores mostly Great Lakes Regional materials and it is nice to search the census records for the US. Good Luck.

Thank you, Mr. Christuk. This information is not common, and certainly a bit of kindness as well as good manners. I assume that more than one coupon would be both welcome, and perhaps necessary from time to time. Constant Christuk wrote: > > If you correspond with a Belarus citizen, you can buy an international coupon > in any US postoffice, $1.05, and send it along in your next letter. This > coupon can then be exchanged in a Belarus postoffice for the required postage > for your correspondent's reply to you. The $1.05 saved by your correspondent > will pay for a loaf of needed bread.

Perast wrote: > > Has anyone seen Gedvilas or Gidvylas or variant of this anywhere. What > nationality is it? I think it is East European. Thanks! Mr. Perast----I think it is East European, as well. Can you handle Lithuania? -- ======================================== Jerry Machalek, publisher CZECH & SLOVAK CONNECTIONS A monthly newsletter for US/Canadian readers with serious interests in the Czech/Slovak Republics. Includes business, travel and trade advertising. Subs. $12. /annum. Free sample issue upon request. see http://www.czech.com or (612) 897-1151 =========================================

Are there any PACHUTA or FEYKO (could be FAYKO) family members out there? My great-great grandparents came to Trenton, NJ and settled in the late 19th century. My great-great grandfather was JOHN PACHUTA he married MARY FEYKO. They married in the US. They are both part of the founding members of St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church in Trenton.

Does anyone know of the village of Novo Brdo, Yugoslavia, now Croatia? pmagnusson@kiwi.dep.anl.gov