jeff&betsy wrote in message <[email protected]>... >Can anyone help????? > >Awhile ago, I sent out a request for a Czech penpal, hoping to find anyone >that could possibly assist me. > >My dilemma, several replies told me I needed to be looking for a Slovak >person, rather than a Czeck person. I mentioned in my message, a place >called, "Velke Kapusany". What area was this in the early 1900's through >1920, was it czech or slovak or what? > >My grandmother's passport says, Czechslovakia, not Slovakia. > >Can anyone help?????????? > >Thanks, > Betsy I am really confused by your query. First of all, anyone doing serious family history, does not refer to Czechoslovakia. This is an artificial country put together after (I think) WWI. In 1900 to 1920, I do not think this country existed. It was Moravia, Bohemia, and Slovakia. There are websites devoted to this history and I am definitely no historian or geographer! According to mapquest, (www.mapquest.com), your village is spelled Vetke Kapusany and is on the eastern Slovakia border with the Ukraine and Hungary. Thus you do need a penpal from the Slovak Republic. Ron Sorry, if my query bothered you so much. Why did you bother to reply? And for anyone else, If I was sure of what I was doing I probably wouldn't be asking. Everyone else, Thank you for your time and thoughts. You have given me alot of info to work with and I do appreciate it. Thanx, Betsy