Be careful around this area which is currently the Slovak/Ukraine border. This border has shifted many times, mostly westward. If Velke Kapusany is located where John Hudick says it is, then it probably has always been in the Slovak territory there. If you run across any relatives just east of there though, you may be dealing with an area that was once 1) Ruthenia (as a part of Hungary), then 2) Czechoslovakia, and now 3) Ukraine. BTW, Michalovce is pronounced Mee-ha-lo-tseh Cheers BB MTNMANN <[email protected]> wrote in article <[email protected]>... > 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 >