If anyone does find themselves in Eastern Slovakia and needs to go into the Ukraine to continue research, you do not need to go to Bratislava to pick up a Ukraine visa. There is a Ukraine consulate in Presov, just 60 miles or 100 km from the border. My experience in that region is only good - the people are quite pleasant and friendly. Ron BB wrote: > > 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 > >