On Fri, 2 May 1997 18:02:49 EDT Frances E Mokrenski <fmokrens@JUNO.COM> writes: >I am researching my family history and am having problems locating the >town of my maternal grandfather. Can someone please help. The 1906 >ship manifest said Jan Salaj from Olozno, Austria-Hungarian Empire. >His application for marriage said Nova Ves Jglo C. Spis Uhorsko. I am not certain about Uhorsko, but Nova Ves (formerly named Iglo, hence spelled yglo or jglo and also named Neudorf) in former Spis Co. certainly does exist. It is now called Spisska Nova Ves. It is in Slovakia, not the Czech Republic. It is located about 25 km SSE of Poprad and 50 km WSW of Presov. About 17 km E of Spisske Nova Ves is the town of Spisske Vlachy. This used to be called Szepes Olaszi (also Wallendorf at one time). It is in a mining district Near that town are a few villages with former names like Oms, Olysanka, Olono, Olyse and Odorin. The Hungarian word for lead (the metal) is Olom. The Ol root could well imply lead-mining towns named during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It might be that your grandfather came from this area of Slovakia. You might check the church records in Spisske Vlachy for his birth record and the church records in Spisske Nova Ves for his marriage record. The LDS (mormons) probably have the records on microfilm. Good Luck W. Anikouchine W. Anikouchine