At 06:35 PM 9/03/97 GMT, you wrote: >MY GRANDFATHER'S NAME WAS DEMETER VOVOLKA AND HE CAME TO THE USA FROM >CARPATHO-RUSYN AROUND 1920 WITH HIS BROTHER, JOHN. THEIR MOTHER'S NAME >WAS CECELIA. I AM LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND >ANCESTORS. > Here are some sites you could look at for pointers and information on the Carpatho-Rusyn area: Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) http://feefhs.org/ The FEEFHS is probably the best starting point on the Internet for any Eastern European genealogical research. It also has relevant historical maps. The page http://feefhs.org/masteri.html has a very good cross index of all regions and ethnic groups covered, including the Carpatho-Rusyn's. Eastern Slovakia, Slovak and Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Research http://www.iarelative.com/slovakia.htm http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/ Carpatho-Rusyn Knowledge Base http://ic.net/~ggressa/rusyn.html German Genealogy: Regional Research (incl. Karpatho-Rusyn) http://www.genealogy.com/gene/reg/regio.htm Cyndi Howell's list of genealogical related sites http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/sites.htm Some surname databases you should check out: ************************************************** CARPATHO-RUSYN Surname Research Lists ************************************************** http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/surnames.htm http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/gencom/index.html ************************************************** FEEFHS surname databases ************************************************** Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) http://feefhs.org/index/indesur.html The FEEFHS has a large number of surname databases (+30) at its site (a keyword search facility is provided). Have you looked for others with the same surname on the Internet: Try.. Internet E-Mail address locaters: http://www.four11.com http://www.bigfoot.com/ http://www.accumail.com/info/index.htm http://www.iaf.net Internet keyword Search Facilities (type in the surname and see what you get) The best being at http://altavista.digital.com or its advanced search page http://altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=aq and http://www.hotbot.com Good Luck ============================================================================ Tom Wodzinski, Canberra AUSTRALIA tomwodz@pcug.org.au Policy inaction reflects and serves the interest of the contented majority that elected Government. It helps to preserve the Governments popularity and to strengthen its election prospects.