With regard to village.... In both case where I obtained Naturalization papers...there are 3...it's the first one called Declaration of Intent that has the name of the town where the person was born along with other pertinent information. Did you obtain that document? Ann-Marie >June Nessler wrote: >> >> >Have you checked his passenger manifest? That should give you his place of >> >birth at that period. >> > >> >Jill >> > >> >---------- >> >> From: PJkitty461 <pjkitty461@AOL.COM> >> >> To: GEN-SLAVIC@MAIL.EWORLD.COM >> >> Subject: Kacmar >> >> Date: Tuesday, February 25, 1997 9:08 AM >> >> >> >> I have tried every avenue to find information on my great grandfather, >> >> John(Jan) Kacmar. He arrived in Pennsylvania in 1910 from Slovakia. He >> >> was married to Elizabeth Bednar who was from Harhaj. They were married >> >> before he came here. I cannot find his name in the church records where >> >> Elizabeth was baptized, so I don't think he was from the same village, >> >but >> >> possibly a nearby one. >> >> Does anyone have any ideas where I might find what village he was from. >> >> He was born March 1, 1890. His fathers name was George. This is all I >> >> know. >> >> I have already checked his death certificate, naturalization papers >> >etc. >> >> Nothing indicates a village. Can anyone PLEASE help? >> > >> Have you tried to locate the marriage record in Elizabeth's church? Many >> times the marriage took place in the bride's village. That might tell you >> quite a bit. >> >> June from CA > >I came across a Kacsmar(Kacmar) in the Gr. Cath. church records of >Kosicky Klecenov. One member of my father's family changed his name to >Kacsmar from Bugos for unknown reasons. The name usually refers to an >"innkeeper" so that blood lines are not always indicated. I did not make >a copy of the record for lack of time. > The church town is directly east of Kosice and Bidovce. > John Bugosh ---------------------------------- Sam & Ann-Marie Kuczun University of Colorado, Boulder kuczuns@spot.colorado.edu