Al, Did you get the death certificates for Mike and Esther and their obituaries? The death certificates ask for the place of birth and parents names. If the person giving the information knew, it might be on there. In the obit it usually tells which church or organization they belonged to and that would give you more resources? I am assuming you searched the census. Good Luck Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph J Jarfas" <jjarfas@ezaccess.net> To: <HUNGARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] Michael Tamok > Al Wharton wrote: > >> I'm looking for info on Mike Tamok. I believe he came >> to USA in 1909 from Oborar, Hungary. I have found a >> Mihaly Tamoh in the Ellis Island listing could Michael >> be americanized Mihaly? Where is Oborar? Where could I >> get information on his birth, family etc. in Hungary? >> Mike died in 1961, his wife Esther in 1947, and all of >> his four daughters are now deceased so I am having to >> research for all information. I think his first stop >> in USA was in southern Ohio, he died In Lorain, ohio. >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Al in NM > > Hi Al, > > it should be safe to assume that your Mihály, which is equivalent to > Michael, came from Abara, county Zemplén, district Nagymihály. Presently > called Oborin in Slovakia. > > Looking at his ship manifest that Oborar must have been the Hungarian > pronunciation of the Slovak name of the place, which I have never heard > before. > > LDS has copies of the Reformed church books for Abara, alas only 'til > 1895. Hopefully their birth records fall within that time frame. > > Joe > Equinunk, PA - USA > jjarfas@ezaccess.net > > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by ezaccess.net] >