Have you used the Slovakia online telephone books? Put in the first few letters, and the area code of 02 (see instructions at http://www.centroconsult.sk/Support/phone.html ) Suggestions from present-day telephone holders might include Závodský Závadská Zavarská Závradská Zavarský Závadský Závodský Závodný Závadská Závratský Zavarský These are all in and near Bratislava. You can consider sending "blind letters" to see if you are related, or establish a dialog. That's what I did. I found mind. Many people moved to the City during communism. Have you used http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ and inspected his immigration record? You have a better chance of getting the pronunciation correct by looking at this document. Consider all (pronunciation and transcription ) spelling permutations. What is his first name? Look for others who came, also, from the same village. Bill Tarkulich > -----Original Message----- > From: Zawrazky Kevin [mailto:kevin.zawrazky@sbt.siemens.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 3:13 PM > To: SLOVAKIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Help..Looking for Zavratsky, Zavracky,Zauratsky... > > > Hello to Everyone, > > I am researching my surname, Zawrazky. However, I have found > that my spelling may not be correct. My surname has several > possible spellings: Zawrazky, Zawradsky, Zawrasky, Zawratsky, > Zawratzky, Zauratsky, Zavradzky, Zavracki, Zawratsky, > Zavratsky and Zavracky. > > I know that my grandfather and his family lived in Gajary, > Slovakia (formerly Gairing, Hungry) and emigrated to the US > on the 19th of May 1911 from Bremen, Germany. > > I am trying to find other relatives but it is very difficult > to do so here in the US. If any one has any information that > could help me locate my relatives I would really appreciate > it. I have listed my family tree below in the hope it may help. > > Thank you and Best Regards, > > Kevin Zawrazky > > > 1 - Paul Zavratsky > Mary (wife) > (Sons and Daughters) > 2 - John Zavratsky (June 1763) > Apollonia Dubnyk (wife) > (Sons and Daughters) > 3 - Steve Zavratsky > 3 - Steve Zavratsky > 3 - John Zavratsky > 4 - Martin Zavratsky (December 1797) > Mary Haszprunar (Wife) > (Sons and Daughters) > 5 - Florian Zavratsky > 5 - Sebastrian Zavratsky > 5 - Anna Zavratsky > 5 - Matthew Zavratsky (February 1832) > Mary Ort (wife) > (Sons and Daughters) > 6 - Filip Zawrazky (July 1851) > Anna Dobrovodsky (wife) > (Sons and Daughters) > 7 - Joseph Zawratsky (March 1885) > Susan Rusnak (Wife) > (Sons and Daughters) > 8 - Joe F Zauratsky > 8 - Rose C Zauratsky > 8 - William Zauratsky > 8 - Joseph Zauratsky > 7 - Rosilie Zavratsky > 7 - Julius Zawrazky > Julia Tomask (Wife) > (Sons and Daughters) > 8 - Sylvia Zawrazky > 8 - Raymond Zawrazky > (Sons and Daughters) > 9 - Kevin Zawrazky > 7 - Marion Zawrazky > 7 - Elizabeth Zawrazky > 6 - Maria Zavratsky > 6 - Matthew Zavratsky > 6 - Matthew Zavratsky > 6 - Steve Zavratsky > 5 - Francis Zavratsky > 5 - Florian Zavratsky > 5 - Florian Zavratsky > 5 - Matthew Zavratsky > 5 - Sebastian Zavratsky > 4 - Michael Zavratsky > 4 - Paul (Pavol) Zavratsky > 4 - John Zavratsky > 2 - Elizabeth Zavratsky > 2 - Anna Zavratsky > 2 - Martin Zavratsky > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=> 1237 >