At 06:06 PM 10/27/2002 -0500, david yarros wrote: >Dear List, > I recently found out that my G Grandfather came from a town in > Slovakia...the name is Maskocz or Maskocs. Can anyone tell me where it > might be located? Is it a small town or a larger one? My familt name is > JAROS. I find many by the same surname comming out of the same town on > the ellis island web site. Can anyone help me out?? > >David Yarros >Scranton, PA I believe Maskocz is now known as Mas^kovce which is located in Humenne okres. It is a small village of about 100 people http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/brat/jan2.htm and is located about 10 miles west of Snina in Eastern Slovakia. It may now be considered part of Vys^ny Hrus^ov. Frank K. may know under what town the church records are listed. There is an Anna Jaros^ova listed in Mas^kovce. John M.

According to the 3 volume set of books Vlastivedny' Slovnik Obci na Slovensku "Country Dictionary Now and Then on Slovakia", Prepared by: Encyclopedic Institute of the Slovak Academy of Science, 1977, Bratislava, the town of Mas^kovce became a part of Vys^ny' Hus^ov in 1965. The text contains information about all villages, towns and cities in Slovakia. Included in each entry is information about the old names of villages and settlements as well as those names frequently used in other languages. The effective dates of name changes are listed. Information about County/District/Region names are shown. Census data for eleven periods between 1869 and 1970 are listed. Additional information about the natural environment, history, culture, sports and literature are also included for most locations. The last census for Mas^kovce as a separate location was in 1961 and the population at that time was 136. The community never had a census population greater than the 196 people there in 1869. Its lowest population was just after the WW1 when it dropped to 127 in 1921. In 1970, after the two villages merged, the combined population was 683. In earlier times Mas^kovce was know by several names, including: 1574 Makowecz 1596 Maskocz 1773 Mas^skowcze The community was located in Z^upa Zempli'nska; okres Hummenne', kraj Pres^ov until 1960, then in okres Hummenne' kraj Vy'chodoslovensky'. Frank R. Plichta "Searching the World for PLICHTAs" "Ja hl'adanie na celom svete za PLICHTA." "Das die Welt fuer PLICHTA suchen." "Je cherche le monde pour la famille PLICHTA." "Buscando el mundo por los PLICHTA." "Quaerere summa reum familia PLICHTA." I would appreciate receiving ANY information, about ANY Plichta, from ANY place, at ANY time in history. -----Original Message----- From: John M, [mailto:jmatsko4@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 18:53 To: SLOVAKIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Help with town location At 06:06 PM 10/27/2002 -0500, david yarros wrote: >Dear List, > I recently found out that my G Grandfather came from a town in > Slovakia...the name is Maskocz or Maskocs. Can anyone tell me where it > might be located? Is it a small town or a larger one? My familt name is > JAROS. I find many by the same surname comming out of the same town on > the ellis island web site. Can anyone help me out?? > >David Yarros >Scranton, PA I believe Maskocz is now known as Mas^kovce which is located in Humenne okres. It is a small village of about 100 people http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/brat/jan2.htm and is located about 10 miles west of Snina in Eastern Slovakia. It may now be considered part of Vys^ny Hrus^ov. Frank K. may know under what town the church records are listed. There is an Anna Jaros^ova listed in Mas^kovce. John M. ============================== 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