Greetings, all! - I'm just now getting through the last couple of weeks' worth of Slovakia mailings, so this is a little late, but someone suggested Zavodny as an alternative possibility for another "Z" (sorry, I deleted that particular message before I started this one, so can't refer to it precisely) name - just wanted to say, this is one of my names, and I've also seen it as "Zavodni," so if you think the one might be an alternate spelling, you might check for the "i" ending as well. Also, wanted to add to the thanks to Bill T. for all of his generous help, background info, and general research tips. :-) Lastly, I'd be interested to know if anyone has had tales of Janosik ("the Slavik Robin Hood") handed down in the family. I'm a storyteller, and am trying to collect enough Janosik lore to put together a program. I did find a book earlier this year (published in English! YES!!!) with a collection of stories on him, but would like to know if the oral tradition is still alive (or might have been when some on the list were children). Feel free to reply off-list if you don't think the others would be interested. Good fortune to all, Judith

There are apparently several variations on the Robin Hood themed stories floating around. Olkeska Dovbus / Oleksa Dovbush is one I hear a lot about in Rusyn and Lemko land. A variation of it can be found here: http://www.iabsi.com/gen/under/index.html also An important treatise is here http://members.tripod.com/warholic/Dovbush.htm And other good stuff here: http://www.lemko.org/art/vyshytia/aistra/157.html http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/lemkos/lemkos.htm Bill Tarkulich > -----Original Message----- > From: Judith McMahon [mailto:mcmahon@galynx.com] > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:04 PM > To: SLOVAKIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: a couple of things > > > Greetings, all! - > > I'm just now getting through the last couple of weeks' worth > of Slovakia mailings, so this is a little late, but someone > suggested Zavodny as an alternative possibility for another > "Z" (sorry, I deleted that particular message before I > started this one, so can't refer to it > precisely) name - just wanted to say, this is one of my > names, and I've also seen it as "Zavodni," so if you think > the one might be an alternate spelling, you might check for > the "i" ending as well. > > Also, wanted to add to the thanks to Bill T. for all of his > generous help, background info, and general research tips. :-) > > Lastly, I'd be interested to know if anyone has had tales of > Janosik ("the Slavik Robin Hood") handed down in the family. > I'm a storyteller, and am trying to collect enough Janosik > lore to put together a program. > I did find a book earlier this year (published in English! > YES!!!) with a collection of stories on him, but would like > to know if the oral tradition is still alive (or might have > been when some on the list were children). Feel free to > reply off-list if you don't think the others would be interested. > > Good fortune to all, > > Judith > > > ============================== > 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 >