I just completed a brief empirical analysis of the progress the Mormon’s Family History Center is making regarding the filming of Slovakia records. I compared a catalog set from April 2000 to the catalog available online in October, 2002 at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Here’s what I discovered: CHURCH RECORDS Surprisingly, further cataloging of church records has been minimal. Using “related places” for Slovakia (the majority these are church ledgers), the number of settlements increased from 1,120 to 1,127. The seven following villages were added: Ardanovce Hrádok Oponice Risnovce Velcice (Zlaté Moravce) Zemianske Podhradie Zubrohlava 1869 CENSUS The FHC has been making great numbers of additions to the catalog. The number of counties has increased from two to eight: Abauj-Torna (megye) Bars (megye) Esztergom (megye) Komárom (megye) Nyitra (megye) Sáros (megye) Szepes (megye) Zemplén (megye) The number of settlements has increased tremendously from 458 to 2,066. The number of titles has increased from 177 to 1,785. The number of settlements may vary slightly due to the possibility of a few duplicates in the cataloging process. What is most significant is that there appears to be a significant change in cataloging strategy at the FHC. At first, we understood the cataloging and filming was proceeding east-to-west. Predictably, we saw the counties of Zemplen, Saros, Abauj-Torna and Szepes in the east. Within the past several months, the FHC has begun to publish the census records of Nyitra, Bars, Komaron and Esztergom, which are in the east, as if a great leap has occurred. I have queried my LDS FHC contact in Salt Lake, but she has not yet replied to my inquiry. Based on previous correspondence with Salt Lake, I am led to believe that Pozony county, including Bratislava is to be next. I will shortly publish a list of all villages contained in the 1869 census films that the FHC has published films for. This is important since the FHC does NOT index the 1869 census by village name. With this list, you will be able to do a simple text search for your village name and/or variants. Happy Hunting. Regards, Bill Tarkulich

Census data has been posted here http://www.iabsi.com/gen/public/fhc_1869_census_slovakia_data.htm Bill Tarkulich > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Tarkulich [mailto:bill@iabsi.com] > Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 3:36 PM > To: SLOVAKIA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: FHC Status of church and census records > > > > I just completed a brief empirical analysis of the progress > the Mormon’s Family History Center is making regarding the > filming of Slovakia records. I compared a catalog set from > April 2000 to the catalog available online in October, 2002 at > http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp > Here’s > what I discovered: > > > > CHURCH RECORDS > > Surprisingly, further cataloging of church records has been > minimal. Using “related places” for Slovakia (the majority > these are church ledgers), the number of settlements > increased from 1,120 to 1,127. The seven following villages > were added: > > Ardanovce > Hrádok > Oponice > Risnovce > Velcice (Zlaté Moravce) > Zemianske Podhradie > Zubrohlava > > > 1869 CENSUS > > The FHC has been making great numbers of additions to the > catalog. The number of counties has increased from two to eight: > > Abauj-Torna (megye) > > Bars (megye) > > Esztergom (megye) > > Komárom (megye) > > Nyitra (megye) > > Sáros (megye) > > Szepes (megye) > > Zemplén (megye) > > The number of settlements has increased tremendously from 458 > to 2,066. The number of titles has increased from 177 to > 1,785. The number of settlements may vary slightly due to > the possibility of a few duplicates in the cataloging process. > > > > What is most significant is that there appears to be a > significant change in cataloging strategy at the FHC. At > first, we understood the cataloging and filming was > proceeding east-to-west. Predictably, we saw the counties of > Zemplen, Saros, Abauj-Torna and Szepes in the east. Within > the past several months, the FHC has begun to publish the > census records of Nyitra, Bars, Komaron and Esztergom, which > are in the east, as if a great leap has occurred. I have > queried my LDS FHC contact in Salt Lake, but she has not yet > replied to my inquiry. > > > > Based on previous correspondence with Salt Lake, I am led to > believe that Pozony county, including Bratislava is to be next. > > > I will shortly publish a list of all villages contained in > the 1869 census films that the FHC has published films for. > This is important since the FHC does NOT index the 1869 > census by village name. With this list, you will be able to > do a simple text search for your village name and/or variants. > > > > Happy Hunting. > > Regards, > > Bill Tarkulich > > > > > ============================== > 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 >