I am new to the Thomas List and although I subscribed in Digest form, I have not seen any messages in two weeks. Perhaps the list is not very active. I would like to post my information and seek assistance. I have traced my maternal grandfather to Georgius Tomass, b. about 1790, m. 3 Jun 1810, in Cyrocké Dlhé, to Maria Chaschcs Kapko, b. about 1793. They had at least three children that were born in Cyrocké Dlhé: Martinus, b. 14 Nov 1812 Emericus, b. 2 Nov 1813 (I am descended from Emericus) Maria, b. 2 Jul 1815 Descendants of the family remain in Dlhé to the present day. I have visited the family there in 1984 and in 1996. The community is known today as, Dlhé nad Cirochou, okres Humenné, kraj Východoslovenský, Republic of Slovakia. In earlier times the community was know by the following names: 1342--Huzywmezew; 1773--Cziroky Dluchy, 1808-- Cyrocké Dlhé, 1927--Dlhé nad Cirochou (Hungarian name Czirokahosszúmezo^). The name of the town means Dlhé on the Cirochou river. The town has about 2,000 residents today and has always had a population between 1,300 and 1,900 since the year 1869. The original "Tomass" became "Tomas" in later generations and was changed to "Thomas" after coming to the United States. My maternal grandfather was Jan Tomas, aka John Thomas, born 14 Apr 1891 in Dlhé which was part of Austria-Hungary at that time. I do not know the exact date that he came to America but he was married to Maria Elizabeth Lelko on 20 Oct 1913 in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, a small community north of Bethlehem and Allentown. Maria was also from Dlhé. They moved to Pittsburgh sometime before 1923 because that is the year that John's Certificate of Naturalization was issued in Pittsburgh. I have traced the descendents of Emericus to the present day and I am looking for the descendents of Martinus and Maria. I am willing to share information about the family in exchange for Martinus and Maria information. If you have any information about any Tomas from Dlhé I would like to hear from you. I have information about later generations if the information is needed to establish a connection. Frank R. Plichta plichta@worldnet.att.net -or- plichta@att.net P.O. Box 305, Galax, VA, USA 24333-0305 "Ja hl'adam po celom svete pre meno PLICHTA." "Quaerere summa reum cognomen PLICHTA." "Buscando en el mundo por los PLICHTA. Escribame." "Je cherche le monde pour le surnom PLICHTA." "Ich suche nach PLICHTA in der ganzen Welt." "Searching the world for PLICHTAs." Korrespondenz nahm auf deutsch oder english an. "Nicht immer mehr Nachrichten, aber immer besser."