I am seeking information on my husbands's ancestry. His grandfather, Joe Arday was born in Uruguay in late 19th century and he came to Australia early 20th Century. The family story is that he is Basque but I'm more inclined to think the origin is Hungarian. Can anyone help me? His signature on his naturalisation papers in Aust clearly says "Arday".
I would be very grateful. Mary

Looking for information on:
Duraj
Ballun
Stanek
Godysiak (Godis)
Polomcak
Stassek
Mencel
Kandl
Just trying to find info out on my relatives
Regards
Vicky

Hello,

Please bear with me. My gg-grandfather (Makely, Makel, Makhely)and I'm trying to find out his name and parents names. He was a soldier in Austria or Hungary army about 1850-1870 and was a blacksmith for the Austria or Hungary army in Slovakia (then upper Hungary). I don't know for sure for how long he served, or which unit he served in. when my great,great-grandfather was born around 1835-50 in Hazin, Gezseny, Vinne, District of Michalove, Region of Kosice, Slovakia. I also know that the LDS has rosters for most units for this period filmed, but that there is no index for enlisted men of which my ancestor most likely was in. My understanding is that the only way to find someone is to do unit by unit search of the rosters. Is this true? I guess that I will only find my ancestor in Hungarian military records (Magyar Honvédség) or Hungarian cavalry were (Hussars) because of the spelling of are surname!.. My G/G Gandparents, lived most of the time in Hazin, and had 13 children which 5 died 3 were born in New Jersey and 5 were born in the Kosice Region of slovakia. I know that Kosice is a major town and was a garrison town at one time. I assume that he belonged to a unit that was stationed at Kosice (or at least recruited at Kosice)it may have been army unit IR-66 or IR-33, or some kind of a Cavalry unit, and to search all of the rosters during the correct time frame of those units. Does this seem to be the best way to go? Does anyone know which units or how I would ascertain which units or personnel were stationed at/recruited from Kosice during this time frame? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks very much, This is one great site for help and I have recommended it to all of my friends. Thanks so very much for all the help and cooperation I have received. e-mail paul.makely@us.army.mil
THANKS PAUL

looking for information on George Makely who was born 1870 in Hazin, Kosice region Austria/Hungary (Slovak) on 4 may 1870 he was a blacksmith in the Austrian Army before comeing to the USA in 1909 with 8 chidren,the was married to Mary Tomkova in 1894. I'm trying to find out his parent names and the place of birth along with the town of the parents. all help will be appreciate. thank

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON MY G/G GRANDPARENT GEORGE SURNAME (MAKELY, MAKEL MAKIEL) AND MARY (TOMKOVA, TOMPKO, TOMKO). THEY CAME FROM HEZIN, KOSICE REGION, DISTRICT OF MICHALOVCE AND COUNTY OF ZEMPLIN OF TODAY SLOVAKIA. GEORGE WAS A BLACKSMITH AND HE AND 3 SONS WORKED ON THE PRR RAILROAD IN NEW JERSEY AND LIVE IN BAYONNE, NJ. WE TRYING TO FIND OUT THE RIGHT SPELLING OF OWN NAME AND GEORGE AND MARY, PARENTS NAMES. THEY CAN TO THE USA IN ABT 1909. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPECIATED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCELLENT WORK AND HELP. PAUL

Hi, my name is Istvan from Cluj. My family is the Fink family from Szepsi (Moldava nad Bodvou, Slowakia). Looking for contacts to this family.
My e-mail address is:
altwien1@gmail.com

I am researching my husband's family from Zvala, Slovakia. Fmaily names are MAKAJ and MIKULA (MIKULOVA). They immigrated to the Johnstown area of PA are of the US. Any cousins here?

Found my grandmother's baptism certificate with Hazin listed in the ink stamp at bottom of certificate and written in toward the top. The certificate is in three languages, none of which I know, but the one is Latin and the diocese was Tresov.
I assume her birth year was 1903
Looking for Yacik ( that was how my great aunt spelled perhaps it was Jacik? there though ) and Doric. any info would be appreciated. my mother was always sort of quiet about her family origins.

I found out that somewhere in the last 75 years our name was Bobela not Bobella. and now i may believe i have found something that can trace our families hitory. thankyou

Thankyou for you site It was extremely helpful in finding a locality in Southern Poland/Galicia. Not done yet but still working...on family history..

Thanks for this. I have a USA Passport App. for my great grandparents dated 13 Jul 1912. It states that Michael Dorunda was born 1 Aug 1871 in Honksez (as transcribed at Ancestry.com), Hungary. The actual handwriting looks like "Honkicg." I found a village on your list spelled Hunkocz, in the county of Saros, which is pretty close to the spelling on the application. Now I have somewhere to begin searching!

I'm doing my friends family history, I have been doing geneolagy for 27 years, all research done in the U.S. Thank you for this site, it has been very helpful and have already used some of your advice. The family name I'm searching for is Josef SEDLAK/SADLACK and various other spellings. He stated 2 different places of birth and writting is very hard to read. I emailed Mr. Nagy for help with that. Again, thank you so much for the info you have shared online. Katherine Walker

Bill trying to purchase ATLAS AND GAZETTEER OF HISTORIC HUNGARY 1914 Talma publishers
Enjoy your site I only been searching for nine years with your help and comments I think I've gotten pretty far.

Greetings from Kentucky
My great grandfather (surname Jaczko, pronounced Yashko) had a farm in HR. Grandparents Miklos and Anna Yasko (both born in HR) came to Pennsylvania in the early 1900's with him working in the coal mines. He, with 4 brothers and 1 sister, together with a stepbrother of the same surname, came first to Webster, PA and eventually settled in and around Jerome, Windber, and Johnstown (Somerset and Cambria counties of PA). I have a family tree going back 5 or 6 generations for the family that had it's real roots in Hrabova Roztoka. News from HR will always be welcome.

Need info on KERBCSAR/KERPCSAR/KERPCHAR families in Jesztreb/Jestrabie/Orosz Volya/Ruska Vols nad Propradom, Saros county, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Slovakia). And VARGA family in Circ, Saros county, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Slovakia). And ROMANSKY family in Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Posting family surnames. All from the following areas in Slovakia. Dobsina, Rimavska Sobata, Stratena.
Sicina, Sicinova, Secsina.
Vozar, Liptak, Hadurosky, Lefka, Novotney, Csepeck,Lesko, Soltesz, Chavlenko, Semvoal, Budinsky, Szjak, Bobaki,Alexander.

Been awhile because of my work, but I want to learn as much as I can about my Grandparents. They're from what is now Slovakia and Mary (Maria) was from Chrast nad Hornadon. John and Mary arrived at Ellis Island in about 1898 and settled in Youngstown, Ohio. They had a number of children, the last of which was my Father, Joseph. My plan is to go to Slovakia in October few a couple days and want to learn what I can before I get there. Any and all help would be appreciated.

Joe Kozar

jlkozar@aol.com

Do you know if the Summary of the 1869 Hungarian Census for Szepes has been published or is available on line? I have worked the individual returns for the Zamagurie REgion villages which now straddles southern Poland and eastern Slovakian borders but need to see the final compiled stats if at all possible for my Fulbright Project. Sincerely, Karen Melis

My own family surnames :
NAGY & HALUSKA & FARKUS & KOVACS & SEBO:(Silicka Jablonica & Jablonov nad Turnou , Kosice).

KRYISKA :(Jablonov nad Turnou , Kosice)

STERMENZSKY :(Silicka Jablonicca,Kosice Region and Bratislava region).

RAKAI /RAKAY:(Silicka Brezova, Koscice).

ZSEBIK /SEBIK & DANKO : (Hrusov, Kosice).

FABRICZY / FABRICHETKI & ZSOKA / SOKA : (Host'ovce ,Kosice-Okolie District).

MESZ & SKOLNOKI & STEFANIK /ISTVANIK & VALDIKOVSKY /HLADIKOVSKY & SOSS : (Krásnohorské Podhradie ,Kosice ).

CSEH-TOTH & ZSOLDES: (Szilica ,Kosice) .

STEFANIK /ISTVANIK:(Vidtelke,Kosice).

VLADIKOVSKY /HLADIKOVSKY /LADIKOVSKY & SOSS : (Jablonov nad Turnou, Kosice).

CHUDI / CHUDY & PLAHCHETKA /PLACHETKA : ( a town named Derenk which has disappeared but was bordered right next to Silicka Jablonica and now physically located in Aggtelek National Park ).

PLACHETKA :(Zavadka ,Presov )

I am looking for any information about my grandfather, Peter Fristik who was born in Austria/Hungary (Slovak) in 1870 and immigrated to the US (Pennslyvania) in 1893 at the age of 22. I would like to know what his parents names was. I am also looking for my grandmothers family (last name Pavlisin). I believe she was born on June 11, 1882 somewhere in the same region (my dad mentioned a natural spring/spa in her town). Her first name was Susan, Zuzanna, Suzanna, etc. Thanks for any help you can give me.

I have been looking for information on my gg-grandmother, Anna Petrustsak or Petruscak. She died in May of 1900 at the age of 84 in Spisska Nova Ves. She was the widow of Samuel Pollak. He death record states that she was born in Farkasfalu but that has not panned out. Any help would be appreciated.

"Searching the World for PLICHTAs"
I'm interested in any information about any PLICHTA at any location and at any time in history.
I've been researching the PLICHTA surname for more than 20 years. If you have any connection to a PLICHTA I want to hear from you.
Please contact me privately.
Till we type again.
Frank

The comments page is now back in operation. Let's see how many spammers get through this time.

Very interesting information, I am looking for information on my Uncle Louis Czeizinger that served in the Hungarian army during WW1 and WW2, he was killed on the Russian front during WW2.

i am looking for more information on my grandparents:janko sudac from sela selo jugoslavia born11/3/00 and roza ivicic from obrh,jugoslavia born 12/20/01,i would like the name of church they were married in and copies of birth and marriage certificates

Hey,
I've been searching for family's roots and i would like to know if anybody has information on the Zboja family (it's spelling got anglicized to Zboya). I was just wondering because this towns name is similar to my last name!

Thanks

Looking for information on Ovadek Family in Kuchyna, Slovakia

Anyone have intel on Duszatynski or Duszatynska? ty

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Hello,

I could help you when you see my website:
http://www.cisarik.com
there are more genealogical advises
for people who also would like to visit Slovakia or to search their slovak roots at old church records
at state archives of Slovakia.

best regards,
Juraj Cisarik, Ing.

Kosice town, Slovakia
see my Biography on my website:
http://www.cisarik.com/author.htm
Genealogy - Tourist Guide - Slovakia

This is an excellent explanation of the reasons ours ancestors came to America. My husbands family, Hvizd's and Kimaks from Slovakia (Roztoky) and my own, Napowaniec's from Galicia (Polany). Thank you.

I am trying to find information about a Layos Vilmanyi who left hungry aroung 1910. He left family behind and I would love to know more of our family history and also try to make sure he is my great grand father.

For some reason I was unable to send you an email. I have been searching for a very good friend of mind Sevcsik Janos who used to live in the village of Galanta, near Mostova. I have an important message to deliver and I have been unable to find him for the past thirty years. Would you please help?

I'm exicited!-within minutes of reviewing your site-the mysteries of places that appear on my great-grandparents records came alive. I cannot wait to delve into my Slovak family again after so many deadends on research.
THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge of researching family history.
Yours in genealogy.

Bill, great work I enjoyed reading entire research. I will use this information. In the introductary comments you mention the Ruthenians twice. Don't read too much about the Ruthenians in, especially, the banat. Also, you don't mention anything about the Romanians; Why?

Bill, first of all, THANK YOU for compiling this valuable resource. I have come across your name, more than a few times, as a dedicated researcher and genealogist for Slovakian-related matters.

Second, THANK YOU, for lending help finding the RC Church, for MOCIDLANY(MOCSOLOVE)in JAROVNICE where ALL the family records for ONDERKO ONDERSCO KUBA and VARDZIK were found.

It has been an amazing journey and you helped me to set the sails and point into the wind.

MANY MANY THANKS!

My grandfather, Nicholas Sproch was from here. It was listed on his naturalized emigration paper from the department of labor. Insteresting!!!

My father Haim Kornhauser, brother David, was born June 10, 1902 in Jabloca Wisna, Autria-Hungary (French spelling) of what I am beginning to believe must be Visna Jablonka, Slovakia. Does anyone have any supporting evidence that Visna Jablonka, Slovakia is indeed Jablonca Wisna?
Alain Kornhasuer

I am trying to find more about my grandfather, George Pitlanic who was married to Mary Poodiack.I am interested in any info, esp. his brothers and sisters and his father and mother.Any help would be appreciated.

Began tracing my roots about a year ago. This site has been extremely helpful in that search. My father's father at the age of 14 traveled with his father to Pottstown PA in 1910. Surname Zubaly from what is now Zemplinsky Branc. I find no evidence that my great grandfather stayed in the US. My grandfather's wife arrived in 1903 as a 4 year old with her mother, younger sister, and uncle. Surname Panocz-Bednar from what is now Rovne, Zemplin county. Her father arrived in 1902 also locating in Pottstown, PA to be with his brother-in-law who had arrived in 1899. I hope to learn more about my Slovakian roots, however, I do not read or speak the language. I would love to find out if there are relatives still living in Slovakia. I wish I knew how and why they ended up where they did.

In doing research on my husband's family, I find that Michal Pastirik and his wife, Mary Klacik Pastirik listed their place of residence in Czechoslovakia as Ubrez (Ubresh) Village. Other places list names such as Porostov and Kachanov. I only know that Mike came to the US through Bremen, Germany in 1907 and Mary came in 1913. If anyone has information about these areas or surnames, I would love to hear from you!

Researching Andrew Dovci (doci, doczi) from Bracovce, Zemplin county, Slovakia...married Zuzana Cisar from Jenkovce.

Birth records are in Bracovce and Jenkovce respectively. Would like information on Andrews parents and any siblings.

He came to U>S> in `1901.

Please reply to me e-mail address: jrsg619@yahoo.com
Thank you to any/all who can help me. Great website.

My family focuses on the former Hungarian towns of Locse, St Antal Semec, Harsag and Nagy Lang.
Family surnames are Vajdinger (became Weidinger) Petras, Mucska, Sturm, Poklemba, Peradin, Petras, Poczik and Takas.
Always willing to swap notes with those with ties to any of the above.
Roy

I'm seeking information on my ancestor 'Iohan Frimel' who died on Julie 12, 1918 in 'Podebrod' (I believe it stands for Podolia), Hungary.

Seeking information on JAcob Dlugos (possibly dhigos )born 1864, records indicate his village as Topor cv. Immagration was in 1882, any help is more than appreachiated -- thommcc@charter.net

Great site with more than just useful links. Guidance and guide-like introduction as well. You do our Slovak ancestors proud by capturing and keeping this all up to date.

Am trying to find some history on the Schablik family. They emigrated from Locse, Leutschau, (now Levoca, Slovokia) to the U.S. in 1901.
Grandmother's maiden name was Roth, 1st marriage to someone named Odush (Odusch).

Have just begun searching this site. Am looking for family from Maly Lipnik, Slovakia a small village in Eastern Slovakia very near the Polish Border. My grandfather was Michael (Hnat. Hnath) Knott and my grandmother Susanna Lukachovsky (many versions of her surname). Michael's father was Petro or Petrus and his mother Helena (Julia or llyka) Gladis. Susanna's mother was Mary Buchinni and her father was Michael Lukachovsky)

My mother's people are from the Slabinja area of Croatia. Am searching this area. Grandmother was Sofia Obucina daughter of Nicola Obucina. Sofia had a brother Jovo married to Anica. Grandfather was Aleksa Tomic who became Alex Thomas. Aleksa claimed to be from Toct, Yugoslavia but I can find no such place anywhere in Europe.

I was recently alerted to the interesting intro pages to the Banska Bystricka death records. About 12 years ago I was visiting a fairly large Catholic Church in Kempenich, Rhenish Prussia (Rhineland Pfalz). In the old cemetery, there were quite a number of very old gravemarkers that had the skull and crossbones engraved on them along with the usual name and date information. I have never seen a satisfactory explanation for such a "morbid custom". Any ideas??

On to a different genealogical puzzle. My great-grandmother, Jozefa (ina?) Morawetz (Moravec) b. 1863 supposedly in Bohemia, immigrated to Milwaukee, WI in the mid 1880s, married Jozef Mazourek and died there in 1914. Villages of origins unknown; records mostly indicate Bohemia and Bohemian was spoken in my grandmother's home. She belonged to a Slovak fraternal organization called Zivena . I am unable to find any Zivena records for this time. Any thoughts?

Thank you,
Carol Leonard

I am searching for information on Andrew Elias from Pusovce in Presov. He came to the US in the late 1800s/early 1900s - he was born in 1875. Any information on how to get more information on him or his family would be greatly appreciated!

Need help researching my Great Grandfathers hometown in Slovakia, He left Sedlica in 1897. His name was Andras Stofan. Any info ?