Eastern Slovakia Genealogy Research Strategies

Table of Contents & Site Search

WWW http://www.iabsi.com

Over the course of years, the assemblage of information on these pages has become much like my closet;  Lots of good stuff, impossible to find anything.  The following table of contents provides a rough overview of the contents of this web site.  Links to external websites are not included here, but only within the specific pages.  If you still can't find it, use the Google search box above.

• Strategy

  • A methodical approach to family research in Eastern Slovakia

• History

  • Brief Historical Context

  • Political History

  • Local & Regional History

    • History of Ulic, Slovakia (PDF) (1996) - Translated to English

    • History of the Ulič Valley - A 2002 rewrite

    • The Tragedy of the Ulič Valley

    • History of Wetlina, Poland (1996) - Translated to English

    • Below Snina Rock (1964) - Translated to English

    • Under the Carpathians (1946) - Translated to English

    • The Valley of Ulic' (2002) - Fall '03  - Translated to English

    • The Occurrence of Hungarian (Magyar) Surnames in the Stropkov Area of Upper Zemplin

  • Social, Cultural History

    • Reasons for Emigration, Why Our Ancestors Didn't Want to Talk

    • Pre-1848 Social Status in the Villages of Present-day Slovakia, Vladimir Bohinc

    • Slovak Family Traditions 1997

    • Many Things Rusyn (Defines Rusyn, Ruthenian, Links)

    • The Occurrence of Hungarian (Magyar) Surnames in the Stropkov Area of Upper Zemplin by Miles Lambert (2003)

    • History and Geography of Ond- Surnames and Place-names, by Miles Lambert (2003)

    • History of the Grisak Family, John Grisak,  (1873-1950) life in Slovinky, Slovakia & immigration to the USA (PDF)
    • Excerpts from "The building culture of the villages in Slovakia at the beginning and the climax of the Middle Ages on the basis of archaeological research"
  • Geographical, Natural Resources
    • Eastern Carpathian Biosphere Reserve (Slovakia-Poland-Ukraine)
    • Hiking the Kremenec

• Place Names

  • Identify the Ancestral Birthplace or Last Residence

    • Most reliable places to find an ancestral village

      • Family Documents or Memories

      • Church (place of destination) Records

      • Social Security Application SS-5

      • INS (Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services)

        • Writing to the INS for an Immigrants' Records (and village name)

          • Alien Registration Form

      • US Census

      • US Port of Entry Records (Ship Manifests)

        • Ellis Island Research Strategies

        • A discussion about errors in the Ellis Island Database

          • Useful U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) References

        • The Sticky Theory:  Immigrants' Friends and Family

        • INS/USCIS Historical Essays

      • Locating an Ancestral Village

      • Phone Books

    • LEAST reliable places to find an ancestral village

    • After you've got a Place Name, Verify It

  • Place Name Hungarian-Contemporary Conversions

    • Example of old and new place names

  • MAPS (yes, I know, this belongs in the Maps section)

    • Present-day Maps

    • Shtetlseeker

    • Historical Counties of Hungary (pre-1918) (megye)

    • Administrative Districts of Hungary (jaras)

    • Putting it All Together

  • Common Place Name Terminology

• Settlements (Original Information about villages in East Slovakia)

  • Poland

    • Wetlina

  • Slovakia

    • Belá nad Cirochou 

    • Brezovec

    • Cabalovce

    • Čukalovce

    • Dara (1)

    • Dlhé nad Cirochou

    • Hamry or Zemplínske Hámre [Sninské Hámre]

    • Hazin nad Cirochou

    • Horna Lehota

    • Hostovice

    • Hrabová Roztoka

    • Jalová

    • Klenova

    • Kolbasov

    • Nova Sedlica

    • Ostroznica (1)

    • Pichne

    • Prislop

      • Príslop Reprint - Nice short piece from Slovak Spectator

    • Porubka

    • Pticie

    • Radatice 7/05

    • Rovné

    • Runina

    • Ruske (1)

      • 1869 Ruske Census Surname Transcription

    • Rusky Potok

    • Smolnik (1)

      • 2006 photos from the site of the now-vanished village of Smolnik

    • Snina

    • Stakčín

    • Stakčínska Roztoka

    • Starina (1)

    • Sterkovce

    • Stropkov (essay)

    • Osadné or Telepovce

    • Topoľa

    • Ubľa

    • Ubrez

    • Ulič

      • History of Ulic Valley, 2002 (2/05)

    • Uličské Krivé

    • Valaskovce

    • Velka Polana (1)

    • Vysna Jablonka

    • Zboj

    • Zborov - Photo of German Military Cemetery

    • Zvala (1)

    • Starina Reservoir Village Evacuations

    • Other Villages

      • Stropkov

      • Dobroslava

      • Vysna Mysla

      • Blazice

    • Regional Information

      • Stužica Virgin Forest

    • Eastern Region Suffers Depopulation  

  • Ukraine

    • Ljuta, Ukraine

  • Hungary

    • Bodoló, Hungary

• Maps

  • Contemporary Maps - Online

    • SLOVAKIA

    • POLAND

      • Topographical Map: South-east (Bieszczady) and North-east Slovakia

    • UKRAINE

      • Topographical thumbnails of the Zakarpatska_oblast_Topo_100k/ maps, laid out on a grid

    • UKRAINE, POLAND, BULGARIA, SLOVENIA, ROMANIA, MONTENEGRO, OTHERS

    • WORLDWIDE

  • Contemporary - Paper Maps - appropriate for Genealogical Research

  • Historical - Online

    • Overlay Map: Present-day Slovakia with overlay of old Hungary Counties

    • pre-WWII historical Maps of Poland: Map Archive of Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny 1919 - 1939

  • Historical - In Print

  • Maps on other pages

    • Atlases

    • Maps On "Place Names" Page

  • Military

    • 1910 Hungary Military Maps

    • 1944 Soviet Battle Maps - Translated

    • 1938-1945 World War II European Battle Maps

    • Post-Dukla East Slovakia Advances, Oct-Nov. 1944

    • Battle Maps - Animated Progression - Hungary Site

     

  • Gazetteers

    • Dvorzsák Gazetteer

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• Churches

  • Churches in Slovakia and their records

  • A Note About Affiliated Churches

  • Sample pages of Greek Catholic church ledgers

  • Christian Church Records

  • Bishops Copies "Druhopisy" & The National Archives of Hungary

  • Present-day Slovakia Catholic, Greek Catholic and Orthodox Parishes

    • Greek Catholic

    • Orthodox

    • Roman Catholic

  • The Greek Catholic Church, Defined

  • FAMILY TREES OF PRIESTS OF BYZANTH CHURCH IN SLOVAKIA 1650-2006 (Rodokmene knazov byzantskeho obradu na Slovensku 1650-2006), Juraj Cisarik

  • Jewish Records

  • Bordering Nations

  • Wooden Church Architecture

    • Rusyn Wooden Churches in Northeastern Slovakia

      • Rusyn "Ukrainian" Wooden Churches

    • Wooden Church References

      • Books

      • Merchants

    • American Wooden Churches

• Census

  • Magyar Census Overview

  • 16xx Census (2/05)

  • 1715 Census

    •  1715 Examples (2/05)

  • 1775 Ubarial Census (5/04)

  • 1787 Ubarial Census (2/05)

  • 1828 Property Tax Census (5/04)

    • 1828 Headers (2/05)

    • FHL Holdings for the 1828 Landowner Census for Slovakia

  • 1848 Census of the Jews (2/05)

  • 1857 Census (2/05)

  • 1869 Census

  • 1877 Census (2/05)

• Military (5/04)

  • Pre-1918 Military Records in Upper Hungary (Slovakia)

    • Preface

    • Overview

    • Where to Look

    • Cautionary Advice

    • Type of Records

      • Muster Lists

      • Kirchenbuch

      • Personnel sheets (Kmenovy List)

      • Military Citations

    • What We've Found at the Family History Library

    • Resources

  • Military History

  • Dukla Pass Operation, 1944

    • Story of John Kulhan

    • Carpatho-Dukla Operation

    • Lecture Notes and additional photographs

  • Post-Dukla Russian Offensive

  • Soviet Battle Maps - Translated

  • 1898 Military Recruiting District Map

   

• FHL (Mormon's Family History Library) Resources

  • FHL Updates for Slovakia, July, 2006 through July, 2007

  • FHL Updates for Slovakia, August, 2005 through June, 2006

  • FHL Updates for Slovakia, May, 2004 through August, 2005

  • FHL Adds New Features (August, 2003) - Keyword Search

   

  • Survey of Index of FHL Slovakia Church & Temple Records as of May 9, 2007

  • Survey of Holdings 1869 Magyar Census Data for Slovakia Cross-Reference INDICES as of June, 2003.

  • Family History Library Updates for Slovakia, October 2002 - June 2003

  • 1828 Landowner Census for Slovakia

  • Other Records

   

• Correspondence

  • Phone Books

  • Postal Codes

  • Addressing the letter

  • Writing your Blind Letter

  • Letter Logistics

  • Slovakia Village Mayor Names

• Culture

  • Art

  • Architecture

  • Social

  • Language Resources

    • Feudal Terminology

    • Foreign Language Characters for Microsoft Windows

    • Feminine Slovak Surnames

  • More

   

• What's News Archives

CROSS-REFERENCE OF POPULAR TOPICS

• Toolbox

• Travel

  • Trip to Eastern Slovakia

• Document Cross-Reference

  • Passports, Certificates and Other Documents

    • 1871 Austrian Passport

    • 1899 Hungary Passport (Saros)

    • 1901 Declaration of Intent, USA

    • 1906 Declaration of Intent, USA

    • 1907 Hungary Passport (Bekes)

    • 1907 Hungary Military Passport (Forgaras)

    • 1909 Hungary Passport (Abuj-Torna)

    • 1913 Kivonat - Birth - Roman Catholic

    • 1915 Hungary Passport (Abuj-Torna)

    • 1915 United States Naturalization Certificate

    • 1920 Czechoslovakia Passport / Cestovni list

    • 1929 Czechoslovakia Passport

    • 1929 Kivonat Birth, Civil

    • 1929 Rodny list - Birth, Civil

    • 1939 Naturalization - Canada

    • 1948 Reformed Church Baptism Certificate

    • Slovak-American League

     

• Potpourri

  • Very Interesting Photos (5/04)

  • Networking: Discussion Groups and Mail Lists

  • Writing to the INS for an Immigrants' Records

  • European Archives

  • Language Translation

  • Nobility

  • Hay Racks (Oborohy) in Nová Sedlica, Ulič and Prislop

  • Inspiration and Perspiration

  • Slovakia Postcards

  • Tips for Using the Ellis Island Database

  • Nova Sedlica Photos

  • Mining for Village & Country Information (without using Google)

  • Newsletters

  • Handy Computer Stuff

    • TinyURL

    • Foreign Language Characters for Microsoft Windows

    • Free Image Storage

  • Kudos

    • Genealogy quest leads reporter to rural Slovakia

  • Curiosities of Church Registers

  • Property Claims in Slovakia

  • Ship Manifest Notations

  • List of people executed in Czechoslovakia 1918-1989

  • Story of John Kulhan

    • Reprint of the Journal News Article, 2005

   

• Perspiration

• Inspiration

• What's Not So News....Prior Month's "What's News"

• About the Author

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