Eastern Slovakia
Slovak and Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogical Research
KRAKOVANY / STRAZE
Including Trebatice and Ostrov
DSSV Surname List
Home Page of Krakovany / Straze Project
E-mail Joseph Hornack
Krakovany / Straze Section Copyright 1998 -
Joseph J. Hornack, Independence Ohio: Nitra county – Husband and father of six grown
children. His paternal grandparents immigrated to America in 1905 from Krakovany, Nitra
County. In 1983 he visited Slovakia, Krakovany, for the first time; later escorting tour groups in
1990, 1992, 1994 and 1997. In 1986, he founded the Slovakia – Surname Location Reference
Project (SLRP); he directed in 1991 its expansion to include County Associates publishing
columns and logging lineage submitted. Two SLRP booklets have been produced: a book of
compiled Columns published in the ongoing series, and the other, the Database alphabetical by
surname and by location submitted. He remains active in Cleveland-Bratislava Sister Cities, Inc.
(CBSC) since its formation in 1991; members dedicated to the exchange of cultural and
commercial strengths.