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Researching: TIMCO, DZURACKY
I am looking for information on my family's history.I know the Timco family is from Trebisov, Slovakia.I don't know where the Dzuracky family came from in Slovakia. Both family members imigrated to the U.S.A. around 1900. Any information will be helpful.
email: - Zakous@aol.com - Posted 27 October 1997

Researching: MUTKA, DUBEC
Visit the Ancestry.com Mutka Family Facts Database. Visit the Ancestry.com Dubec Family Facts Database.
email: Not Available - Updated 11 October 2007

Researching: DUFALA, PAVLIK, VRANIC, HRIVNAK, TALIAK, DURISH
Researching the Dufala, Pavlik, Vranic, Hrivnak, Taliak, and Durish families.
email: - fduffala@aol.com - Posted 27 October 1997

Researching: KRAVARIK
My mother, Elizabeth, was born in Pusta Ves, a very small village in Western Slovakia located in the Male Carpathian Mountains to a family named Kravarik in 1919. She came to the United States in 1939 where she married my father who was from Bucarest, Roumania. I was very fortunate to visit the village in 1992 and meet my mother's sister Suzanna, and families. I would like to find out more about the area as far as history and the origin of my mother's family name (Kravarik). My daughter and I would like to visit the area very soon again. Thank you for your help.
email: Ann Kastler - d.kastler@worldnet.att.net - Posted 27 October 1997

Researching: BARBUS, BARBUSH, TOTIN
Well, my last name is Barbush. It was spelled Barbus, but they added the h when they came to America. I was wondering if you have any imformation on a Barbus who had a son name Thomas. Thomas is my Grandfather and I don't know his father's first name. Also, do you have any imformation on a Peter Totin? Thank-you.
email: Katie - TheGr8Kate@aol.com - Posted 27 October 1997

Researching: MIRKES
My ancestors had the surname Mirkes. Although they came from the Rheinland and Luxembourg, there seems to be some evidence that the surname is of Slovakian origin. Can anyone comment on this?
email: - Tombtome@aol.com - Posted 27 October 1997

Researching: DZVANC
I need information on the Dzvanc family. They are from the Galicia region. The Dzvanc's lived in Ciehannia Poland. Ciehannia Poland was previously Tychania Austria. I would greatly appreciate information.
email: - swan@telerama.com - Posted 27 October 1997

Researching: KARDOHELY
My mother's maiden name is Kardohely and we were told that it is of Slovak, Hungarian, or Czech derivation. However, I have been trying to find an answer for at least 10 yrs. My mother's father past when she was young and had no ties to his family, therefore oral family history is impossible to attain. If any one could shed some light or knows of anyone with this last name please contact me. Also, I do know after they arrived in the United States they settled in Clearfield County.Pa. in a town near Morrisdale, once called Locklom. They may have arrived sometime between 1880-1900. Thank you in advance for any help you may give me.
email: - Protege94@aol.com - Posted 27 October 1997

Researching: GOREY
Michael J. Gorey was ordained as a priest in Baltimore Maryland on 16 June 1927. First Holy Mass in Raritan New Jersey on 19 June 1927. Any information on this surname would be helpful.
email: L Fred Vossel Sr - vosselsr@multipro.com - Posted 27 October 1997

Researching: ONDA, PLATH, JAVOVICH
John Onda to Chicago area in late 1890s from Smolnik Slovakia. Sisters: Julia Plath and Mary Javovich. Parents Andreas and Mary Onda. Information from St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church, Whiting, Indiana.
email: - jwonda@excite.com - Posted 27 October 1997

Researching: MASIK, HAJDUK
My grandfather Aleksander Masik was born in Jaroslavl, Poland. My father (Leon Joseph Masik), who was born in St. Louis, Missouri April 13, 1910 because his parents (Joseph Masik and Victoria Hajduk Masik) were there at the time, was raised in Lezajsk, Poland, the ancestral home town of his mother. My father Leon always said the name Masik (pronounced Mah' sheek) was really of Czech background. His living sister Helena Masik Martula, still living in Lezajsk, agrees that her father told her that. Since Czechoslovakia was the name of the country for so long, Czech could just as well have been Slovak. Through the internet I have found many people of the same last name Masik who are of Slovak origin. Jan Orlovsky said that the "ik" ending would more certainly indicate the Slovak rather thana Czech connection ("ek"). Jaroslavl is in southeastern Poland in the Rzeszow region. Its proximity to Slovakia is outstanding. I would like to know if 1) Masik (Mah' sheek) could be of Slovak origin and 2) records are available on the name to find what I believe is my Slovak connection. Any help you can give me in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
email: Lorraine Przywara - lprzywa@juno.com - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: KOSINAR
Looking for relatives with the Kosinar surname.
email: Peter Kosinar - 0kosinar@ganga.gjh.schools.sk - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: KUSTRA, KANTARIK, CHUDOSKY, CHUDOVSKY, ADAMIK, NOVOTNY
Jozef Kustra and Agnesa Kantarik were from Bobrovecek in the Liptov region, and immigrated to the Pittsburgh, PA area around 1910. Jacob Chudosky (Chudovsky) immigrated to the Pittsburgh area from the Trencin region around 1910. Stefan Adamik and Anna Novotny immigrated to the Pittsburgh area from the Trencin region, possibly from the town of Mala Bytca.
email: Dave Kustra - davek@aztec.asu.edu - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: WOHLSTADTER
I am trying to research the Wohlstadter family from Circ. Are records of the jewish inhabitants available from the mid-1800's? How do I go about to follow-up? Many thanks for any help offered.
email: Stanley M. Friedman - stanfrie@clam.rutgers.edu - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: CZISMARCZIK, PASZTHY, PAPP, WILDNER, ODUSCHOVA, PODILINSKA, NOVAK
My grandmother's parents, Martin Czismarczik and Juliana Paszthy, died in 1886 and 1887 respectively, in Spisska Nova Ves (Iglo) and left four young daughters under the age of eight. They were Emilia Maria b. 1879, Anna b.1881, Emy Juliana b, 1883 and Margita b. 1885. I would like to find out who raised these girls until three of them immigrated to New York City between 1892 and 1901. The other daughter Emy Juliana died in 1898 (age 15) in Spisska Nova Ves (Iglo). When she died, a photograph of her, in her coffin surrounded by several men, women and children was taken, and sent to her surviving sisters in NYC. I think these people may have been Czismarczik's, Papp's, Wildner's or Oduschova's or possibly Jan and Maria (Podilinska) Novak family. Does anyone recognize these names and possibly be able to help me identify the family who raised my grandmother and her sisters. Xerox copies of the funeral picture are available.
email: Fran - fransnet@massed.net - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: KOCANDA, ORAVECZ
Grandparents imigrated to USA early 1900s: Anton Kocanda or Anton Oravecz born ~1880; Johanna Kocanda or Johanna Oravecz born ~1880. They were from Nowy Trag (S. Poland was formerly Czechoslovakia).
email: Mark Kacanda - MARK-KACANDA@pafb.af.mil - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: MURAIDA
Looking for those with same surname. My ancestor, George Muraida, b. Sept. 1883 in Drinow, Austria. Came to US in 1901, married a gal from Streator, IL and moved to Kansas then to Springfield, IL. Anyone researching this line?
email: - Deyox4@aol.com - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: SLOFKOSKY, SLOFKOSKI, SLAFKOVSKI
Mike Slofkosky was born 19 Apr 1879 in Sedekert, Austria. He emigrated from Bremen, Germany, on the vessel Kizer Willhelm and arrived at New York 7 Aug 1904. He mined in Riverton, Illinois, where he married Pauline FARKAS from Cherweneicha 14 Oct 1907. They moved to Lovilia, Iowa, where he farmed. His brother John Slofkosky lived in Riverton and Springfield, Illinois. His sisters, Lucy Andrews and Ann Duratinsky, lived in Chicago. I need information on the location of his city of birth and would like to make connection with any relatives in this country.
email: Kathy Slofkosky - slofkoskyk@lisco.net - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: LUKACSKO, NAGI
I am interested in any information on the surname Lukacsko. Michael Lukacsko came to New York and married Elizabeth Nagi. Any information would be greatly appreciated. I believe they may have come from Presov. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
email: - weezie89@aol.com - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: KUSHNER, SUTSKO, SVENDA
Researching Kushner, Sutko, and Svenda from southeastern Slovakia.
email: - Doug250@aol.com - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: GROSZ
While searching the surname Grosz, I came across a posting by a person with the following e-mail address: bckay@pipeline.com My message to that person was returned with the notation user unknown. Any suggestion regarding how to reach that person?
email: Gary R. Platt - grplatt@idt.net - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: VOJTILA, VOYTILLA, HANUSCIN, HANUSCHIN
John Vojtila was born circa 1856 in Porac, Slovakia. Sophia Hanuscin was also born in Porac, Slovakia, circa 1857. Their families were members of Saint Demetrius Greek Catholic Church in Porac. They immigrated to Minnesota for a while and the ended up in Canada, a destination for many familes from Porac. email: Bill Litchy - wlitchy@bigfoot.com - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: DOLINISH, SHOTASHON, POSEDNI, CICHY, KREMPASKY
My family name is Dolinish, but I'm not sure if my relatives were from Czech or Slovakia--any help is appreciated. The only bit of information I have is that my relatives came from a town called (spellinG unknown--but sounds like: Shotashon--allegedly there was a little and big Shotashan. Other grand parents were named Posedni, Cichy, and Krempasky?
email: Jerry Dolinish - DOLINISH@compuserve.com - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: BRAJER, BRIAR
I am researching the Brajer surname. My father Johan (John) Brajer (Briar) was born in Markucovce, Spis County in 1893. His father Michael Brajer had five children: Helen, Michael, Johan, Mary, Steven. Does anyone have any information regarding the people mentioned here?
email: Dennis Briar - BRIARD@db.k12.mi.us - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: DZYAK, STARETZ, PILNIK, DRANKO, BEZUSKA, KUREJOVA, KUREY, CIBEREJOVA
I am researching the names Dzyak, Staretz, Pilnik, Dranko, Bezuska, Kurejova, Kurey, and Ciberejova. Most or all are from either Ladomirov, Zemplin County or Bratislava. These families mostly settled in Charleroi or Monessen, Pennsylvania. For online access to my continuing research, feel free to visit at http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/d/z/y/Brian--J-Dzyak/tree1.html, or visit my website for a link at http://members.aol.com/bjdzyak/index.html.
email: - bjdzyak@aol.com - Posted 26 October 1997

Researching: DUDAS, DUDASH, DUDASZ
Searching information on Dudas, Dudash, or Dudasz from Zavadka, Slovakia.
email: - pdudas@aol.com - Posted 25 October 1997

Researching: CERNAK, PAKNIK
My grandmother was Anna Cernak from Bratislava. She married Samuel Paknik, could also be spelled Peknik from the village of Kozel. They immigrated separately to the US in the early 1900s and married in New York state. They moved to Monongah, West Virginia. My grandfather mined coal for Consol for 40 years before he retired.
email: - Hammel6626@aol.com - Posted 25 October 1997

Researching: SIEBER
Im searching for my ancestors, who were Germans, living in what now is Slovakia. My grandmothers name was Selma Sieber. Thankful for any hint.
email: Barbara Schoppelreich - Schoppelreich@em.uni-frankfurt.de - Posted 25 October 1997

Researching: KERESTAN
Any help possible on finding out about My great grandfathers family, Kerestan. Would be appreciated. I don't know much except we came over pre-WW I.
email: - amstel@myhost.com - Posted 25 October 1997

Researching: WOHLSTADTER, WOLSTADTERAN
I am looking for information about the Wohlstadter family living in the village of Circ located in what is now Slovakia about half a mile from the polish border and a quarter mile from the Poprad River.My great grandfather was Jacob Wohlstadteran inkeeper as noted on my grandfather Samuel Wolstadter's birth certificate. Jacob Wohlstadter's first wife, my great grandmother was killed when she fell out of carriage. Jacob remarried so presumably there were other Wohlstadters still in Circ when my grandfather Samuel left when he was about twelve to join older brothers in New York.The Wolstadters are believed to have lived in Circ in the 1880's and thereafter.We know that Jacob had a brother Simon and believe that there were other siblings.
email: Wendie-Ann Rosenbaum - wendier@erols.com - Posted 25 October 1997

Researching: BATORA, OTTINGER
Batora is Polish, Slovak, or Hungarian. Ottinger is from Germania, Baveria, or Austria.
email: - matush@futura.net - Posted 25 October 1997

Researching: POPYACK
I'm looking for any information regarding the name Popyack. The family arrived in the US between 1880 and 1910.
email: - popyack@igc.org - Posted 25 October 1997

Researching: SCHICKER
I am trying to find the birthplace of my grandmother, Maria Eva Schicker. She was born somewhere in Slovakia. Her name is German and she spoke German in addition to Slovak. I believe that she came from Eastern SLovakia. If you know of any villages that had a lot of German people, please let me know the name of the village. Maria Eva Schicker was born Dec 24, 1878.
email: Bob Pollak - rjp@azstarnet.com - Posted 25 October 1997

Researching: FRIEBERT
Surname is Friebert from the town of Galanta.
email: Garrin Hirschhorn - barbarino@mindspring.com - Posted 25 October 1997

Researching: KOSTIZ
My grandfather emigrated to the United States in 1905 at the age of 18. He came from Budapest, Hungary. I would like to know the original spelling of the family surname Kostiz before it was Americanized at Ellis Island. To date, I have not found any name that comes close. I would also like to know what ship he sailed on from Hungary. I have not yet checked passenger lists. Would like help on obtaining passenger lists.
email: - mkostiz@ainet.com - Posted 25 October 1997

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