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www.ancestry.com Paid members of ancestry.com have access to a
number of data bases for researching family history. We subscribed for a
while and gained some interesting information about our relatives. We have
also recorded
some of our genealogy at that site. Look up some of our relatives there
and see what you find. Contact us, if you want greater access to our
family trees at Ancestry.com, or if you want to contribute some information to
that site. Our trees at ancestry.com are: *Kadlik/Vavra
Tree *Thomas Palkovic Tree *Gustav
Wurth Tree
Slovak
Genealogy Research Center has a wonderful
workbook specifically targeted to searching for information about our Slovak
relatives. This book, Slovak Genealogy Research is available
for $ 13.00 and $ 1.75 postage from the editor, Ray Plutko, SGRC, 6862 Palmer
Court, Chino, CA 91710-7343. His email is
rplutko@aol.com
Michal Razus,
from the Slovak Republic, is a researcher of Slovak genealogy and
Rusyn genealogy. We learned about him from the Jednota Newspaper, where
he advertises his services. Michal was kind enough to do some translating for
us. Please visit his website at
www.slovak-ancestry.com to see the ways in which he can be helpful when we
search for information about out Slovak ancestors.
Cultural Resources
Slovak
We are in the process of gathering resources that will help us learn about Slovakia--past and present. In 1992, Slovakia became an independent democratic nation. Gradually more books about this country and its culture are being published in English. Since 1995, websites in both English and Slovak are fast appearing. Here are two such books:
Streissguth, Tom; Sexton, Colleen, ed.
Slovakia in Pictures.
Visual
Geography Series. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company, 1995.
(ISBN 0-8225-1912-7)
Stolarik, M.Mark Stolarik.
www.amazon.com for very little money. The first is a great overview of modern Slovakia. The second reminded me a lot of what I remember about the community of my immigrant Slovak grandparents. I own both these books and I highly recommend them. (Barbara Whitaker)The two books listed above were published for school children to supplement their social studies curriculum. I found them very useful as an adult learning about my heritage. I found them on
Meet
Beverly. Her blog is called Family Ramblings at
www.valcovic.blogspot.com
Beverly found our site when searching "Kuty", where her husband's family comes from. They recently made a trip to Slovakia, including Kuty and she has some wonderful information on her blog which we will all enjoy--pictures, information, and links to other peoples sites that are very good.
I wish to thank Beverly for sharing her trip experience, and also her research to find some very good links about Slovakia (Slovak Republic). Chances are these great links did not come up among the first 10 when she did a search. It takes great patience to go through page after page of links to find those with good information to share.
For the Hesek's among us, these Valcovics have some Hesek relatives.
I love Beverly's blogspot. She and I are enjoying the Internet in much the same ways. When you visit her site, be sure to also visit these links: The Bratislava Slide Show and The Foreigners Guide Living in Slovakia.
