Re: Records of Catholic Church,Johnstown,Pa?
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Records of Catholic Church,Johnstown,Pa?
georgia (chase) golian 8/30/01
Hello Georgia,
Aha, my birthplace, Windber PA!
Have you checked Ellis Island?There is a record of a US citizen Andras GOLIAN arr 1911, had been in US prior to that destination Johnstown, PA, wife back in Hungary.
Links for Czech and Slovak genealogy 11-21-01
Czech and Slovak links
Links to organizations Associated with FEEFHS from 14 Countries including Slovakia (north Hungary) and Czech Republic (Bohemia and Moravia)
http://feefhs.org/ethnic.htmlhttp://feefhs.org/ethnic.html
Slovak Jewish Community Congregations
http://feefhs.org/mf/sk/sk-jew1.htmlhttp://feefhs.org/mf/sk/sk-jew1.html
A brief history of the area of the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozhistory/c/146120.htmlhttp://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozhistory/c/146120.html
History of Czech immigration to America
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/european/ndl.htmlhttp://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/european/ndl.html
How to get started
http://www.czechheritage.net/genealogy.htmlhttp://www.czechheritage.net/genealogy.html
A plethora of links!
http://www.genea.cz/ruzne/svet.htm#13.Dhttp://www.genea.cz/ruzne/svet.htm#13.D
Prior to World War I, your ancestors may have been referred to as Bohemians which is Bohmen in German and Cechy in Czech. United States census records from 1880 to 1920 may refer to places of birth as Bohemia, Moravia, Hungary or Austria……..
http://genealogytoday.com/columns/ruby/010821.htmlhttp://genealogytoday.com/columns/ruby/010821.html
Need help with the Slovak language?Here is a link which will help with the language inc. pronounciation of the letters using click on the word and you will be able to hear it spoken!
http://www.slovak.com/language/index.htmlhttp://www.slovak.com/language/index.html
Surname Search
Czech and Slovak genealogy.
http://www.iarelative.com/http://www.iarelative.com/
A general article about the history of surnames
http://www.rootscomputing.com/howto/names/names.htmhttp://www.rootscomputing.com/howto/names/names.htm
CZECH and SLOVAK SURNAMES
http://www.cproots.com/surnameorigins/namesystems/namsysczk.htmhttp://www.cproots.com/surnameorigins/namesystems/namsysczk.htm
Ancestry com
http://www.ancestry.com/?sourceid=00325405801503816180http://www.ancestry.com/?sourceid=00325405801503816180
Link to Ellis Island records, including immigrant information, place of origin, ship name and much more
Be certain that you view the original handwritten ship manifest, which contains more info than the typed, transcribed info here which has errors
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
This page contains information about where to obtain vital records (such as birth, death & marriage certificates and divorce decrees) from each state, territory and county of the United States.
http://www.vitalrec.com/http://www.vitalrec.com/
Message boards
http://genforum.genealogy.com/http://genforum.genealogy.com/
Rootsweb genealogy message board:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/
Usenet Slavic genealogy newsgroup (you need to be setup to receive newsgroups)
soc.genealogy.slavic
Family History message board of Ancestry.com
http://www.familyhistory.com/messages/Messages.asp?msgindex=-100&id=50149http://www.familyhistory.com/messages/Messages.asp?msgindex=-100&id=50149
Maps, Place-name locators, etc.
Place name locator for the world,
http://www.multimap.com/index/http://www.multimap.com/index/
Town and city locator.
http://www.calle.com/world/http://www.calle.com/world/
1910 Hungarian County Maps (Slovakia was a part of Northern Hungary until 1918)
http://www.familytree.hu/http://www.familytree.hu/
ShtelSeekeragood place name locator for all Eastern Europe
http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htmhttp://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm
Here are links to maps which will give you an idea of the Austria Hungary Monarchy and their provinces so you can get some idea how that relates to today’s Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.Czech was created from Bohemia and Moravia, while Slovakia was created from the northern part of Hungary.
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htmhttp://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm
http://www.sandafayre.com/atlas/ahempia.htmhttp://www.sandafayre.com/atlas/ahempia.htm
Family Tree Software
Here is a link to FREE downloadable family tree software from the LDS (Mormon) church, I know several people who use it and like it
http://www.familysearch.com/http://www.familysearch.com/
This is a listing of LDS Family History Centers generated from data sent by the Family History Center address submission form. The listing is nowhere near complete and readers are invited to submit information about any FHC's with which they are familiar.
http://www.genhomepage.com/FHC/fhc.htmlhttp://www.genhomepage.com/FHC/fhc.html
Naturalization and citizenship in the US
Stories abound about US Immigration officials changing our forbearer’s names.But are these stories true?Here is a link which delves into what may be just a “family legend” without basis!
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/articles/NAMES.htmhttp://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/articles/NAMES.htm
United States Immigration and Naturalization Service Website contains information about the INS Historical Reference Library collection and services
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/index.htmhttp://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history/index.htm
Naturalization Resources general and by US state
http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/oc/usa/naturl.htmlhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/oc/usa/naturl.html
ON LINE PHONE BOOKS
Worldwide Phone Directory index of online phone books, with over 400 links to Yellow Pages, White Pages, Business Directories, Email Addresses and Fax Listings from over 170 countries all around the world.
http://www.teldir.com/eng/http://www.teldir.com/eng/
A good search engine, just type in surname followed by genealogy may find others who have information you are seeking
http://www.google.com/http://www.google.com/
Link to more professional genealogy services
http://feefhs.org/frg/frg-pg.htmlhttp://feefhs.org/frg/frg-pg.html
I am providing these for your reference and this is not an endorsement of anyone or any particular service.References should be checked.
Michael Sura
Milosrdenstva 28
040 01 Kosice
Slovak republic
phone 00421 905 749 042
e-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Sura isdoing research for area of east Slovakia, south Poland /Galicia/, nothern Hungary /former Zemplen, Abauj counties. He provides genealogical research for east Slovakian, Rusyns and Jewish people.
Good Luck!Let me know how it goes or if you have any other questions.
Czech and Slovak Fraternal Organizations in US
CSA founded in 1854 in St. Louis, Missouri, by a group of Czech immigrants
http://www.csafraternallife.org/http://www.csafraternallife.org/
First Catholic Slovak Union of the United States and Canada Since 1890 Prva Katolicka Slovenska Jednota
http://www.fcsu.com/http://www.fcsu.com/
The National Slovak Society
http://www.nssusa.org/http://www.nssusa.org/
First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association
http://www.fcsla.com/http://www.fcsla.com/
Other ethnic groups in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
Croats of Slovakia arrived in the mid sixteenth century
http://www.hr/darko/etf/croslov.htmlhttp://www.hr/darko/etf/croslov.html
Moravian Croats arrived in the 16 th century from central Croatia, fleeing the Ottoman Turkish invasion
http://www.hr/darko/etf/cromor.htmlhttp://www.hr/darko/etf/cromor.html
A Kingdom called White Croatia existed from the 1st thru the 10th century in what is now part of Czech Rep., Slovak Rep., and Southern Poland, where many descendents of White Croatians still live today
http://www.hr/darko/etf/et01.html#slavhttp://www.hr/darko/etf/et01.html#slav
Sudetenland is a term for the German settlement area of the Bohemian Lands (Bohemia, Moravia, Austrian Silesia), used only sporadically before 1918.
http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/SUD/sudet_en.htmlhttp://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/SUD/sudet_en.html
Robert Jerin
Croatian Heritage Museum
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Email: [email protected]
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Re: Records of Catholic Church,Johnstown,Pa?
georgia (chase) golian 1/02/02