Re: searching for SOKOL relatives ?
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searching for SOKOL relatives ?
michael canu 2/29/04
You might find relatives in Slovakia who have a telephone by looking them up in the phone book white pages athttp://www.zoznamst.sk/eng/index.htmlhttp://www.zoznamst.sk/eng/index.html using (at least) the first three letters of the family name and the area code 052.
These family names seem to be centered in Poprad and perhaps northeast to Maly Slavkov and Kezmarok, a distance of 14 km.
What religion? LDS has Poprad, Kezmarok and Maly Slavkov records for both Ev and RC.
To locate places in Europe, especially if you are not sure of the proper spelling of the place name, the best reference is found at http://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htmhttp://www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm
ShtelSeeker will take you there via Mapquest.
To have any success at all, it is mandatory that you learn the name of the village/town of origin and also the religion. To locate church records for Slovakia, knowing the village/town name, go to the LDS web site: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asphttp://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp
You can go to the LDS web site to locate your nearest Family History Center (FHC) and determine their hours of operation. You will need to go there in person to order the film(s). In about a month, the film will arrive and you can book a film reader and begin your research.