Table of Contents
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1. FINDING THE ANCESTRAL
VILLAGE ................................................................... 1
2. WHERE DID YOUR ANCESTOR REALLY COME FROM? ....................................1
General
Slovak
Czech (Czechy)
Polish
Ukranian
Hungarian
Romanian
3. FINDING THE ANCESTRAL TOWN .........................................................................5
The Name of the Slovak Town is Known
The Name of the Hungarian Town is Known
4. GETTING YOUR FIRST LEADS .................................................................................7
Obituary Notices and Funeral Parlors
Old Letters and Postcards
Naturalization Declaration of Intent
Local Church Parish Records
Passenger Arrival Records
Morton-Allen Directory of European Passenger Arrivals8
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
Hamburg Ship Departure Records; Another Link to Your Roots
Other Books About Passenger Arrival Records
Leo Baca's Iindex of Czech Arrivals
Shot in the Dark Technique
Posting on the Internet Genealogy Groups
Town Finder of Eastern Europe, JEWISH SHETL SEEKER
Ellis Island Records on the World Wide Web
Verifying Your Find
5. GENEALOGY RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS .........................................................12
6. VILLAGE FINDER RESOURCES ON THE WEB ....................................................13
Jewish Shetl Seeker
Gazetteer of Slovakia
7. GAZETTEERS ............................................................................................................14
Gazetteers of Slovakia, Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic
Gazetteers of Hungary
Gazetteers of Poland
Gazetteers of Yugoslavia
Gazetteers of Romania.
Gazetteers of Russia, Ukraine, and Other Former Soviet Countries
8. GEOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................22
Old Hungarian Counties Previous to 1918
Slovak Republic
Ukraine
Croatia
Serbia
Romania
Slovenia.
Austria
9. MODERN ROAD MAPS ...........................................................................................25
Road Maps Published By Freytag and Berndt
Road Maps Published By Kummerly & Frey
Maps Available from Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International
10. ANTIQUE MAPS ....................................................................................................26
Old Hungarian County Maps, Pre- 1918
Old Hungarian County Maps Prior to 1918 on the Web
Old Hungarian County Maps Prior to 1918 on the Web on Microfilm.
11. U.S. ARMY TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS OF EUROPE ..........................................28
Topographical Maps of Eastern and Western Europe
12. MAPS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB ...................................................................29
Maps of Slovakia
Maps of the Ukraine
13. SLOVAK GENEALOGY ARTICLES ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB .................30
14. WEBSITES OF GENERAL INTEREST .................................................................30
Organizations, Associations and Embassies
Slovak Websites
Rusyn Websites
Czechy (Czech Republic) Websites
Hungarian Websites
PolishWebsites
Lemko Websites
Ukrainian Websites
Churches Websites
Genealogy in General Websites
Town Finder Websites
Maps and Gazetteers Websites
Name Searching Websites
Translation Websites
Ship Passenger Lists Websites
Internet Newsgroups
15. DICTIONARIES ..................................................................................................36
16. DICTIONARIES ON THE WEBSITES ...............................................................36
17. HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE ...............................................................................37
Hungarian Language Course
Hungarian Prounciation
Consonants
18. IMMIGRANT DATA SHEET ..............................................................................39
19. MY SPECIAL WEBSITES ...................................................................................41
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Table of Figures
FIGURE 1. Map Showing Austro-Hungarian
Empire of Eastern Europe Previous to 1918 ... 3
FIGURE 2. Map Showing the Same Area of Present Day Eastern Europe
, (2002) ............... 4
FIGURE 3. Map of Pre-1918 Hungarian Counties Now in Other Countries
OF PRE-1918 .. ....................................................................................................................................................24