Anabeth
			The "My Heritage" quilt

The families of both my parents trace their roots back to just three towns in the western part of what is now the Slovak Republic: Bánovce nad Bebravou, Brezová pod Bradlom, and Myjava. Please visit:

	The Bánovce nad Bebravou genealogy page
	The Brezová pod Bradlom genealogy page
	The Myjava genealogy page

Anabeth's great-grandparents:

Ancestors of Stefan BOLECH, including surnames KRIZAN, KUTNA, OPATT.
Ancestors of Maria KORBEL, including surname HACSKO.
Descendants of Stefan BOLECH and Maria KORBEL, including surnames BOLECH, BROCK, BURZA, KOLAR, ŠLAHOR, TRUNOVSKY.

Ancestors of Jan PLAČKO, including surnames BLANAR, JURIČEK, PASTOREK, PLAČKO, PODSEDNIK, ŠLAHOR, ZVONAR.
Ancestors of Judita KRIŠKO, including surnames BATKA, KLUČOVSKY, KRIŠKO, ŠAŠKO, SEVCIK.
Descendants of Jan PLAČKO and Judita KRIŠKO, including surnames BAROSKO, FABRY, SADAK, SURAK.

Ancestors of Daniel SADAK, including surnames ADAMEK, BOHAČ, KAVICKY, MOCKOVCIAK, SADAK.
Ancestors of Anna VICIAN, including surnames BATKA, KOPECKY, REPTA, VICIAN.
Descendants of Daniel SADAK and Anna VICIAN, including surnames ALBRIGHT, HOLIC, JANCA, PLACKO, VISKUP.

Ancestors of Štefan ŠLAHOR, including surnames KOSTELANCIK, KRAVARIK, OSUSKY, ŠLAHOR, SLUKA, UHRIK, VALKO.
Ancestors of Anna POTÚČEK, including surnames BEDNAR, DODRV, HUSKA, KUČERA, MAKYS, PLAČKO, POTÚČEK, TOMASKA, ZVONAR.
Descendants of Štefan ŠLAHOR and Anna POTÚČEK, including surnames BOLECH, DURIK, PLACKO.

Missing cousins:

If you are a descendant of:
Mildred PLACKO and Michael ALONZI
or of Frantisek BURZA, please contact Anabeth

The town of Čičmany in northwestern Slovakia contains many wooden buildings that are decorated on the outside. I have a model of such a building in our garden railroad.

Some web pages concerning Slovakia:
Bill Tarkulich's page of excellent research helps for Slovak genealogy
Searching in Slovakia
The Slovak & Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Research Pages
Slovak Links - "The World's Largest Collection of Slovak-related Web Links!" (but it doesn't include this page!)
The Slovak Embassy in Washington, DC -- for the forms for requesting genealogical information from the Bratislava Archives
Slovak Roots - includes links to researchers by surname and by village
Slovakia - Heart of Europe -- "comprehensive guide to Slovakia:" history, culture, tourism, stories, maps, recipes, and a free online Slovak language course
HTML codes for Slovak letters, by David Jay Webber

Chuck

Chuck's great-grandparents:

Ancestors of Joseph A. DOLLINS, including surnames ALEXANDER, CHISM, COLLINS, DOLLINS, ESTES, LEE, MALLORY.
Ancestors of Sidney Ann FINNEY, including surnames FINNEY, MANSPILE, McFALL.
Descendants of Joseph A. DOLLINS and Sidney Ann FINNEY, including surnames BARTLETT, CARR, EAMES, GAMBRIEL, HALL, HARRINGTON, McNUTT, TRIMBLE, WILLIAMS, WILSON.
Photos of the gravestones of Joseph Estes and Ritty Lee

Ancestors of Sanford B. GAMBRIEL, including surname ANDERSON.
Ancestors of Martha Jane SPARKS, including surnames FULLER, LAMBERT, PADGET.
Descendants of Sanford B. GAMBRIEL and Martha Jane SPARKS, including surnames DOLLINS, GOULD, HUFSTADTER, McMACKIN, MOORE.

Ancestors of John Jasper GRAY, including surname WEAVER.
Ancestors of Mary Ann HAMSON, including surname TANNER.
Descendants of John Jasper GRAY and Mary Ann HAMSON, including surnames BENNETT, STEVENSON, WALDEN.

Ancestors of Lewis F. WALDEN, including surnames BAGENALL (BAGNALL), BRODIE, BRUCE, CAMPBELL, GRIFFITH, HAMPTON, HARRISON, HOWARD, JOHNES, KAVANAUGH, KNOE, LOFTUS, MORIN, PARSONS, PURDON, RICE (RHYS), VAUGHN, WALDEN, WALLACE, WILLIAMS, WOODS, WORSOP.
Ancestors of Belle Florence CAMPBELL, including surnames BAILEY, BECK, BORDEN, BROETZ, CAMPBELL, CLATTER, EAMES, FILKES, FOWLE, GROVER, HUMMEL, KELLER, LANDENBERG, LIEBER, MATTHES, McAMIS(H), McCORD, MEANS, PECK, PEDEN, ROBINSON, SCHEMPP, SHARKEY, TORNOR, WINTER
Descendants of Lewis F. WALDEN and Belle Florence CAMPBELL, including surnames ASBURY, BUTTS, GIBSON, GRAY, PROCTOR, SPANGLER.

Web pages that have been helpful in the search:

The USGenWeb Project
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Ancestry.com
RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative
RootsMagic