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From: "diane nelson" <>
Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] Geneological Mysteries
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 07:29:30 -0500





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>Hi Diane,
>
> since Kovacs.. is a legitimate place name in Hungary (though Kovecsau
did
>not exist [as written]) - and there are dozens of them - it's very
difficult
>to guess which one should be recommended.
>
> There was one Kövecses and around an other dozen Köves.. so depending
on
>which vowel got 'transcribed' and which consonant got misread - again too
many
>choices exist for guessing.
>
> Try to give us more specific information (if you have any), like
language
>spoken, customs followed, etc., which might give us a clue as to where
should
>we look.
>
>Joe
>Equinunk, PA - USA
>
>


Joe,
All I know for sure is their first language was Magyar and they became Roman
Catholic in the US (I don't know what they were prior-maybe Catholic maybe
not--I vaguely remember someone saying they did not have the same type of
church in the US so they became Catholic but maybe I am not remembering
exactly. In fact I know very little. Unfortunately there is no one left who
remembers.

Diane

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