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From: Joseph J Jarfas <>
Subject: Re: [HUNGARY-L] Need help with Slovak Village
Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 23:50:55 -0400
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Elizabeth V Cardinal wrote:

>At lunch today, my sons mother in law showed me an old slip of paper with
>the following three words on it:
>
>Slovenska
>Gelanica
>Prakovce
>
>They are supposed to be where her grandparents came from.
>
>I know the first means Slovakia, the second seems to be a variant spelling
>of a village and the third may also be a village.
>
>I remember when her father was alive he told me he was of Hungarian and
>Slovak heritage.
>
>What I would like to know is if these villages were ever part of Hungary.
>
>Can you help?
>
>Thanks
>
>Elizabeth V. Cardinal
>
>http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/Garden/4548
>
>
Hi Elizabeth,

the answer to your (last) question is yes.

Gelanica (today Gelnica) was Gölnicbánya, county seat of (old)
Szepes county. Back in 1911 its population was 3833; out of which were
2095 Germans, 1098 Slovaks and 606 Hungarians.

Prakovce was a village nearby; in Hungarian it was called Prakfalva,
population 632 in 1911 and they list its ethnicity in this order:
Slovak, German, Hungarian - without breaking further down.

Joe
Equinunk, PA - USA



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