Names of towns in Czechoslovakia where parents and grandparents were born?
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rainbowrootsresearch@yahoo.com Posted: Sat, 05/26/2007 - 14:59
Jan Belej need to know who his parents were. His passport picture shows him in a military clothes, what war was he in. Was born in1896, Aug. 6. Birthplace, Loyalhanna, PA. Parents returned to the old country when he was just a small child. Do not know name of place of their return to the old country. Is there an address that I might be able to write for some answers? Any web site?? Jan (24 yrs old)returned to USA to Ellis Island , with Anna Sabo, his wife of 17 years , in 1920!! Could either embassy, Czechoslovakia, or Slovakia have any information about the passport?? Thank you for any assistance in this request of mine, it will be greatly appreciated!!!
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If your ancestor was born in 1896, returned to AUSTRIA-HUNGARY—-remember there was no Czechslovakia until after WWI—- and is shown in uniform, he probably fought in WWI for Austria-Hungary. There is an archive of Austrian military records. I do not have the address at this time, but you can locate them on the internet. They should be able the tell you the village from which your ancester was drafted/recruited.
my grand mother Anna Korecko was born in Vysna Kamenicaa
have you tried www.ellisisland.org to search for his ship manifest?
How about checking the birth record of his children. Not the birth certificate, but the ledger at the church.