General Genealogy Sites:
- Cyndi's List of Genealogy Links
is a must for general genealogy information. Also has a section on Eastern European
Genealogy.
- The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
has good on line general indexes to find microfilm rolls for censuses,
immigration lists, etc. Plan on spending a lot of time navigating through the
information to see what's available.
- Family History Centers
You should try to rent microfilm through the Mormon Church (LDS)
Family History Centers (FHC); service is good and inexpensive. Many of the records of the National Archives are obtainable
through the LDS (rental only but at a lower cost and shorter waiting period). In addition the LDS has extensive holdings on
microfilm of county, state vital records and newspaper archives. If you are
looking for birth, marriage, and death records of ancestors your local Mormon
Church Family History Center has an index on CD for church records for
various towns in the Slovak Republic.
Specific Genealogy Sites:
- Slovak and Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Research Pages
For information on culture, genealogy sources, and links to specific areas.
- Question and Answer Forum
The Q&A Forum is a great resource; the people there are very knowledgeable and
helpful.
They might be able to help you with the translation of a word, meaning of a
surname, or point
you in the right direction.
- Searching in Slovakia
You can search a database of surnames or add your own.
- John Hudick's page
is a good starting point with suggestions on gathering information, types of available resources, etc.
- Radix
A very well-organized Hungarian resource with links to language (has a list of genealogy-related Hungarian terms, archives (with a sample letter in Hungarian for requesting information).
Dictionaries:
- A Web of On Line Dictionaries Includes Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Latin, and many many more.
- English-Hungarian-English Dictionary
- Hungarian Terms for Illnesses & Causes of Death
- Some Genealogy-Related Latin Terms
- Modern Names or Definitions of Old Illnesses
- Interpreting Old Handwriting
- Fingertip Software
Offers fonts (including Cyrillic ßÔÇÙØÉÅØÇÔÛÝÞ), spell checkers, keyboards, etc. for many european countries.
Other Useful Sites:
- Some Ships Used by Our Ancestors
Some photos and information about ships carrying immigrants.
-
Find a Ship by Name or Date or Port of Arrival
The Cimorelli database of ship arrivals, dates, ports of
arrival.
- ShtetlSeeker is MapQuest
with a more useful "front end".
Locate a village in Europe without an exact spelling.
Search Lycos, Yahoo, Altavista, Excite, Hotbot, and Infoseek in one handy search.
