Thu 1/28/2021 10:55 AM Beth, It is Clyde Raymond Skillin, Jr., my mom’s brother. He is also the subject of a poem written by his father that I shared a few days ago. I once or twice claimed that I knew a hitman in the New York Mob. He wasn’t that person. Honestly, he wasn’t….
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DNA Tests Status Report
Sun 1/10/2021 1:20 PM Beth, I’m still reviewing DNA results. First, some statistics: There were: 27,890 matches 25,890 distant matches 1,999 close matches (4th cousin or closer More significantly, my Ancestry.com test found 47 matches where I share a “common ancestor.” This standard menu option filters DNA tests for those that link the DNA test…
George Evanisko and Anna Elcik
Tue 2/16/2021 2:55 PM John, I’ve done some more research about George Evanisko and Anna Elcik. My best friend in high school, Barb, has a connection to the Evanisko family. Her husband’s brother is married to Mildred Evanisko. Her sister-in-law has written an Evanisko family history; her name is Pat Evanisko. Pat married Mildred’s brother,…
Re: Grandparents
Sun 2/14/2021 10:55 PM John, My sister-in-law called her grandfather Dzedo and my brother, her husband, goes by Dzedo to his grandchildren. She goes by Bubba. I don’t think it’s any different for other nationalities. My best friend’s grandchildren call her Mammy and her husband, Papa. We don’t know the Slovak language, and that’s why…
Newspapers.com
Fri, Feb 12, 2021, at 6:25 PM Beth, Here is a valuable link, if you have not already seen it. FREE access to Newspapers.com for Valentine’s Day Weekend. Using it I was able to verify the “legend” of Uncle Clyde, my mother’s brother. Regards, John, IV Fri 2/12/2021 11:00 PM John, Interesting article about…
Final Answer?
Tue 2/9/2021 8:41 PM Beth, A response on the Ancestry Messenger Boards. I feel better already… John Re: Are Pal Ilysik (Pavol Ilcik/Ilycsik) and Janos Ilscik (Jan Ilcik/Ilcsik) related? Or, Why is there no “Y” in Ilcisk? by JPmiaou In Hungarian orthography, ‘ly’ is a digraph (two letters treated as one) denoting a sound that…
Re: Hello Cousin
Fri 2/5/2021 2:52 PM Zlatica, You are a goldmine of wonderful information. Lol. I have been researching, and your name is “derived from the Czech/Slovak element, zlata meaning “gold.” The suffix of -ica is a popular one among feminine Slavic names denoting something small and feminine. Zlatuska (zlah-TOOSH-kah), and Zlatka, can either be used as a nickname…
Re: Hello Cousin
Fri 2/5/2021 1:50 PM Ahoj bratranec, When my e-mail was set up, it was set up under my husband’s first name Vladimir. BECA is his surname. He has his own e-mail. Neither of us goes into each other’s account. I still have siblings and distant relatives in Vinne. Husband had a brother and a sister,…
