GeneaNet: Finding Spelling Variations of Names in Searches
GeneaNet allows Club Privilege Members to include variations and possible misspellings of names in their searches.
Go to "Search - Alternate Spellings" and enter a name.
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There's no spelling variation for the name
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I have grandparents (I'm only second generation American) who are from Swisserland, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. They all fled Europe during WWI. How can I locate my grandparents' relatives when we have no knowledge of where they are and have nothing to give us any hints. I do know my maternal-grandfather was from Stomfa, Czechoslovakia and my paternal-grandmother was from Alsace, Swisserland. The ones from Czechoslovakia arrived at Ellis Island in 1906. That's all I know. My cousin has traveled quite a bit in Europe the past few years on tour groups and could never find any relatives.
Right now, I am one of four maternal children. And since I knew my grandmother and my grandfather so well, they're the ones I'm really interested in finding something about--where other relatives can be located. My grandfather's name was Mat (Matt or Matyas or Mathias) and there could be other spellings of his name. My grandmother's name was Mary (or Marie) (Halenkovic) Daras.
We spent more time with my Mom's parents than with my Dad's parents and they died earlier than my Mom's parents so I, of course, didn't have the change to get to know them very well. Also, my Mom's parents lived right next door to us and my Dad's parents lived in another city and we only saw them once a month.
I don't know why I have this sudden desire to know more about my family in the Old Country. I am 67 and the oldest living granddaughter on my Mom's side. Maybe that has something to do with it, I don't know. It's just a shame that we never learned about my Mom's parents' relatives in Czechoslovakia. They couldn't read English so all the letters were written in Czech. And my Mother couldn't even read Czech. She could speak it but not read it. Both of my parents are gone now. I should have thought of this long ago -- but I just didn't.
Can you give me any information or guidence? Thank you so much.
Kathy Burton
Kathy Burton / jburton30@cinci.rr.om
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Do you write: I do know my maternal-grandfather was from Stomfa, Czechoslovakia.
Stomfa - now Stupava, Slovakia. I am from Stupava. I speake germany, but my friends speak english. Do you have interesting of traduguide of the letters or other documenst of Stupava - there are not czech, there are slovak:).
Can I help you?
Lubka