SCHWABIK

The Family Tree

LINKS

We couldn't have learned about our family history without the help of others. So here are links that  may help you in your research! Also, don't miss links for shopping, maps, Eastern European Radio and Newspapers, Cookbooks and more!

OUR BEST SEARCHES STARTED HERE

• CASTLE GARDEN
• Church records translations
• ELLIS ISLAND
• FAMILY SEARCH - LDS
• HUNGARIAN ARCHIVES - Difficult site to navigate, but valuable information here. Not in English.
• NATIONAL ARCHIVES
• RADIX - Very small fees for useful information - a great site!

COMMERCIAL SITES / SOME FOR FEE or FREE

• ANCESTRY.COM
• CentroConsult - Some free links for research in former Austria-Hungary.
• GENEALOGY.COM
• ROOTS WEB

MAPS

• Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia vármegyéi - High res maps from 1910-1913. A favorite site!
• Magyarország Térképeken-Hungarian Maps- 1910-1913 - You will find black and white drawings of maps here- Site in Hungarian.
• 3rd Military mapping survey- Austria-Hungary
• Counties of the Hungarian Kingdom-1913 - Nice, clear easy to read maps in color.
• MAPS OF Spis Region in Slovakia - Very nice maps and interesting website on the Spis region of Slovakia.
• Hungarian Map Program
• ShtetlSeeker - Town Search - This is a really neat site - you type in your town name (even the old town name) and it will show you the cirrent town name and location- Try it!
• Kingdom of Hungarian Counties 1913 - info and links - This is a Wikipedia site that has clickable links to each county in the Hungarian Empire. It may be useful to you.
• SPIS Counties in the Kingdom of Hungaria-Wikipedia - Anohter sublink to counties in Spis - very useful.

OTHER RESOURCES

• Austrian-Hungarian site- Felix Game
• Brooklyn Genealogy
• Carpathian-German home page
• Cyndi's List - Eastern Europe
• Donauschwaben Villages Helping Hands Project
• Eastern Slovakia Research Strategies - Don't miss the TOOLBOX section- very useful information!
• Eastern Slovakia Genealogy Research Pages - Some links are old or broken, but there is a lot of good information here!
• KDV- karpatskonemecky
• LINKS to SLOVAK CITIES, CRESTS in the Spis region
• NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF HUNGARY - Lots of information here, Not all in English.
• OLD POSTCARDS - Great old photo postcards for sale-search by town names.
• SLOVAKIA.ORG
• STEVE MORSE's site - Very useful information.
• VIRTUAL CEMETERIES OF SLOVAKIA

HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS & PUBLICATIONS

• Brooklyn Daily Eagle 1841-1902

LANGUAGE and TRANSLATION TOOLS

• GOOGLE LANGUAGE TOOL - A great resource!
• HUNGARIAN TRANSLATION
• LATIN DICTIONARY
• SLOVAK LANGUAGE TRANSLATION - Note from Wendy- I use this one a lot!
• Slovak - Hungarian - Latin - Church records

RECIPES -FOOD- HOLIDAYS

• CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS
• JUNE MEYER'S AUTHENTIC HUNGARIAN RECIPES - Don't miss this site!
• RECIPES FOR SLOVAK FOOD
• Slovak Recipes

SLOVAKIA TRAVEL & TOWN INFORMATION

• Region Spis - Great information on the Spis region with info on specific towns.
• Spiš Region Website - Lots of nice links and photos.
• Spišská Nová Ves - The official site of Spišská Nová Ves
• WEATHER in SLOVAKIA

OTHER FAMILY GENEALOGY RESEARCH PAGES ON THE WEB

• Sophiendorf / Zofia - nowzofia.net - A family web site researching the town Sophiendorf, Zsofiafalva now called Sofia, located in the Carpatho-Ukraine. Nice info with a downloadable History of the town including family recollections and photos.
• Kostohryz-Rydel - A nice site with info on their family history. There are several Schwabik names in Vernon's tree.

SHOPPING SLOVAK-CZECH-HUNGARIAN STUFF

• National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
• Slovak-Czech Variety Store
• Slovak Folk Crafts
• Bohemian Crystal Palace
• Bohemian Garnet Jewelry
• Otto's European & Hungarian Import Store & Deli
• THE SLOVAK-AMERICAN COOKBOOK
• THE SLOVAK IMPORT COMPANY

NEWSPAPERS - RADIO IN EASTERN EUROPE

• PRAVDA NEWSPAPER
• RADIO PRAHA - in English
• SLOVAK SPECTATOR NEWSPAPER in English
• SLOVAK SUN NEWSPAPER in English