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christmasbaby49: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
I have finally found the remeining family member of my grandfather, Martin Andrew Kichta. His siblings (George, Joseph, John, and Irene using the surname Kichty) came to America under the name of Kykta (originally Kyktadragos or Kyktadragas) from what is listed as Kravjar or Kravjan on the Ellis Island Records and on some census records. We can't find Kravjar/Kravjan on any maps. Does anyone have any ideas? We are looking for other family members as well.
28/01/2004, 13:15:16
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Zlatica : Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
I know of a town now named Kravany, Slovak Republic that had the name Kravjan, Krawjan, Kraviany, Erzsebethaza.
http://mapy.atlas.sk
The old 1910 Hungarian megye map is at :
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910 click on Szepes megye

www.zoznamst.sk SK's phone site
A surname KIKTA, KUCHTA exists in Slovak Republic but no listing in Kravany's phone book.
The name Kikta does list in a village Hranovnica which is about 8.5km from Kravany and in Spisske Bystre which is only 3km from Kravany.

www.rat.de/kuijsten/navigator
www.slovaklinks.com
www.slovakfolkcrafts.com
www.slovakinstitute.com
www.mytarg.net
http://vivisimo.com
www.village.sk
www.our-slovakia.com
www.slovak.org

The LDS-Mormons (Family History Center)website is listing a church records from Kravjan/Kravany. You can order the films and gather ancestral information.
www.bmi.net/jjaso to familiarize yourself with church wording.
www.iabsi.com/gen/public/CensusMain.htm
www.slavicroots.com/SlovakRusynRoots.html
28/01/2004, 13:46:57
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lasondra: Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
I am also researching my husband's Kikta Dragos family from Kravany. In the church records (birth, marriage, death) I have seen them go by several variations. Sometimes just Kikta or Dragos and sometimes they use both names as a last name. I have been using microfilm at my local LDS center and it is surprisingly easy to read. While it is in Latin & Hungarian, it is in a table style format and fairly good penmanship.

If you have some names & dates I can look to see what records might be available on microfilm. The latest birth records start at 1899 & go back to 1676!

My husband's family came to the Youngstown, Ohio area in the early 1910's. Where are yours?
01/04/2004, 20:05:08
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kravjar: Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
My name is Julius Kravjar, my father was born in Eastern slovakia near Presov. I do not know other people with family name Kravjar except our family.
06/04/2004, 11:06:39
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Zlatica : Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
The Slovak Republic's phone site is listing 10 KRAVJAR / KRAVJAROVA (female).
www.zoznamst.sk
http://mapy.atlas.sk for locating a town in SK

Are you researching your Kravjar roots?
4 Kravjar and 1 KRAVIAR passed thru Ellis Island to America.
06/04/2004, 13:18:32
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kravjar: Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
Any details in the matter of 4 Kravjar and 1 KRAVIAR passed thru Ellis Island to America?
06/04/2004, 13:26:21
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Zlatica : Kravjar, Kraviar
So than you are researching your KRAVJAR roots?
What sort of details you need / want?

You can access Ellis Island website to see the manifests for free. You do need to register but no money involved.
To locate an EI manifest in One Step use :
www.stevemorse.org
You need to locate a name of a town in order to proceed with the research and I take it you must know it since you mentioned around Presov.
http://mapy.atlas.sk for locating a town in SK
The LDS-Mormons (Family History Center) have filmed the church records of SK so if you know the village of your ancestor check out their website for the films, which you can order and gather ancestral information.
www.bmi.net/jjaso to familiarize yourself with church wording.
www.iabsi.com/gen/public
www.slovaklinks.com
www.village.sk
www.our-slovakia.com
www.spectacularslovakia.sk
www.slovakfolkcrafts.com
www.slovakinstitute.com
www.slovak.org
www.ncsml.org
www.cgsi.org
A map of Austria-Hungary :
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm
The old 1910 Hungarian megye map is at :
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910 click on Saros to locate Eperjes which was the old name for Presov, SK.
www.rat.de/kuijsten/navigator
http://vivisimo.com
www.presov.sk
06/04/2004, 13:38:22
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christmasbaby49: Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
I am the great granddaughter of Martin Andrew Kichta, who came to America around 1895 from, if I have the right Ellis Island records, Kravany. Martin and Mary had five children, Paul, Coleman, John, Irene, and Phillip and lived in Pittsburgh, PA and Sanford, VA. My grandfather is John Joseph and he and his wife Alleatha Doris White had five children: Arlis, Florence, Mary, John and Harry Herman, my father. I have recently found some of the siblings of Martin who lived in Pittsburgh also and were only minutes away from my family and we never knew them since they went by the name of Kichty. Both families have stories that the family name was originally "Kichtadragos" or "Kyktadragos."
10/04/2004, 03:02:23
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Zlatica : Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
It is possible that the name Dragos was used as an alias if there were several families in the village by the surname Kichta. Only Kravany's church records would provide that answer.
10/04/2004, 04:24:58
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lasondra: Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
Christmasbaby49,
I think we may have a connection! My husband's great-great grandmother was Maria Kikta Dragos from Kravany. I have just started my research, but one of her brothers (George) came to America in 1900 and stated that he was going to stay with his brother, Martin Kikta who lived at 6374 Penn. Ave in Pittsburgh, PA. I'm fairly sure this would be the same Martin Kikta as your great grandfather. Does this address ring a bell with you?

Please feel free to contact me privately if you want to explore this connection further. I would be very interested in hearing about the other siblings of Martin you found.

Look forward to hearing from you,
LaSondra
12/04/2004, 05:12:17
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kravjar: Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
I know that only my grandfather Jan were in the US befor the 1st World War. And it is possible that he was registered as Kraviar.

May I know who else from Kravjar / Kraviar came to US? Thanks
15/03/2006, 15:34:32
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kraviarova: Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
Julius Kravjar - I think you are a brother of my grand father, Jozef.
10/07/2006, 15:41:26
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Robert Dragos: Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
Kravany aka Kravjan is not in Hungary but rather in Slovakia a few miles south of Poprad in Spis County in the the northeast sector of Slovakia. My grandfather's father was a Kikta born in Kravjan (Hungarian spelling) for the village now spelled Kravany. Some time after his birth the name Dragos was added to his surname for reason I am still seeking.
20/07/2006, 16:22:15
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Dragos: Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
Regard to use of Kikta Dragos combination. My guess for whatever it is worth; because villages were usuall quite small in numbers Kravany historically appears to number about 600 I just assumed that in order to avoid inter marriage problems the church advocated the remedy.
For instance; in my fammily going back about six generations a Kikta had several children by his first wife who died fairly young. Kikta then remarried and raised a family larger than the first and it is those descendents that now use the name Dragos.
20/07/2006, 16:49:06
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kravjar: Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
4 Kravjar and 1 KRAVIAR passed thru Ellis Island to America.
How to receive the data concerning this people?

Many thanks in advance.
27/07/2006, 15:50:20
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Zlatica: Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
kravjar

You need to register to (no money) www.ellisislandrecords.org to look at the Ellis Island manifests. Also try www.stevemorse.org
27/07/2006, 21:18:12
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Juraj: Re: Kykta, Kichta, Kichty
on my website there is all headstones from KRAVANY cemetery:
http://www.cisarik.com/cemetery-kravany.htm
I hope it will help you.
my e-mail: jurajcisarik -a-t- hotmail -d-o-t- com
30/07/2006, 21:48:26
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