| exevans: photo of Világ (Svetlice) | I am researching my ancestry from Világ in Zemplén county (now called Svetlice in Slovakia). It is considered a Rusyn (ruszin/rutén) village, however this document: www.hungarianhistory.com/lib/CZE/Lambert.doc indicates that it was originally settled by Hungarians who moved north. In my research I have encountered surnames which I thought might be Hungarian: Kosut, Horvath, Kovacs,Karasz...
Here is a picture someone took from their trip there in 1992, a view looking down from St. Dmitrij Greek Catholic church. |
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