I believe my grandfather, Jurko or John Szuchan came from Nagyabranka, Hungary. He sailed from Austria to Ellis Island on July 30, 1909. I am looking to find out information regarding him or any relatives.
A map of Austria-Hungary empire :
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm
The town of Nagyabranka is in Bereg megye and at present in Ukraine.
The old 1910 Hungarian megye map is at :
http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/maps/1910 click on Bereg
A good locator of a town whose name is from the old regime :
www.jewishgen.org/ShtetlSeeker/loctown.htm
www.rat.de/kuijsten/navigator
http://vivisimo.com
A first name translation website :
www.fam.aust.com/topolcsany/names
A first name Jurko is in Slavic language meaning Juraj and Gyorgy in Magyar / Hungarian.
Do post on all the appropriate websites if you have not.
http://genforum.com
www.ancestry.com
Unfortunately the LDS-Mormons were not allowed to film the church records of Ukraine. You might have to hire a researcher in UA to go to the archive for you.
www.centroconsult.sk one is mentioned in the site
www.tccweb.org
www.c-rs.org
http://news-4-u.com/rusyn
www.imrehun.com
Listen you imposters. I am the one and only John David Szuchan Jr. All you others DO NOT EXIST!! According to world news.com John David Szuchan JR. is a DRUG TRAFFICKER! LSD TO BE EXACT! Do you really want to claim to be that? I know I do. FUCK YOU IMPOSTERS!!! If you really think you are jds jr then email me at david.szuchan -a-t- yahoo -d-o-t- com and we will see. Transmission end.