| kag52551: Re: murin, labaj, skycak | Thanks for the suggestions, Zlatica. A few I have already done, a few I haven't. Appreciate the input and a different view of the same information. Still haven't been to Family History Center to find my grandfather's birth certificate to see if there is a father listed, but I have heard that they have filmed Namestovo and Klin. You were the one who told me that Ilona was Helen and I think also that Matej is Matthew, which my dad knew that his father's name had been before he came to US. I found a seven year old Matej Labaj, in Ellis Island Records, coming to his mother Ilona Labaj and "felt" I had found my grandfather. This explained his disconnectedness from his family and the reason he never "felt a part". There was a new step-father and half brothers and sisters and a mother who maybe was a mother too soon and alone and who resented that child. Genealogy speaks a certain truth through the
words on pages. I feel sorry for that little boy who was my grandfather, a nice man but an alcoholic. Are you a professional genealogist or is it a serious hobby for you?
Karen |
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