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== Slovak Surnames: What They Can Tell a Family Historian == | == Slovak Surnames: What They Can Tell a Family Historian == | ||
=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
After settling in America, immigrants from Slovakia, regardless of their ethnic, social, and cultural background, usually modified or changed their names. That's why contemporary surnames of Slovak-Americans differ from those of their Slovak relatives, which both differ from what it was historically. | After settling in America, immigrants from Slovakia, regardless of their ethnic, social, and cultural background, usually modified or changed their names. That's why contemporary surnames of Slovak-Americans differ from those of their Slovak relatives, which both differ from what it was historically. | ||