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=== Introduction === | == Slovak Surnames: What They Can Tell a Family Historian == | ||
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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. | ||
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A further large group consists of surnames derived from occupations ''Kováč, Mlynár, Minárik, Švec, Szabó, Schmidt'' etc. They usually appeared in later centuries and reflect the family ancestor's occupation. | A further large group consists of surnames derived from occupations ''Kováč, Mlynár, Minárik, Švec, Szabó, Schmidt'' etc. They usually appeared in later centuries and reflect the family ancestor's occupation. | ||
There are also other groups of surnames reflecting an ancestor's nature, mental or physical qualities, etc. And finally, there is a large group of surnames for which the origin or contents remains and will remain without clear explanation. | There are also other groups of surnames reflecting an ancestor's nature, mental or physical qualities, etc. And finally, there is a large group of surnames for which the origin or contents remains and will remain without clear explanation. | ||
This is the extract of a lecture ''Slovak Surnames: What They Can Tell a Family Historian'' by Milan Šišmiš, presented at the FEEFHS Convention, Minneapolis in 1996. To read the article in its entirety see FEEFHS Journal 4:4 (March 1997). | |||
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== Female Given Names == | |||
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