Slovakia Place Names: Difference between revisions

Also, there was a Hungarian version of the name when it belonged to Hungary and a modern Slovakian name. The town name you find in United States records might be the '''historical Hungarian version''' of the name or the '''modern Slovakian version.'''

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*Consult [http://www.cisarik.com/0_all-villages-A.html '''Genealogy Slovakia Gazetteer'''] to find all the names for your town over the years.

*In the '''list of all villages''',  all known variations of the name are given in one master index. Look up the reported name of the your town.

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* In the left sidebar of the town's page in [http://www.cisarik.com/0_all-villages-A.html '''Genealogy Slovakia Gazetteer'''], you will find notes on where that village would have attended church for each denomination.  

*If the denomination is given in capital letters, such as "LUTH", then the town had its own local church for that religion.  

*Towns along the border may have attended a church in Hungary to find the religion of their choice.

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==The District (County) and Region for Your Town==

'''For most record systems, you will also need to know the District (County) or Region for your town.'''<br>

1. In [http://www.cisarik.com/0_all-villages-A.html '''Genealogy Slovakia Gazetteer'''], the district ( county) is listed in a violet bar at the top of the entry page. This will work for towns and smaller villages. Example:<br>

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==Your Place Name in the FamilySearch Catalog==

As more records are acquired, they might show up directly in the FamilySearch Catalog, sooner, or even instead of, in the Slovakia Church and Synagogue books collection. So you will want to be able to navigate that, too.

#In the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog Search engine (Click here)'''], in the "Place" field, enter '''"Slovakia"''' and '''the name of your county (district).'''

==Your Place Name and Archives: Use the Region for the Town==

Archives are kept on the Regional level. Contact information for each regional archive will be found  [[Slovakia Genealogy#Regions|'''in the Wiki article for each Region.''']]  In most cases, the archives will have more recent records that are not available online.  You will want to order those from the archives.

1. Find the town in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_and_towns_in_Slovakia '''Wikipedia list of municipalities and towns in Slovakia.'''] (This will work for towns, not villages. For villages, look under the related larger town.) Right at the beginning  of the article, you will find the name of the Region you need. Example:

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For records in the 1900's, particularly after 1935-ish, the records frequently are still in the local civil registration office. You will want to write to a civil registrar to request records. A civil registration office can cover more than one town.  So you will now have to find the civil registration office serving your town or village. This particular list is prepared for locating the office for the purpose of recording a marriage, but the same office records births and deaths.

*Study [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sk&u=https://www.slov-lex.sk/static/prilohy/SK/ZZ/2001/529/20030115_2694874-2.pdf&prev=search '''MATRIČNÝ ÚRAD - Slov-Lex'''], a directory of municipality civil registrars.  

*The list does not have a search capability built in.  '''Use your computer's "Find" function to navigate the list.'''  

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