Slovakia Societies: Difference between revisions

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Many societies and organizations in both Slovakia and the U.S.A. have valuable information for your family history research.

Fraternal Societies[edit | edit source]

When our immigrant ancestors arrived in the United States they often settled among relatives, friends or neighbors from their native land. They established their own fraternal/benevolent organizations to provide mutual insurance and to foster camaradie and social interaction, and some even as a way to keep ties to traditions or ways of the old country.

Genealogical Societies[edit | edit source]

Historical Societies[edit | edit source]

Locating Records at the Family History Library[edit | edit source]

Records of these societies are usually described in the Author/Title section of the Family History Library Catalog under the name of the society. They are also listed in the Locality section under one of the following:

SLOVAKIA - SOCIETIES

For more information, see the "Genealogy" and "Periodicals" sections of this outline.

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 Many societies and organizations in both Slovakia and the U.S.A. have valuable information for your family history research.
+=== Fraternal Societies ===
+When our immigrant ancestors arrived in the United States they often settled among relatives, friends or neighbors from their native land. They established their own fraternal/benevolent organizations to provide mutual insurance and to foster camaradie and social interaction, and some even as a way to keep ties to traditions or ways of the old country.
 === Genealogical Societies ===
 === Historical Societies ===
-=== Fraternal Societies ===
-When our immigrant ancestors arrived in the United States they often settled among relatives, friends or neighbors from their native land. They established their own fraternal/benevolent organizations to provide mutual insurance and to foster camaradie and social interaction, and some even as a way to keep ties to traditions or ways of the old country.
 === Locating Records at the Family History Library ===