Group Administrator:
K. Melis - Email:
tmelis@zoominternet.net
Project Surnames
ADAMCAK (f), ALL Variants of names Listed, BACHNIATKA (f ), BATOR (f), BEDNARCIK (f ), BIGOS (m & f ), BIZUB (f), BLANAR (m & f ), BRINSKA (f ), BROZENIECZ (m & f ), BUDZ ( m & f ), CHERNISKY (f ), CHMIEL (f ), CHOVANIEC (f ), CHURILLA (f ), CSUPKA (f ), CZERNECZCKY (f ), DANKO (f ), DEMIDOVICH (m ), DEVERA (f ), Drescher (f ), DUDASKO (f ), DVORNICZKY (f ), FENICK (f), FIGLAR (m ), FLAK (m ), FRANKOVIC (m & f ), FRONZ (f ), GALOVICS (m ), GELYATKA (f) THOMAS (f), GOLDYNAYK (f ), GRIGLAK (m), GROHOLA (f ), GRONKA (f ), GUROVITS (f ), GURSCAK (m ), HALUPKA (f ), HALUPKA (f ), HANESCAK (m ), HORNICAK (f ), HORNYIK (f ), IGLAR (m & f ), JABROVSKY (f ), JADAMECZ (f ), JAKUBIAK (m), JELEN (f ), JURGOVSKY (f ), KACMARCIK (f ), KALAFUTH (f ), KASISKY (m &f ), KLEINLOMNITZ (f ), KOLUMBER (f), KOPALKA (f), KORKOS (f ), KOSCAREK (f ), KOSTYAK (m & f ), KOVAC (f), KOVALTSIK (f), KUBASSEK (f ), KUNA (f ), KURUCZ (f ), LOPATA (m & f), LORENTROVITS (f ), LUKAS (f ), MACSUGA (f ), MADEJA (f ), MAGERA (f ), MANYAK (f ), MARKOVICS (m & f ), MASCURAK (f ), MASKALA (f ), MENDROS (f ), MIHALEC (f ), MILANYAK (f ), MLYNARTSIK (f ), MOGOLICZKY (f ), MORAVCINCZKY (f ), NATARIAN (f ), NEMECZ (f ), NOVAK (f ), OVCARIK (m & f ), PACIGA (f ), PALUCH (f ), PAVLIK (f ), PISARCIK (m & f ), PIVOVARTSIK (f ), PLEVA (f ), POJEDENIEC (f ), POMPA (f ), POTANKO (m ), PUDLEINER (f ), RAFAS (f ), Richwalsky (f ), SELIGA (f ), SERILLA (m & f ), SKVAREK (f ), SKVAREK (m ), SMETANA (f ), SOLTYS (m & f ), SRISKOVSKA (f), STEFANYAK (f ), STRONCZEK (m ), SVIENTY ( m & f ), SZISKA (f ), SZMOLENY (f ), SZTAROSZOVICS (f ), TAZIK (f ), TOBIAS (m), TROPE (m ), VADOVSKY (f ), VARGO (f ), VIDA (f ), VILK (f ), VODZAK (m ), VOJTAS (m & F) ), WNENCZAK (f ), WODZIAK ( f ), ZALES (f ), Zamagurie Region, ZMARZLIAK (f ), ZSEMBA (f ), ZSOLONDEK (f )
Current balance:
$227.00
Group General Fund
| Debit |
$242.00 |
6/23/2009 |
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155488 and 155489 |
Unknown |
| Credit |
$169.00 |
6/4/2009 |
J. Gronka |
for use as you see fit |
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Individual |
| Credit |
$150.00 |
4/29/2009 |
Joseph M. Gronka |
Please use this donation as you see fit. |
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Individual |
| Credit |
$100.00 |
4/19/2009 |
Gerald Galovic |
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Individual |
| Credit |
$50.00 |
3/28/2009 |
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Denise Sustrich donation |
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Unknown |
Project Background
Ancestry from Eastern Slovakia/Poland border villages of the former Spis County Slovakia. Rev: 25 June 2009
Scroll down under Project News for a running update of our project news. After the surname list!
The Zamagurie Region straddles the eastern Slovak and southern Poland border. Zamagurie refers to the border land area of the north western part of the former Spis County, Slovakia. This area is a compact geographic and ethnographic areas defined by the natural borders of the Bialka River to the east, the Spisske Magura Mountains to the south and the Dunajec River to the north.
POLSKI SPISZ VILLAGES (using the Polish spelling) include:
Jaworzyna Spiska, Jurgow, Rzepiska, Czarna Gora, Trybsz, Lapsze Wysne, Lapszanka, Lapsze Nizne, Kacwin, Nowa Biala, Krempachy, Dursztyn, Frydman, Falsztyn, Niedzica and Lys nad Dunajcem. Also included in this project are the neighboring former Galician villages of Bialka Tatrazanka and Brzgi. If you do not see your village here, please contact the group administrator. Smaller villages may not be listed.
SLOVAK SPISSKE ZAMAGURIE (SPIS) VILLAGES) include: Majere, Spiskka Stara Ves, Matiasovce, Spisske Hanusovce, Velka and Mala Frankova, Havka, Zalesie (formerly Gibelly), Jezersko, Rel'ov, Cerveny Klastor, Lechnica, Haligovce, Velka Lesna, Velky Lipnik, Stranany, Slovenska Ves, Lendak, and Lesnica. Also included is the neighboring village of Wysne Ruzbachy.
If you do not see your village here, please contact the group administrator. Smaller villages may not be shown. Osturna is now included in this study.
Note these are the village names for the Zamagurie Region. Additional villages for SPIS county ARE included in this project. Please contact the Group Administrator for more details.
The Group Administrator maintains a database from the Zamagurie villages which is a unique compilation of researched pedigrees. The database documents all descendants, their spouses, children etc. through the generations. The database contains 21,756 people represented by 2,722 + surnames (excluding variant spellings) and over 7,385 marriages! See the PROJECT NEWS section for a current surname list. The surnames listed above are only those that are presently being tested.
The source of vital statistics are actual church records from the ancestral villages obtained during six (6) trips to the Zamagurie Region, personal research in Slovak archives, professional genealogy services paid for by the Group Administrator as well as available LDS microfilms. In many cases (especially for the Polski Spisz villages), the records are only available in the village churches or church archives and are not yet available through the LDS.
WHY WAS THIS PARTICULAR DNA PROJECT STARTED? - ON A PERSONAL NOTE!
My initial interest in genealogy was to learn who my great-grandparents were and where they were from. To go back in time, the direct lines and co-lateral lines were also documented building on the family relationships through the villages. By observation, one could describe who was related to whom, note patterns of birth and marriages, see the effect of catastrophes and plagues in the villages as well as the recoveries, note how marriage partners came from 'just over the mountain' or how surnames migrated or stayed for that matter in particular villages. The hobby now became a passion! Information was shared with fellow researchers also with ancestry from the region. This DNA project is the next extension of giving back. Combining efforts and results specifically with others with ancestry from the same region serves to magnify the power of the established research. With time and participation, the combined efforts may further other's genealogy on a new level.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
Participation is limited to those members who can demonstrate an ancestral link to these villages and or the Spis County region.
Why? Membership should have a reasonable chance of a match as the project gains more members. It should be clearly understood that no guarantees of a match can be made. Your participation can help your family history and others to learn more about their Slovak/Polish Spisz roots.
HONOR YOUR ANCESTORS BY PRESERVING MORE THAN JUST A MEMORY. JOIN TODAY!
WHY SHOULD I PARTICIPATE?
DNA testing can help confirm your paper trail, help to discover links to relatives and possibly even help follow your ancestral surnames as they migrated from village to village. DNA testing alone can tell you if 2 people who match are related but it cannot tell you how you are related. Your work as a genealogist is not done. When compared with known pedigrees from the Zamagurie Region, your results may be a guiding tool to direct your research. You may then focus your efforts in connecting to a family line that has already been documented and identify links with others researching the same area or surnames.
WHY SHOULD I JOIN THE ZAMAGURIE DNA PROJECT?
The major advantage of participating is the combined efforts of the researched pedigrees, experience of working specifically in the Zamagurie Region, familiarity of surnames and migration patterns and passion for continuing these efforts. Your participation taps into over 10 years of research specifically in the Zamagurie Region. Establishing if your ancestry is from the region BEFORE you submit a sample, increases the probability of finding genetic matches as membership grows. Mind you, there are no guarantees of finding a match nor can we do your complete genealogy for you!
THE TESTING AND DATABASE CAN BE POWERFUL TOOLS TO FURTHER YOUR GENEALOGY RESEARCH!
WHY PARTICIPATE NOW? DON'T JUST BE A FAMILY HISTORIAN; MAKE FAMILY HISTORY!
As the family historian, how many times have we asked ourselves, 'why didn't I ask these questions of my relatives sooner?' or 'Why didn't I interview them while I had the chance?' DNA testing is much the same way. If a direct line "daughters out" Y-Marker DNA testing may become more difficult or impossible. Similarly, if a line "Peter's out", mtDNA lines may be untraceable. Take a look at your family pedigree now to identify critical people to understanding your family history on a genetic level. Future generations of researchers looking for their ethnic roots will be aided by this project and the database by providing a concentrated link to their Slovak/Polish border roots. Our ancestors typically married within their religion, often with someone from their own village/county AND migrated following chain migration to key cities in the USA. Our project may help to identify these immigrants for viable candidates for DNA testing!
HOW WILL THIS PROJECT GROW? WE NEED YOU!
The success of any DNA project is clearly in the number of participants. We anticipate the project growing in several ways including: Identifying DNA candidates from actual research (on both sides of the ocean) for testing, continued success in genetic matching and genealogy efforts, member sponsorship of additional testing, advertising our efforts in appropriate genealogy and DNA forums, spreading the word about our project and the continued efforts of the Group Administrator to identify and gain membership.
Family Tree DNA maintains the largest DNA database for genealogical purposes. Also, people who have participated in the National Geographic Genome Project may transfer their results to the Zamagurie Project! You can find out more at the FT-DNA Home web page. FT-DNA also describes how to transfer results from other DNA testing labs.
WHY JOIN A GEOGRAPHIC DNA PROJECT?
A geographic DNA project such as ours is focusing on an approximate 25 mile radius of villages in the former Spis County Slovakia/Poland area. Our membership has known/or strong indicators that their ancestry is from this region. The villages are small (600-1000 people) and the surnames are common to certain villages for 100's of years. Marriages took place just over the mountain passes. Migration from village to village show trends and patterns especially during the plague and catastrophy periods. Often, our families are linked in earlier generations through marriage, parentage etc. By joining an geographic project with these characteristics, the probability of finding a genetic cousin is greater!
DON"T DILUTE YOUR RESULTS BY JOINING ANY COMMERCIAL DNA SITE OR PROJECT. MAKE YOUR RESULTS WORK HARDER FOR YOU!
ISN'T DNA TESTING EXPENSIVE?
It can be! However, the cost can be split amongst your interested relatives to sponsor one sample for the tests and the information can be shared! This can bring the cost down. Joining a GEOGRAPHIC DNA project based on a small region with shared ancestry over the generations may provide results beyond your own test!!! This may give you more bang for your buck! Ask the Group Administrator about this!
DO I HAVE TO GIVE BLOOD?
No! The test kit includes three cotton tipped swabs that are rubbed against the inside cheek for one minute, deposited in a vial and simply mailed back to the lab for testing. We are from the Zamagurie Region NOT Transylvania!
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