tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631397995286703429.post764267127281315688..comments2023-08-09T14:27:43.565-07:00Comments on Top O' the Mountain: Humenne, SlovakiaSuzanne Bubnashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09305001077699530364noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631397995286703429.post-40082080408575013342018-05-21T23:45:29.692-07:002018-05-21T23:45:29.692-07:00Have you used Facebook to locate living relatives?...Have you used Facebook to locate living relatives? That has helped me make contacts.<br /><br />Which towns in Western PA did your family settle in? Mine went to Monessen, Donora, Clairton, Star Junction, and finally, Perryopolis. My family names are Bubnash, Szorokacs, Kalyanin, Barna, Maczko, Csornej, Mikula, Ihnat.Suzanne Bubnashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305001077699530364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631397995286703429.post-41147966630758760752018-04-24T22:05:14.965-07:002018-04-24T22:05:14.965-07:00I have discovered the original spelling of family ...I have discovered the original spelling of family name, i.e. Kapcala. JKOAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631397995286703429.post-88652058144577340842015-01-24T00:30:30.870-08:002015-01-24T00:30:30.870-08:00Thank you, Suzanne, I have just now returned to th...Thank you, Suzanne, I have just now returned to this site. Yes, they were Byzantine Catholic. I will try the familysearch which you recommended. I have located my grandfather's citizenship docs and see the original spelling was Kopcala. I did write to the authorities in that area of Slovakia, but have not had any response.<br /><br />How are you related?<br /><br />Joan Kapsala (current spelling) Ogelsby<br />San Diego, CaliforniaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631397995286703429.post-150828858225814192014-10-31T08:16:50.605-07:002014-10-31T08:16:50.605-07:00A Beautiful Town, lovely people, great food and ch...A Beautiful Town, lovely people, great food and cheap beer :) Thumbs Up from London :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631397995286703429.post-87515513810835737302014-06-28T15:39:14.663-07:002014-06-28T15:39:14.663-07:00You were brave to visit during the Communist era. ...You were brave to visit during the Communist era. I don't recognize your surnames. If they were Byzantine Catholic those parish records are online at www.familysearch.org. As for locating living relatives you could send a letter to the mayor's office requesting contact with your family. I have not done that but know of people who have had success that way. Best wishes!Suzanne Bubnashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305001077699530364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631397995286703429.post-31542852603908760272014-06-22T01:13:07.430-07:002014-06-22T01:13:07.430-07:00I visited Humenne in 1970, driving from Vienna to ...I visited Humenne in 1970, driving from Vienna to Bratislava to enter Slovakia. It was communist at the time; we were met by submachine guns at the border and required to exchange American dollars for each day of our visa. I was in search of my cousins whom we found in Humenne and villages nearby. They were children of my grandmother's brother; the family name is Lapinski. I have written to Vasil Lapinski a few times over the past years, but have not received a response and unfortunately do not have an e-mail address. My grandfather, from the same area, was Osip Kopsala. My grandparents, after immigrating, settled in Western Pennsylvania, but later moved to Niagara Falls, New York, where I was born.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631397995286703429.post-22712492543409633002011-06-02T00:17:54.352-07:002011-06-02T00:17:54.352-07:00I love this town, see another my pictures from Hum...I love this town, see another my pictures from Humenné http://www.panoramio.com/user/1549013/tags/Humenn%C3%A9Ján Kocákhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15944202411096585041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631397995286703429.post-53948709691672897112010-12-01T18:28:14.033-08:002010-12-01T18:28:14.033-08:00I'm loving these posts -- and, yes, I'm re...I'm loving these posts -- and, yes, I'm reading them from newest to oldest.Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115294023069458287noreply@blogger.com