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From: William K Dalbec <> (by way of Chris Lamesfield <>
Subject: [BANAT-L] Shinlar Slovania
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:33:14 -0400


I was so excited to find your site for locating place names and families
in the Balkans. My great grandfather, George Grus, reportedly came from
Slovania in the late 1880's. We know little about him except that my
mother recalled his home village as Shinlar, at least it sounded like
that. I have been unable to find anything like that sound in Slovania.
I did find on one of your maps of Hungary a town called, Gynla, could
that be pronounced in some way like Shinlar or Shinla. Although they
said he was from Slovania we know that he met and married my
greatgrandmother, Anna Martin, from Budapest. Is Martin a Hungarian
name? Possibly it was Anglicized but family members insist not. We have
been told that they did not speak the same language when married.

Thanks for your help.

Keith Dalbec,

4524 Finley Cove Rd.
Hendersonville, NC 28739

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