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From: "Lori Frey" <>
Subject: Re: William NOVAK NY ---> Franklin Co., OH 1900's.
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 21:33:24 -0500
References: <008c01c08d7c$326ae020$a574bec7@bonfire>


My information said my NOVAK family was *possibly* of "czech" origin. David
if I understand what you said, with the changing boundaries of the times,
this might explain why they stated their place of birth as AUSTRIA for the
census.

Thanks for the info! Lori

----- Original Message -----
From: "David E. Sanders" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: William NOVAK NY ---> Franklin Co., OH 1900's.


>
> From: Lori L. Frey <>
>
> >99% of this info is from letters written & other keepsakes from a brief
> >period in early 1940's so much of it is conjecture. William b. 1872 and
> Rosa
> >NOVAK b. 1879 of Austria may have immigrated to New York since there was
a
> >son born there.
> >
> >...does any of this sound familiar?? I know there a lots of Novaks out
> there
> >so I hope to hear soon!
>
>
> Just so we all understand, "Austria" at this point in time is
> "Austria-Hungary"
>
> My grandmother's family came from Austria-Hungary, but it was the part
> currently in Slovakia. Austria-Hungary was a *huge* political entity at
> that time. Today we think of Austria as a separate nation, but prior to
> WW I it meant something totally different from what it does today.
>
> In addition, the extent of Hungary's lands are different today. We can
> speak of the "Lands of the Hungarian Crown", and these extend over
> quite an area. My great-grandmother Novak I am told spoke both
> Slovak and Hungarian -- she came from a region now in Slovakia,
> but then part of the Hungary that made up part of Austria-Hungary.
>
> Novak is a primarily Slav name, not Hungarian.
>
> David E. Sanders
>
>
>
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