FEEFHS Journal Volume 11, 2003 FEEFHS Journal Who, What and Why is FEEFHS? The Federation of East European Family History Societies Editor: Thomas K. Edlund. [email protected] (FEEFHS) was founded in June 1992 by a small dedicated group Editorial Assistant: Morris Filby of American and Canadian genealogists with diverse ethnic, reli- Line Editor: Irmgard Hein Ellingson gious, and national backgrounds. By the end of that year, eleven societies had accepted its concept as founding members. Each year FEEFHS Executive Council since then FEEFHS has grown in size. FEEFHS nows represents 2003-2004 FEEFHS officers: nearly two hundred organizations as members from twenty-four President: Dave Obee. [email protected] states, five Canadian provinces, and fourteen countries. It contin- 1st Vice-president: Kahlile Mehr, 412 South 400 West, Centerville, ues to grow. UT. [email protected] About half of these are genealogy societies, others are multi- 2nd Vice-president: Marsha Gustad, 19415 Tara Drive purpose societies, surname associations, book or periodical pub- Brookfield, WI. 53045-4807. [email protected] lishers, archives, libraries, family history centers, on-line services, 3rd Vice-president: Brian Lenius. [email protected] institutions, e-mail genealogy list-servers, heraldry societies, and Treasurer: Miriam Hall-Hansen. [email protected] other ethnic, religious, and national groups. FEEFHS includes or- Secretary: Mila Ranovic-Snapp. [email protected] ganizations representing all East or Central European groups that have existing genealogy societies in North America and a growing Other members of the FEEFHS Executive Council: group of worldwide organizations and individual members, from Founding Past President: Charles M. Hall, P.O. Box 510898, Salt novices to professionals. Lake City, UT 84151-0898. Immediate Past President: Irmgard Hein Ellingson, P.O. Box 101, Goals and Purposes: Gafton IA 50440. [email protected] The fall of the Iron Curtain opened up exciting new possibili- Webmaster: Ceil Jensen, P.O. Box 510898, Salt Lake City, UT ties for genealogical research, but also generated significant new 84151-0898. [email protected] problems in knowing where to find the needed records. One goal The Editor of the FEEFHS Journal: Thomas K. Edlund of FEEFHS is to disseminate information about new developments and research opportunities in Eastern and Central Europe as soon To subscribe: Subscription is $30 per year for non member personal as possible. This multi-ethnic federation is very effective in help- or institutional subscriptions. A subscription request form is found at ing family historians with various ethnic and religious backgrounds the back of this publication. FEEFHS members receive a free sub- who often seek similar types of information from the same hard- scription as a benefit of membership. to-find locations. In the process members of FEEFHS have learned much more about available resources in North America and Eu- To become a member: Simply fill out the application at the back of rope. FEEFHS publicizes the publications, services, and activities this publication and mail it along with your membership dues, or visit of its member societies. FEEFHS develops on-line and printed da- the FEEFHS homepage at <feefhs.org>. Dues for calendar years 2003 tabases of pertinent resources, maintains liaison with other organi- and 2004 are $25 per year for individuals and small organizations (un- zations worldwide that share interests, serves as a clearinghouse der 250 members), $30 for families (2 spouses receiving 1 journal), for information on the existence and services of member societies, $35 per year for medium-sized organizations (250–500 members), and and promotes public awareness of member societies. FEEFHS also $50 per year for large organizations (over 500 members). Special pro- helps to create new ethnic or national genealogy societies where visions exist for societies and non-commercial organizations in East- none exist but a need exists. FEEFHS volunteers are in active in- ern Europe who cannot afford to join. FEEFHS greatly appreciates dexing selected FHL microfilm collections and East European sponsors and patrons who contribute more than the minimum amount record searches. UNITY-HARMONY-DIVERSITY is our motto. to help offset the expenses of its many services, including its website. We welcome all societies and individuals, regardless of present or The founders, elected and appointed officers, editors, and convention past strife in the homelands of Eastern Europe. speakers all serve without compensation and thus contribute signifi- cantly toward FEEFHS goals. Services: FEEFHS communicates with its individual and organizational mem- Sending mail: Please send membership requests, applications, dues, bers in many ways: address changes, subscription requests, back-issue orders, etc. to: Trea- surer, c/o FEEFHS (address listed below). 1) FEEFHS Journal, formerly FEEFHS Newsletter, published since December 1992. Articles: FEEFHS actively solicits original articles on topics signifi- 2) FEEFHS tables at major national, state, and regional conferences. cant to family history research in Central and Eastern Europe. Mem- 3) FEEFHS International Convention in North America, held each ber societies are also invited to submit previously published articles year since 1994. for possible republication in FEEFHS Journal. Send article submis- 4) FEEFHS Resource Guide to East European Genealogy, pub- sions to Editor, c/o FEEFHS (address listed below). Submissions re- lished 1994-1995 (replaced by FEEFHS website). ceived by mail must be on a 3.5" floppy, zip disk or CD-R and in 5) FEEFHS “HomePage” on the Internet’s World Wide Web since WordPerfect 5.1 or higher format or MS Word. Disks cannot be re- mid-May 1995. This large “destination” website includes a turned. E-mail submissions are also accepted at [email protected]. A FrontPage Newsletter, a HomePage/Resource Guide listing for style guide is available by request from the editor. FEEFHS member organizations, surname databases, detailed maps of Central and Eastern Europe, cross-indexes to access Copyright © 2003 by FEEFHS. All rights reserved. FEEFHS Journal, related sources, and much more. The address is: feefhs.org. ISSN 1077-1247, formerly FEEFHS Newsletter, is published by 6) Regional North American conferences -- the first was at Calgary, FEEFHS, P.O. Box 510898, Salt Lake City, UT 84151-0898. Alberta, Canada in July 1995. 7) Referral of questions to the appropriate member organization, Some material in this publication is reproduced by permission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In granting permission for this use of copyrighted material, the Church does listserver, professional genealogist, ortranslator. not imply endorsement or authorization of this publication. 2 FEEFHS Journal Volume XI T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s F r o m t h e E d i t o r a n d P r e s i d e n t ’ s M e s s a g e This Issue ................................................................................................................................... 4 by Thomas K. Edlund, FEEFHS Journal Editor From President Irmgard Hein Elllingson .............................................................................. 5 by Irmgard Hein Ellingson, FEEFHS President R e s e a r c h A r t i c l e s 19th Century Travel in the Former Crownlands of the Austrian Monarchy .................... 6 by Franz Gerhard Soural Albrechtsdorf (or Wojciechy, if You Prefer) Through the Ages ......................................... 11 by Dave Obee The Rise and Fall of Latin in the Kingdom of Hungary ................................................... 18 by Nathan W. Murphy Origins of Jewish Last Names in Turov ................................................................................ 29 by Leonid Smilovitsky Catholic Vital Records in Galicia/Halychyna ...................................................................... 36 by Matthew R. Bielawa Ukrainian Case Study of a Polish Officer ............................................................................ 46 by Marek Koblanski A Beginner’s Guide to Slovak Research ............................................................................... 51 by Lisa A. Alzo History of the Settlement of Karlsberg................................................................................. 78 by Erich Prokopowitsch Czechs in Volhynia: from the Settlement History, 1862-1947 ............................................ 82 by Nikolaus Arndt Four North European Female Educators’ Toil in Russian Alaska, 1805-1849................. 88 by Maria Jarlsdotter Enckell M e m b e r S p o t l i g h ts The Family History Library ................................................................................................ 104 by Elaine E. Hasleton C o n v e n t i o n N e w s FEEFHS Convention 2003 Summary ................................................................................. 107 by Lev Finkelstein F E E F H S S o c i e t i e s a n d O r g a n i z a t i o n s........................................................ 109 The EuroSlavic and Cyrillic fonts used to print this work are available from Linguist’s Software Inc., PO Box 580, Edmonds, WA 98020-0580 Tel (206) 775-1130. Front cover illustration: Medieval Košice, Slovakia FEEFHS Journal Volume XI 3 F r o m t h e E d i t o r This Issue Two thousand and three has been a time of growth and on the origins and use of Jewish last names in Turov, change for the Federation of East European Family History