geraldgalovic
The manifests were written at the port of departure so is your ancestral surname SAVKO/SALKO or SZANKA?
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=savko&am...http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=salko&am...All 3 of the surnames you listed show up in Slovakia. How is it that you picked Russia's Ancestry to post on?
What was language spoken by your ancestor or what did they considered themselves to be?
Szanka, Gyorgy Zalacsko, Hungary 40 1872 1912
Szanka, Gyorgy Zalacska, Hungary 38 1871 1909
Szanka, Maria Zalacska, Hungary 65 1847 1912
Szavka, Mihaly Zalacska, Hungary 17 1890 1907
source:
www.ellisislandrecords.org