HI, WE ARE JUST STARTING OUR FAMILY SEARCH FOR PARENTS OF ROBERT GEORGE MAGOTCH, HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN KOSKOVCE, SLOVAKIA. SHE DID MARRY AN AUSTRIAN. HER MAIDEN NAME WAS SUSANNE JENCIKOVA, ALSO JENCIK. THEY LIVED IN MAHANOY CITY, PENN. WE HAVE BEEN TO SLOVAKIA AND FOUND THE CHURCH RECORDS FOR HIS MOTHER, BUT MANY RECORDS WEE BURNED DURING THE WAR BY THE GERMANS. THE ONE RECORD BOOK WE FOUND AT A CHURCH WAS ONLY HALF THE NORMAL SIZE AND WAS HIDDEN BY A PRIST IN A SMALL DRAWER. I AM SURE THE RECORS WERE DESTROYED ALL OVER EUROPE DURING THE WARS SO IT IS A CHALLENGE TO LOCATE INFORMATION.LET US KNOW IF THIS IS OF ANY HELP TO YOU, OR IF YOU HAVE INFOMATION THAT COULD HELP US IN OUR SEARCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SYDNEY AND BOB