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Up to 1918 it was
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm http://www.brainworker.ch/Oesterreich/Austria-hungary.png where 12 different languages were spoken.
Austria ruled Bohemia, Moravia which now is Czech Republic and Hungary ruled present Slovak Republic.
The word Czech most americans use it as a generic term for Czechoslovakia - 2 nationalities and 2 different languages about 90% similar.
You need to know a precise placename in "old country" to proceed with the research. Do you have their arrival manifest? Andrew would have come thru a port as Andras and Mary as Maria. KMETZ can be KMEC and KMECZ.
An ALL site for research in Slovakia
www.iabsi.com/gen/publicfew others:
www.iarelative.comwww.cgsi.orgwww.helenezx.homestead.com What is Mary KMETZ's maiden name?