I'm trying to reach the KOVACKs who lived near Scranton, PA.
I saw a message on the KOVAC board a long time back from an Amy KOVACK Sweet who says that her father was a cousin of my grandfather Alex KOVATCH. I'm trying to piece this information together.
Here is the KOVACK tree that I can derive from Amy's message (may be of interest):
From
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.kovac/... :
. . John Kovacs (b. in Austria-Hungary)
. . + Anna Rusnak (b. in Austria-Hungary)
. . . . Edward J. Kovack (b. 31 Jan 1922 in Scranton, PA)
. . . . + Baker, Marilyn M. (b. 17 Aug 1922 in Scranton, PA)
. . . . . . Kathy Kovack Sweet
. . . . Mike
. . . . Mary Kieper
. . . . Marie (Mary) Horovitch
. . . . Valeska Holland
. . . . Julia Lucy
. . . . Anna Brozetti
. . . . Bernice
. . . . Katherine (Kitty)
I know there were many spellings to my last name with the base probably being KOVAC -- I trying to figure out if there is a connection here.
I am constantly adding new information to a family web site that I've started --
http://www.kovatch.netThe first interesting fact I learned is that I'm not actually Hungarian but Carpatho-Rusyn which is a nationality without a country. Yes, they did come from an area in the Austria-Hungarian empire but I always thought I was Hungarian and that may not be true.