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Re: VRABEL in Namestovo, SK

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 3:37PM GMT
Classification: Query
Daniel

VRABEL surname still in Namestovo's phone book.
www.zoznamst.sk
The English W gives the (Slovak) V sound so technically your ancestor changed the name so it sounds just like in "old country".
An ALL site for research:
www.iabsi.com/gen/public
Few others:
www.cgsi.org
www.surnamenavigator.org
www.helenezx.homestead.com Slovak pride index
www.iarelative.com
www.slovensko.com
http://genforum.com

Re: Vrabel, Namestovo, SK

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 3:50PM GMT
Classification: Query
Daniel

posted to your original query, sent you an e-mail and now posting to this post.
WRABEL comes out sounding like VRABEL. Your ancestor wanted to have his name pronounced (sound) just like he heard it in old country.
VRABEL still in Namestovo. www.zoznamst.sk
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermain...
http://slovnik.juls.savba.sk/?w=vrabel&s=exact&lang=...
http://slovnik.juls.savba.sk/?w=namestovo&s=exact&la...
Hope this helps.

Re: Vrabel name (Wrabel)

Posted: 16 Oct 2008 3:55PM GMT
Classification: Query
Darcy

No W in Slovak alphabet but when used in a surname it does give that (Slovak) V sound. Yes, it is possible that a German shipping clerk wrote the surname with a W instead of a V as there were some WRABELs coming thru Ellis Island. www.ellisislandrecords.org
An English letter Y is a J sound.
Few sites for research:
www.iabsi.com/gen/public
www.helenezx.homestead.com
www.cgsi.org
www.slovakinstitute.com
www.slovensko.com
http://slovakia.eunet.sk
www.surnamenavigator.org

Re: VRABEL FAMILY

Posted: 9 Oct 2014 6:27PM GMT
Classification: Lookup
Hi Jerry, my grandfather was George Vrabel (Your grandfather Stephen's brother) and he died on 1/10/2004. His sister Helen is still alive and lives in Michigan. Stephen, George and Helen also had a sister named Mary, she passed away in December 2013. I grew up visiting Mary and Helen, but I have not met any of my Grandpa's other siblings that I can remember.
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