I recently wrote to the Archives in Bratislava for records on my great grandfather using a form I got from the Mormon Library on line. The report was 4 pages long and went back to 1735! Their records start at 1733. The cost was $69. which I thought was quite reasonable for the amount of information I received - they went back 5 generations. My bank, however, charged me $40. to do an international wire transfer, which is required in order to get your report. The 4 pages were neatly typed (in Slovak) but the cover letter was in English. After they receive your request they do the research and send you a letter stating the cost and how to pay. When you wire the money they send the report my return mail. The whole process took about 8 weeks. If you have any specific questions, feel free to email me or post here...Carol

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Hi Renee - The address for the archives is:

Ministerstvo Vnutra Slovenskej Republiky
Statny Archiv V Bratislave
Krizkova 7, 811 04 Bratislava 1

I used a form I downloaded from he LDS church - this link should take you to it -

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rhelps.as...

Just click on PDF and it will open in a new window and you can print it. If the link doesn't work, just go to the LDS site, click on the Search tab, then Research Helps. On the left side, click on Sort by Document and click on Letter Writing Guide - the first one is Slovak.

I received at 5 page type written document that was taken from the local church records. It went back to 1820 and listed everything they had on my family. The cost was $69.00, which I didn't think was bad for the amount of information I received (6 generations). My bank, however, charged me $40.00 to do the direct transfer to the Archives bank account and I thought that was a bit much - it brought the price of the report to $109.00. The Archives request that you do the direct transfer but I would suggest you try offering them an International Postal Money Order - it is what I will try next time I have to write. They are very cheap and easy to get at the post office. It might delay your report for a bit (since they must receive the money before they send your report) but well worth it in my estimation.

Good luck and let me know if you need anything else...Carol

Hi Carol,

Thanks for this wonderful information. I look forward to writing to the Bratislava Archives to learn more about my Grandfather (Palkovic/ Rosivac) and Grandmother (Maderic/Vavra) family. Today, I tried a new search engine, "www.all4one.com" for the first time. I put in Kuty, Slovakia and your post came up. it's a good day!Barbara (USA)

Hi Barbara

You might want to look into www.iabsi.com/gen/public for research in Slovakia.
In Kuty's phone book www.zoznamst.sk VAVRA, MADERIC^ and PALKOVIC^; ROS^IVAC^ in Gbely.

www.iarelative.com
www.cgsi.org
www.helenezx.homestead.com
Rosivacs, Cyrill Kutti
Rosivacs, Karola. Rutty
Rosivacs, Maria Kutti
Rosivacs, Mihaly Kutti
Rosivacs, Sidonia Kutti
Rosivacs, Cyrill Kutti
Rosivacs, Karola. Rutty
Rosivacs, Maria Kutti
Rosivacs, Mihaly Kutti
Rosivacs, Sidonia Kutti
Palhovies, Helena Kutti
Palkovic, Anna Kutti, Hungary
Palkovic, Anton Kutti, Hungary
Palkovic, Antony Kutti, Hungary
Palkovic, Bukovec Kutti (too many to list)
Palkovic, Jan Kutty, Hungary
Palkovics, Karol Kutty, Hungary
Palkovics, Vandor Kutty, Hungary
Palkovics, Vendelin Kutty, Hungary
Palkowics, Stefania Kutty, Hungary
Palkowicz, Anna Kutty
Palkowicz, Emamuel Kutty
Palkowicz, Floriana Kutty
Palkowicz, Matus Kutty
Palkowicz, Stefan Kutty
Materic, Anna Kutti, Hungary
Materic, Helena Kutti, Hungary
Maderics, Andreas Kutti, Hungary
Vavia, Ferdinand Kutti, Hungary
Vavia, Peter Kutti, Hungary
VAVRA, ALBINA KUTTI
Vavra, Andras Kutti, Hungary
VAVRA, BERNARDINA KUTTI
VAVRA, HELENA KUTTI
Vavra, Lajzina Kutti
VAVRA, MARIA KUTTI
VAVRA, MELICHAR KUTTI
Vaira, Jooefina Kutty, Austria
The above in www.ellisislandrecords.org

Hi
I am looking for information about my family, they lived in Piestany (the Bratislava area. The family names are Kucey (Kucej) and Potocek.

davepat158

An ALL site for research in Slovakia
www.iabsi.com/gen/public

Surname POTOC'EK in SK's phone book:
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=potocek&...
KUCEJ
http://www.zoznam.sk/hladaj.fcgi?co=telzoznam&s=kucej&am...

Piestany's church records in LDS
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermain...=

KUCEJ in 1995 in Slovakia in these locations:
http://slovniky.korpus.sk/?w=kucej&c=T5d0
POTOCEK in 1995
http://slovniky.korpus.sk/?w=potocek&s=exact&c=He21&...