Your ancestral village may very well be in Slovakia today. A little research will provide you w/historical perspective and show that this area was under Romania at one time. It is frequently referred to a Presov Region???
Place Names - Eastern Slovakia
http://www.iabsi.com/gen/public/kingdom_of_hungary.htmGrandmother Wiktoria Ohotnicqy (most likely OCHOTNICSKY or OCHOTNICKIJ) . CH sound transliterated into Cyrillic Alphabet would sound like the CH in Loch Ness. It is closer to KH >sounding like HO.
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As per Ellis Island there is a 13 yr old (1905) servant emigrating a place called Gnezda/Hnezda (also called Szepesmegye - very close to Forbes). I cannot read the first name. It looks like ?ila. The records indicate this to be male??? I cannot locate a copy of the original manifest page to take a closer look. There was also an Anna Ochotnicsky on that steamer. She was traveling with an 11 month old baby (from Forbasz) and heading for Uniontown PA. I do not see any indication that they were traveling as a family.
Using link below do an Ellis Island search, using STARTS WITH - OCHOTN
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/EIDB/ellis.htmlThis surname most likely means a willing person, a volunteer???
In 1901 there is also a Maria Ohotniczki, 15 yrs old, coming from Forbasz and heading for Hartfort CT.???
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Descendants of Rusyns (pronounced as Ruthenes) from the Prešov Region in Slovakia have an easier time in researching their ancestry. As far as I am aware, all Rusyn parishes there have at least some records available. These records may begin as early as 1727 in Kojsov or as late as 1885 in Miková, the birthplace of Andy Warhol's parents.
These church records are housed in the state archives in Levoãaand Prešov and have been microfilmed by the Mormon Church. They should be available to the public sometime this year. You will have to go to a Family History Library of the Mormon Church. For instance, there is one located at 125 Columbus Avenue, opposite Lincoln Center, in New York City (telephone: 1-212-873-1690). Mormon or LDS Family History Libraries are also located in many other cities in the United States. Check your yellow pages under Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Anyone can use their libraries. You can order microfilm at a cost of $3.00 per roll. Most records will be in Latin with occasional entries in Hungarian or Slavic Cyrillic.
The Rusyns of Transcarpathia, Ukraine will have a chance to research their ancestry within the next year or so. Microfilming of church records is a priority. You can also visit the archives in Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine, and attempt to do the research yourself.
excerpt Peters Genealogy Article
http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/cra/petercra.htmhttp://www.iabsi.com/gen/public/kingdom_of_hungary.htmPS>Notice that Demeters and Ocotnickys are from same place. All info above needs to be verified. Nothing here is written in stone.