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Fearless Females Blog Post: 20 March 2016: Elusive or Brick Wall Ancestor

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The prompt for 20 March 2016 is to write about an elusive female ancestor in your family tree.


March 20 — Is there a female ancestor who is your brick wall? Why? List possible sources for finding more information.


I’ve actually been pretty fortunate that my female ancestors have been fairly easy to trace. This is in part due to the excellent collection of microfilmed records available from the Family History Library –church and census records from my ancestral villages in Slovakia. I would like to learn a bit more about my great-grandmothers if possible. In particular, I’m hoping to learn more about my paternal grandfather’s mother, Borbala Manovsky Alzo.

Borbala Manovsky Alzo



I know very little about her so hope to find out whatever I can. She died in 1961–the same year (just a few months apart) as her son (my grandfather), and I thought this was an interesting coincidence. I have her marriage record thanks to my cousin. I also have some pictures from her funeral. From family I learned that she had several sisters so I’d like to learn more about them too. I am in the processing of doing more research and am hoping to obtain a copy of her death record from Slovakia, and hopefully will be able  to find some other documents, as well.

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Fearless Females Blog Post: March 20: Elusive or Brick Wall Ancestor

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March 20 — Is there a female ancestor who is your brick wall? Why? List possible sources for finding more information.

I’ve actually been pretty fortunate that my female ancestors have been fairly easy to trace. This is in part due to the excellent collection of microfilmed records available from the Family History Library –church and census records from my ancestral villages in Slovakia. I would like to learn a bit more about my great-grandmothers if possible. In particular, I’m hoping to learn more about my paternal grandfather’s mother, Borbala (see my post from March 1).

Copyright, 2013, LIsa A. Alzo
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Fearless Females Blog Post: March 1 – Favorite Female Ancestor

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March 1 — Do you have a favorite female ancestor? One you are drawn to or want to learn more about? Write down some key facts you have already learned or what you would like to learn and outline your goals and potential sources you plan to check.

This year I’m still trying to learn more about my great-grandmother, Borbala Manovsky Alzo. I listed her as one of my “Family History Three” in a post back in January 2011.


I know very little about her so hope to find out whatever I can. She died in 1961–the same year (just a few months apart) as her son (my grandfather), and I thought this was an interesting coincidence. I have her marriage record thanks to my cousin. I also have some pictures from her funeral. From family I learned that she had several sisters so I’d like to learn more about them too. I am in the processing of doing more research and am hoping to obtain a copy of her death record from Slovakia, and hopefully will be able  to find some other documents, as well.


Copyright, 2013, LIsa A. Alzo
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Fearless Females Blog Post: March 1 – Favorite Female Ancestor

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March 1 — Do you have a favorite female ancestor? One you are drawn to or want to learn more about? Write down some key facts you have already learned or what you would like to learn and outline your goals and potential sources you plan to check.


This year I’m still trying to learn more about my great-grandmother, Borbala Manovsky Alzo. I listed her as one of my “Family History Three” in a post back in January 2011.


I know very little about her so hope to find out whatever I can. She died in 1961–the same year (just a few months apart) as her son (my grandfather), and I thought this was an interesting coincidence. I have her marriage record thanks to my cousin. I also have some pictures from her funeral. From family I learned that she had several sisters so I’d like to learn more about them too. I want to follow up by obtaining a copy of her death record from Slovakia, and try to find some other documents, as well.


Copyright, 2012, LIsa A. Alzo
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Fearless Females Blog Post: March 1 – Favorite Female Ancestor

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Well, I’m embarrassed that I’m a bit late with the first post for my own writing prompt series! Juggling a number of different priorities and deadlines at the moment.


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March 1 — Do you have a favorite female ancestor? One you are drawn to or want to learn more about? Write down some key facts you have already learned or what you would like to learn and outline your goals and potential sources you plan to check.


This year I am hoping to learn more about my great-grandmother, Borbala Manovsky Alzo. I listed her as one of my “Family History Three” in a post back in January.


I know very little about her so hope to find out whatever I can. She died in 1961–the same year (just a few months apart) as her son (my grandfather), and I thought this was an interesting coincidence. I have her marriage record thanks to my cousin. I also have some pictures from her funeral. From family I learned that she had several sisters so I’d like to learn more about them too. I want to follow up by obtaining a copy of her death record from Slovakia, and try to find some other documents, as well.


Copyright, 2011, LIsa A. Alzo
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My “Family History Three”: Focusing My Research

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I can’t believe the first week of January is almost gone! How are you doing on your family history research resolutions? I’ve been thinking about mine a lot this week, and I decided I really need to have a focus for my 2011 genealogy quests.

There are always “too many ancestors and too little time.” And, while I’m always open to whatever discoveries I make during the research process, this year I will focus my attention specifically on three ancestors.

1. Janos Alzyso (my great-grandfather).


He intrigues me because of various family stories I heard during my trip to Slovakia this summer. In particular, I learned about his coming to America more than once (he was one of the so-called “birds of passage” who would spend some time here to earn enough money to then go back to the old country with the hopes of being able to purchase land. I hope to track him through immigration/emigration, census records, and whatever other documents I can locate.

3. Borbola Manovsky – my great-grandmother.

I know very little about her so hope to find out whatever I can. She died the same year (just a few months apart) as her son (my grandfather), and I thought this was an interesting coincidence.

3. Istvan (Stefan) Sztraka (Straka) – my grandmother’s brother.


He stayed in Slovakia and served in the army. I saw his gravestone during my visit, but want to learn more about his life.

I will call these my “Family History Three”. I’ll blog about the search process and results as I find them. And, by doing so, I hope to possibly connect with new cousins and/or hear from any fellow researchers who have any information about these individuals.


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