New Information Revealed in Slovakian Record

Earlier this year I began trying to find further information for my Engel family.   At first I focused primarily on passenger lists and immigration records for my great great grandparents, Dora Fleckman and Samuel Engel.  Below is a photograph of them on a ship with the Statue of Liberty in the background.

I knew that they had gotten married in 1887 in Hungary (now Slovakia) and had a son, Adolf, in January 1888.  After many fruitless searches I decided to peruse the databases on JewishGen for Engels and Fleckmans in the hopes that I’d find a clue.  Then it occurred to me to look for Adolf’s birth records or his immigration. 


Then I found this translation of Jewish Vital Records from Hungary on JewishGen.

Name	ENGEL, Adolf
Date of Birth	15-Jan-1888
Sex	M
Father	Hirsch / Samuel
Mother	Dora FLEKMAN
Town Registered / Record # Jaras Megye	Eperjes / 53-04  Local Gov’t Saros
Town Born	Eperjes
Comments	Father b. Hethars [Lipany] / Mother b. Sebes-Kellemes [Sarisske Luky]
Source (Film/Item)	LDS 1793514, Vol. 3

Such an exciting discovery!   I am planning on requesting the original microfilm from the local Family History Center so that I can see if there is more information than what they have translated.  Regardless, this is a great find and opens up all kinds of new places to look.  I plan on looking at further records for that area and also renewing efforts to find the records for their passage to America.  My journey continues!

Places of Note in Slovakia