K524BMD-A04.pdf - KANKULA 1908-1932, 1938-1944 & 1958-2002 OH Deaths (3)

K524MIL-A03.pdf - KANKULA 1938-1946 US WW-II Army Enlistment Records (1)

K524IMM-A02.pdf - KANKULA 1905-1957 Detroit MI Border Crossings & Passenger List (9)

K524ELLIS-01.pdf - KANKULA (Miklos) Ellis Island American Immigrant Wall of Honor

K524BMD.txt      - KANKULA Births-Marriages-Deaths
K524CEN.txt      - KANKULA Census Records
K524COD.txt      - KANKULA Certificates of Deaths
K524DIR.txt     - KANKULA Telephone Numbers

K524PAS.txt - KANKULA Passenger Ship Arrivals - Ellis Island Database

K524FAM01.txt    - Andras (Andy) KANKULA-(38) died in Dlha Ves, Slovakia
K524FAM02.txt    - Mihaly (Michael) KANKULA-(31) died in Detroit MI
K524FAM03.txt    - Sandor (Alex/Elex) KANKULA-(398) died in Nanty Glo, PA
K524FAM04.txt    - Andras (Andrew) KANKULA-(156) died in Highgate, Ontario
K524FAM05.txt    - Andras (Andrew) KANKULA-(107) died in Hosszuszo, Hungary
K524FAM06.txt    - Andras (Andrew) KANKULA-(___)
K524FAM07.txt    - Istvan (Steve) KANKULA-(135)
K524FAM08.txt    - Istvan (Steve) KANKULA-(480)
K524FAM09.txt    - Janos (John) KANKULA-(239) died in Windber, PA
K524FAM10.txt    - Lajos (Lewis) KANKULA-(35) died in Dlha Ves, Slovakia
K524FAM11.txt    - Mary KANKULA-(1772) lived in OH

Miscellaneous

Kankula = Stream in Zambia, Africa

Kankula = Carry water in Kongo (language) Africa

KankuLa = Arm Pit

KANKULA is of Finish origin meaning Haberdasher

Forest Survey of India Trees, Species Code 0254, Botanical Name Cinnamomum iners, Common/Local Name Kankutala, Kankula

Kankula Village in Badachana India = Is an Indian village located in Badachana Tehsil and belongs to Jajapur district of Odisha. Badachana, Balichandrapur, Bari Ramachandrapur, Binjharpur, Dharmasala, Jajapur etc. are the nearest towns / cities to Kankula village. As per Census 2011 information the village code of Kankula village is 401682

HUNGARY: Magyars, or Hungarian people, originated in an area of the present-day USSR, between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains. There are slight similarities between Hungarian, Finnish, and the dialect in use in the Baskir Autonomous Republic of the USSR. It is thought that in about 2000 B.C. the Hungarians moved east into the Urals and the Finns and Estonians moved west towards the Baltic Sea. By the year A.D. 600 the Hungarians under pressure from Asiatic nomadic peoples, also moved west, and by 896 they had occupied most of present-day Hungary. The Hungarian language is among the purest in Europe in that it resembles most closely its original form of 3000 years ago (apart from a few Bulgarian and German words picked up during the great migration of the seventh century).

The Hungarian alphabet has 38 letters, consisting of 22 of our 26 (Q, W, X, and Y are missing) and 16 additional letters.

By 1000 Hungary had become a unified kingdom, but by 1541 it had collapsed, owning to invasion by the Ottoman Turks from the east and southeast. The western section of the country fell under Habsburg control for the next four centuries; the central plains were occupied by the Turks; and the eastern part, or Transylvania, was ruled by Hungarian princes who accepted the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire and paid an annual tribute. In 1686 Budapest was captured by the Habsburgs, and in the following year the Turks withdrew from Transylvania. There was an unsuccessful revolt by the Hungarians, which ended in 1711, and another attempt at independence was not made until 1849. This was the partially successful in that it led to reforms in the administration of the country.

In 1866, after Austria had been defeated in the war by Prussia, it became more amenable, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was created, with Hungary as an equal partner. At this time Hungary included Transylvania, Croatia-Slavonia, Ruthenia, Slovakia, the Burgenland, and the Banat.

In 1919, after the First World War, Hungary paid the price of being on the losing side (not that she had any choice in the matter), and when the Austro-Hungarian Empire disintegrated she lost two-thirds of her territory under the harsh terms of the peace treaty. The Burgenland was transferred to Austria; Slovakia formed part of the new country of Czechoslovakia; Jugoslavia took Croatia, Slavonia, and part of the Banat; and Romania took the rest of the Banat and the whole province, and ancient principality of Transylvania.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Although Czechoslovakia was only created as a seperate country in 1919, its historical roots go deep into central Europe. After the Treaty of Versailles the new country consisted of four provinces; Bohemia (Cechy), Moravia (Morava), Silesia (Slezko), and Slovakia (Slovensko). The area of Ruthenia (Podkarpatska Rus) was also included.

The name Bohemia originated after the area was first populated by the Boii, a Celtic tribe, under the leadership of Boiohemus. However, the name is not used in present-day Czechoslovakia. The official name is Cechy and the people are called Cechove or Czechs.

By the seventh century the four provinces mentioned had joined with Austria and Poll and to form the Moravian Empire. The Magyars invaded in the tenth century and Slovakia became a part of Hungary. When the Moravian Empire disappeared, the Czechs and Moravians joined together in the Duchy of Bohemia and Moravia, and became the Holy Roman Empire, together with Silesia. In 1198 the area became the Kingdom of Bohemia, and this survived until 1620, when the area came under the control of the Habsburg Dynasty.

After the First World War, Czechoslovakia was created out of the ruins of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although its creation was hailed as a great victory for democracy in central Europe, all was not sweetness and light. Many Slovakians would have preferred to remain within Hungary rather than join with a people with whom they shared neither religion nor language, and the boundaries of the new country included large numbers of Germans and Hungarians now seperated from their homelands.

In 1938 the German-speaking areas, the Sudetenland, were incorporated into Germany, and in 1939 a German protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was proclaimed. Slovakia became nominally independent under German control.

After the Second World War, Czechoslovakia reverted to its prewar boundaries and there was a total and drastic expulsion of all Germans from the country, followed by a mass exodus of Hungarians. Ruthenia was sized by the USSR and it is now know as the Oblast Zakarpatskaya, an administrative district of the Ukraine.

In 1949 the original system of provincial administration was abolished and administrative districts (oblasti) were set up. The lower division was a county (okresy) and several okresy together form an oblast. An alternate name for an oblast is a kraj.

Vychodoslovensky Administrative District (oblasti/kraj)

Kosice Administrative City

Roznava County Administrative Division (okresy)

Dlha Ves Town (48.30 North x 20.26 East)

CHURCH RECORDS (Matriky): In 1771 the Protestants (mainly Evangelicals and Lutherans) were allowed to keep their own matriky for the first time, but they had to give copies to Catholic priest, who included them in their own registers. At this time the Protestants did not have their children baptized. Up to 1720, entries in the matriky were in Hungarian, and after that year in Slovak or Latin. In 1840 the use of Hungarian was again ordered and this lasted until 1868, when a choice of either Slovak or Hungarian was allowed, depending on local choice and the population balance. Slovakia responsibility to record vital events ended in 1894, but they continued to keep their own records.

ARCHIVES:

Magyar Orszagos Leveltar, Becsikafu Ter 4 Budapest, Hungary The State Archives:

Archivni Sprava, Kriskova 7, 811 04 Bratislava, Czech. The District Archives:

Statny Oblastny archv v Presove, u1. Slovenskej Republiky rad

CIVIL REGISTRATION: This began in 1918 but was only compulsory for those people not belonging to a church. In 1950 all registers were taken over by the state. In 1920 a law was passed authorizing central civil registration records. Births and deaths had to be reported to the Central Statistics Office and consisted of doctor's reports on baptisms and burials, and details of marriages and divorces received from civil authorities. These civil registers are kept in the offices of the local municipality, and there is no central index, or even a local one. Slovakia registration started in 1894.

CENSUS RETURNS (Scltani Lidu): Censuses in the provinces of Czechoslovakia have been held intermittently since the seventeeth century, but many returns were destroyed after the heads had been counted. Many were used as a basis for conscription and only males were recorded. In Slovakia (Slovensko) they were held in 1809, 1880, 1890, and 1910 -contact the State Archives. Contact the National Archives for 1920 and ever ten years since.

TAX LISTS (Berni Ruly): These date back to about 1654, and many have been published for various villages by the Archives, and many more in preparation - contact the Archives in Bratislava.

LAND RECORDS (Pozemkove Knihy): These records date back to the 1500's and are the best sources of information on a descendant who owned land - contact District Archives.

EMIGRATION: No list have survived, but most Czechs and Slovaks emigrated overseas through the german ports of Hamburg and Bremen. Bremen records were destroyed during the Second World War, the Hamburg records exist for the period 1850-1934. The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has microfilmed the list.