Competition – BEST GENEALOGICAL WORKS


The Slovak Genealogical-Heraldic Society with the aim to support the development of genealogical research of Slovakia related families and to evaluate its best results proclaims the 5th course of the competition 
BEST GENEALOGICAL WORKS 

Conditions: 

  • the competition is public (everyone can take part in it) 
  • works applied should be original, thematically focused on Slovakia related families 
  • competition will be assessed by the jury consisting of three experts (first three works will be given a prize)
  • works or parts of them, suitable for publishing, will be published by SGHS within its own abilities
  • when the competition is over all the works registered will become part of the SGHS archival collections, where they will be at disposal to other researchers
  • the competition will be assessed in October 2007 in Martin, Slovakia
  • works together with the written registration form containing a name and an address of the participant should be delivered by March 31st, 2007 to the address: 

    • SGHS, nám. J. C. Hronského 1, 036 01 Martin, Slovakia

 
 

RESULTS OF PREVIOUS COMPETITIONS

1995 (19 authors, 19 works):

  1. J. M. Lehotský: Saga of the Izák Family
  2. Ľ. Kubiš: Selec. Genealogies of Families, Trenčín 1995 (print, published by an author)
  3. J. Žilák: The Bartholomeides Family and the Destinies of its Members (typescript, later published in the periodical Obzor Gemera-Malohontu, Vol. 25, 1995, Nr. 1, pp. 29-36)
1998 (14 authors, 16 works):
  1. M. Trančík: Between Old and New. History of the Booksellers' Family Steiner in Bratislava. Bratislava 1997 (print, published by the Vydavateľstvo PT)
  2. J. Žilák: Ján Francisci-Rimavský - History of the Family
  3. F. Federmayer: The Census of Bratislava Inhabitants from the Year 1624 (typescript)
2001 (18 authors, 19 works):
  1. A. Kredatusová: The Probstners from Nová Ľubovňa and Jakubany
  2. M. Kamasová: Andrej Krasislav Mešša, the First Mining Manager, Pioneer of Mining in Veľký Krtíš, and his Family. Veľký Krtíš 2001 (PC print) J. Žilák: Genealogy of the Goldsmiths Family of Libay. Banská Bystrica 2001 (typescript)
  3. M. Jankovich: From the History of the Family Jankovich (-ych, -ič) from Podbranč 1698-1998. Trenčín 1999 (PC print) P. Kothaj: Forefathers. Banská Bystrica 2001 (PC-print)
2004 (12 authors, 17 works)
  1. Z. Ďuriška: Among mills and banks. Genealogy of the family Makovický. Martin 2002 (PC print)
  2. P. Kothaj: A book about the Čárskys. Banská Bystrica 2003 (PC print)
  3. R. Pavlovič: A Greek-Catholic family Pavlovič from Šarišské Čierne, 1693 – 1900. Prešov 2004 (PC print)
All the works were reviewed in Genealogicko-heraldický hlas