Wed 8/19/2020 1:34 PM
Chris,
Yes, there is a brick wall that I’m struggling to break down.
I bought a subscription to the World Explorer version of Ancestry.com and didn’t find it useful.
There is some information on FamilySearch.org, which is the Church of Latter-day Saints website, where they are creating a single worldwide Family Tree. I have put some of our data there in hopes of finding a hint in their research.
I won’t be able to pursue Europe until I can discover precisely where our relatives came. Data there is maintained by individual communities or local churches. Until you have a place to go with the name, any search is doomed to failure.
The Elcik’s in our Family tree can be said to originate from Western Europe. Their responses in Census reports, etc. may be due as much to economics and politics as to specific geography. How they identified is as follows: Czech Republic (14), Austria (13), Austria-Hungary (4), Hungary (4), Slovakia (4), and Austria-Slovakia (3).
Someday I hope to have enough information for at least an online search of European ancestors. That journey needs a hint or two to begin.
I have reached out to my cousins for a suggestion of a town to investigate.
I also may try purchasing copies of immigration documents to see if I can get a place identified.
Uncle John