Category: – Dr. John Elcik, IV

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Family Tree, etc.

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 6:08 AM

Janet,

The Family Tree I’m working on is quite robust because of the advantages computers give us.

The Tree includes information on all branches of our family, Elcik, Lucas, and more.
Ultimately, the project requires review by the people that know the individuals best. Would you be willing to review what I have on your parents? The final documents are something that I think you will cherish. And I get the satisfaction of knowing that I got their life stories right. What do you think?

Share your email address, and I will snd you four documents. There are a LifeStory and a Fact document for each parent. ?
With an eMail address, I could also provide you access to the whole Tree as a guest, contributor, or editor. Let me know if you want to do either of these options or both.

Warmest regards,

John

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Our Ties to Western Europe

Wed 7/22/2020 12:02 PM

All.

The Elcik’s in our Family tree can be said to originate from Western Europe. Their individual 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)
  • Austria-Slovakia (3)

John, IV

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Website Reviewed

July 23, 2020, 09:33 PM

Beth,

I will fix it. Thanks. Most, not all, my errors had occurred before I learned not to trust Ancestry HINTs and other people’s trees 100%. I’m getting better. At least I hope so. 🙂

You are the first of nine people to accept my offer to see/use the site. With your editor status, you should be able to do anything. For example, you even can see living people and my notes. On your Trees, I must have a contributor or guest status as I can’t see data on living people. That’s ok. I can see what I need to. Also, while you may make changes as an Editor, it is not expected. What you have done by pointed out errors is wonderful. If you notice anything, pass it along. I know I probably sent you too many notes today. Don’t worry; I will slow down as soon as I get over the initial excitement of having my first reviewer. Thank you for the comment about pictures. I have been struggling with how many? What is too much. I may have reached that point. 🙂 I also hope that you can easily download pictures. The 1910 Elcik Family photo may be too big to email. 🙂 Enjoy!

I fixed Loni Beth’s record. I’m embarrassed; I know better as for Eleanor’s name it shows correctly for me. Elinor is an alternate that was picked up in the Census. Eleanor is the preferred spelling.

John, IV

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Visit Us

July 23, 2020, 10:01 PM

Beth,

I agree about the ease of fixing. I also experienced a generation issue. I kept getting John, Jr., and John, Sr’s wives, intertwined. It got worse when I had a 3rd wife that turned out to be married to a brother. Ouch! And the New York Elcik’s were even more difficult!

I don’t think I remember snow. I have pictures, but my body has acclimated to warm weather. It would be best if you visited us. We can accommodate many visitors as Kathy (Pam’s sister) lets us use her house too.

John, IV

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New York Elcik’s

July 23, 2020, 10:15 PM

Beth,

Have you ever googled the Elcik name? If you have, there are a lot more of them than you would think. Many have the same given names. Some of them lived in Lisbon Falls before moving to New York.

My theory is that we are related. I can’t prove it. I suspect that the actual connection occurred before we immigrated to America. I reached out to a John Elcik in Rocky Point, New York, and we together have been exploring the possibility. Two of my messages and several of the Life Stories I have posted are about this theory. To date, we have not been able to identify any common ancestors.

I agree about the virus. I also don’t travel much. I don’t even leave the house much. Pam is adventurous. Not me. I miss cruises.

John Elcik from Rocky Point, New York, and his relatives are in the tree. He is listed as John Elcik, NY.

This also explains my reference to DNA testing. However, this is not my DNA story. It takes longer to tell.

John, IV

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Re: The Elcik Family Tree

July 24, 2020, 02:27 PM

Beth,

First, I think you are awesome. What you have done is incredible. Your work ethic in getting so much done is incredible. It, too, must be DNA. 🙂 I had a Facebook conversation with Janet (Lucas) about her parents and how I remember them as hard working. It is nice to know our children are inheriting these genes.

Karkos is a name I know from my research. I will eMail you something about him as soon as I find it. 🙂 Please let me know when you get the email. I tried adding a picture at the last minute. Its file is larger than some eMail program support. 🙂 

One more question? Can you find out if Annie’s parents came from Parhovjani S, Czechoslovakia? What can she or Terry tell us about how the name would have been spelled in Europe? Elsik? Or something else? You have access to a goldmine of information. Awesome! You are making my day, week, month, year… and more!

Beth, I love the information about our family that we find out in our research. But truthfully, without the software tools, this would have been too much for me to handle. You are the real expert. Interviewing to collect data. That is over the moon. I’m taking a bulldozer approach with software tools, and I feel like the proverbial bull in a china shop. I hope not to break anything.

I’m coming to a “radical” opinion about some of this. I’m beginning to see what we do as a project to PRESERVE FAMILY HISTORY first, and as an ancestry research project second, if at all. Could this shift in goal get us more support? I’m giving thought to ways we can collaborate more. I’m getting so much from this. THANK YOU!

I’m willing to bet that Terry would love to have a copy of Annie’s photo. She is about 5 years old. 🙂

John, IV