| Terminology: As a shorthand, the comments often use the word Slovakia to refer to the present country's territory throughout history in the same way that we use shorthand to say, e.g., "the Indian paths of Pennsylvania" about a time long before the state was established, or even the first Europeans arrived. |
| ● Former country names — Q: What is the correct spelling, Czecho-Slovakia or Czechoslovakia? Click here. |
● Pre-World War I immigration — Q: I thought the only places for Slovaks to go in America was Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Youngstown... Click here. |
| ● Pittsburgh Agreement — Q: I've seen two dates, on what date was the Pittsburgh Agreement signed? Click here. |
● Church construction — Q: What are those East Slovak wooden churches made of? What is the smaller building of the same design “behind” the church? Click here. |
| ● Origin and use of the words Slovak, Slavic — Q: Why are there so many similar words, Slovak, Slavic, Slavonic, Slovakian, and how are they different? Click here. |
● Per-capita purchasing power — Q: What is the regional distribution of income in Slovakia? Click here. |
| ● Bears — Q: Is it true that the Slovak word for “bear” has something to do with honey? Click here. |
● Bryndza history and manufacture — Q: My Mother would crumble it over homemade noodles. Can you get the same taste of sheep cheese (bryndza) using... ? Click here. |
| ● Old Church Slavic, Popes, Great Moravia — Q: What was Old Church Slavic, exactly? I have a Bible that I picked up somewhere... Click here. |
● Religions, distribution, Lutheran history and name — Q: How did Slovaks become Lutheran? Click here. |
| ● Weather in Slovakia — Q: How does the weather compare to Pittsburgh? Click here. |
● Names of Bratislava — Q: Why is it the Peace of Pressburg (1805) when it was signed in Bratislava? Click here. |
| ● Lower nobility — Q: In records of my ancestral village in the mid-1800s I find the terms zeman and nobilis. Are they connected, what do they mean? Click here. |
● Genes and nations in Europe — Q: Has anyone ever estimated the amount of Asian blood in Slovak people? Click here. |
| ● Cyril and Methodius, date of feast day — Q: I thought their feast day was in February? Am I confusing them with two other guys? Click here. |
● Historical coins — Q: Was Slovak currency once called something like "zlatka"? Click here. |
| ● Villagers and nobles — Q: Did the nobleman live on his estate or hang around in Vienna? Did his wife sally forth to visit the poor and sick in the village? Click here. |
● Upper Liptov farm seasons — Q: I'm writing a novel about my ancestor from Lipt. Kokava. What were the seasons, when did farm work, frost begin; a typical fall flower? Click here. |
| ● The Slovaks' written standards — Q: Was there an early attempt at standardizing Slovak? Click here. |
● English books on Slovak immigration — Q: The only book on the subject that I know of about Slovak Americans is... Are there other books? Click here. |
| ● Communist elections — Q: My second cousin says she was a mayor. The office (during communism) of the mayor, was it elected or appointed? Click here. |
● Slovak national anthem, lyrics — Q: What is the translation and when was it written? Click here. |
| ● Slovak literature in English — Q: Is there a "reading list" of Slovak writers translated to English? Click here. |
● Making slivovitz — Q: What is the recipe for slivovica? Click here. |
| ● Were they Slovak? — Queries about celebrities' roots, click on each name: Béla Bartók, Tony Curtis, Pola Negri, Paul Newman, Jean Polereczky - Ján Polerecký, Mike Strank. |
