[Bruce Walko]

Thank you. This was a very informative presentation. I was a little familiar with the problems in Transylvania, but didn’t know about the problems in the other surrounding countries. I believe my ancestors came to Hungary from Slovakia to repopulate the villages in the early 17th century. From something you said in your presentation, I am now wondering if those ancestors had originally been living in Hungary but had been pushed north into Slovakia by the Turks.

[Bruce Walko]

Excellent presentation, Joyce! I have one passed down to me from my Hungarian great grandparents. It is 26″ x 34″ and depicts a man and woman in traditional dress in a rural scene with a village in the background. The wording says: Beautiful you are, beautiful you are Hungary. More beautiful than the whole wide world”. My great grandmother came to the US in 1905, visited Hungary in 1938, and lived until 1972 so I can’t even guess when she got it or if she embroidered it herself.
Bruce

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