Jim,
Ruska Nova Ves is a village next door to Presov (just east a kilometer or two) on the north bank of the Delnja River. Ruska Nova Ves means "Rusyn New Town" and salt mining was heavy in this area. It was in Saris County, Nyznotoroyskyj District. Its coordinates are 48�59'00" (or 48.983)N, 21�20'00" (or 21.333)E. The Zbojnicky castle from the 13th century was located here. The Greek Catholics living there were/are primarily 'Slovak' Greek Catholics and not Rusyns. Does this site help?
http://members.aol.com/mjhirko/Ruska_Nova_Ves.html I hope this link works. It shows a map section of Slovakia depicting the location of Ruska Nova Ves and Kokosovce:
http://mapy.zoznam.sk/browser.pcgi?M=1&Z=2&X=63&Y=20&a20.x=3&a20.y=63 Also, check out the following link if you want to find the latitude and longitude of any Slovak village/town/city:
http://www.heavens-above.com/select...lo c=Unspecified&TZ=CET [
heavens-above.com]
Kokosovce's coordinates are 48�57'00"N, 21�20'00"E (or 48.950 21.333). It is 3.7 km from Ruska Nova Ves. You can see it on the map link given above.
Mala Lodina is at 48�53'00"N, 21�08'00"E (or 48.883 21.133). Velka Lodina is at 48�52'00"N, 21�10'00"E (or 48.867 21.167) and is 3.1 km from Mala Lodina. Velka Lodina might have gotten a name change, but it does register as a current town in present-day Slovakia. Mala Lodina is just west of center between Presov in the north and Kosice in the south. Here is a map showing Mala Lodina:
http://mapy.zoznam.sk/browser.pcgi?M=1&Z=2&X=60&Y=24&a20.x=7&a20.y=62 We are almost cousins. The 'Thurs' came from Kojsov, a Rusyn town just SW of Mala Lodina. See Slovak map link given above. My great-grandfather was born in Kojsov and married a 'Pinchak' from Gelnica (also shown on map), a heavily German town.
For a 'primer' on latitude and longitude coordinates, see:
http://www.maptools.com/UsingLatLon/LatLon.html What was her great-grandparents surname who got married in Ruska Nova Ves?
Cantor Joe Thur
