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Yes, the word kapusta means cabbage in Slovak.
Up to 1918 it was A-H
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm After the fall of A-H empire several new countries were formed and one was Czechoslovakia
www.cgsi.org which in 1993 separated into Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.
Have you locate a precise place of birth for KAPUSTA and DUDRA ancestor? What was language of your ancestors? If they put down on an US census Slovak/Slovakland than the research is in present Slovak Republic.
An ALL site for research in Slovakia:
www.iabsi.com/gen/public DUDRA, MALOVEC and KAPUSTA in SK's phone book:
www.zoznamst.sFew other sites for research:
www.cisarik.comwww.tccweb.orgwww.iarelative.comwww.pavlovics.com Found this DUDRA, Jakob Vasgyar, Hungary 17 1895 1912 arriving to America thru Ellis Island.
www.ellisislandrecords.org