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Dear Ms. Danko Stich,
Saros was a Hungarian county which is now in Slovakia. There was also a village with such name, which is now called Velky Saris. Magyarkapronca, now Koprivnica is a village in former Saros county. The total population in 1910 was 570, the ethnic breakdown was: 121 Hungarians, 15 Germans, 322 Slovaks and 112 Gypsies. The religious breakdown was: 492 Roman catholic, 31 Evangelic and 27 Jews.
The basic info about the Roman Catholic Parish Koprivnica is here:
http://schematizmus.rimkat.sk/farnosti/0181.html
The total population is 687, from this 652 are Roman Catholic. The church name is St. Andrew Apostle. The church was erected in 1520. The address of the parish office is:
Rímsko katolícky farský úrad
Koprivnica 20
086 43 Koprivnica
Slovak Republic
The phone: +421 54 7393220
The historical church records are not stored in Koprivnica! They are stored in the State Archives in Presov. The records were already microfilmed by the LDS church, thus you may order them and study in USA.
Contact me directly if you need more info.
Peter
http://www.centroconsult.sk/genealogy
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