Request to the Prešov State Archive — Julia Lipcsák, born 1895

Two routes to Julia's birth record. The church book (1875–1945) is restricted online; the civil register began 1 Oct 1895, three weeks before she was born.

FamilySearch Center / affiliate library (free): sign in there and open image group 4405909, images 292 onward (Krásny Brod Greek Catholic births 1875–1945). Look for October 1895, Julia, parents John (János) Lipcsák and Mária Kovák.
Letter or email to the archive (below). The archive answers genealogy requests for a fee, usually invoiced after the search.

To: Štátny archív v Prešove, Slovenská 40, 080 01 Prešov, Slovakia — email: archiv.presov@minv.sk (check the current address at https://www.minv.sk/?statny-archiv-v-presove before sending)

Slovak (send this):

Vážená pani / Vážený pán,

prosím o vyhľadanie a zaslanie kópie (alebo výpisu) záznamu o narodení/krste:

Meno: Júlia Lipcsáková (Lipcsák, Lipčák)
Narodená: 21. októbra 1895
Miesto: Krásny Brod (maď. Laborczrév), okres Medzilaborce — gréckokatolícka farnosť Krásny Brod, prípadne štátna matrika narodených (od 1. 10. 1895)
Rodičia: Ján (János) Lipcsák a Mária, rod. Kováková (Kovák / Kohvák)
Starí rodičia z matkinej strany: Ján a Júlia Kovák

Ak je to možné, prosím aj o záznam o sobáši rodičov (Ján Lipcsák a Mária Kováková, približne 1880–1895). Rád uhradím poplatok za vyhľadanie a kópie. Prosím o zaslanie faktúry a informácie o spôsobe platby.

Ďakujem.

S pozdravom, Andrew Halahan [address] [email]

English (same request, for your reference / to attach):

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am researching my great-grandmother and would be grateful for a copy (or extract) of her birth/baptism record:

Name: Julia Lipcsák (Lipčák)
Born: 21 October 1895
Place: Krásny Brod (Hungarian: Laborczrév), Medzilaborce district — Greek Catholic parish of Krásny Brod, or the state civil birth register (from 1 Oct 1895)
Parents: John (János) Lipcsák and Mary (Mária) Kovák (Kohvák)
Maternal grandparents: John and Julia Kovák

If possible, please also search for the parents' marriage (John Lipcsák and Mary Kovák, about 1880–1895). I am happy to pay the search and copy fees; please send an invoice and payment instructions.

Thank you.

Andrew Halahan

Why these facts: birth date and place from the Ancestry tree; parents from Mary (Kohvak) Lipchak's 1926 PA death certificate (#471) and John Lipcsak's 1926 certificate (#81156); see docs/tree.md and docs/research/slovak-chalachan-lipcsak-2026-11-07.md.