So Did the Fockos Actually Emigrate From Poland? And Even From Khazaria All the Way Back From Germany?

As I told Kevin, we could've been part of the Great Jewish Migration to Khazaria per the baron named Focko.  By the way, I seriously don't think that Kevin would care if I publish the two conversations, since I started them and looked at the JewishGen records myself:

Nicole Czarnecki

We need to figure out exactly how the Polish Fockos (Foczkos) are connected. But as far as I can tell, they broke off to Poland and considered us (since we were Anusim) defectors who could stay in Aranyida (since we were meshumadim and, in their eyes, koferim) for all they cared.

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    Kevin Fosko We would need to look at the Polish records for those towns and see how far back the names can be traced. When I get the Kosice microfilm I'll look for any Focko/Foczkos. BTW, the Rusnak I thought might have converted was baptised in the 1820's. Today I hope to start looking at the Aryanidka marriages 1773-1843.
    

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    Nicole Czarnecki By the way, thank you so much! You are a blessing to our family and my families!
    

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    Kevin Fosko When do you think they migrated? If we find Jewish Focko/Foczkos in Kassa they could be related. The Hungarian Census of landowners of 1715 lists one Rusnyak and no Focko/Foczkos. But others who did not own land would not have been counted.
    

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    Nicole Czarnecki Or perhaps they emigrated from Poland. Maybe they got kicked out and moved south after converting, and the Diosgyor thing is due to the Hanzoks. Then again, a Fosko did end up in Hungary, so that the Jewish (that is, the Non-Anusi-- non-convert) Fockso moved to Poland to retain Judaism probably holds.
    

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    Nicole Czarnecki And the land thing's a point taken, too. You know, as I said, the Slovakian Fockos may've been kicked out of Poland for converting; but they could've been part of the migration when Khazaria fell, too. Maybe they were Jews who came from Germany into Khazaria (since there was a German baron named Focko, according to Wikipedia, and not much is known of him), and then came to Poland with those fleeing to Khazaria.
    

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