 Its name in 1487 was "Bartoslevka" (1534 "Barthoslehotha"; lehota means village in Slovak).It belonged to the Esztergom Archbishopric and since 1776 to the Banská Bystrica Bishopric.The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive "Statny Archiv in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia"