Czech Republic
Bohemia and Moravia
Genealogical Research
The Czech, Bohemian, and Moravian Genealogical Research Page offers tools, resources, and information to help you search your Czech family history and ancestry. You will also find links to a wealth of information on the area now known as the Czech Republic. Stop at the What's New page to see latest changes to this site
The
Family Tree Maker 2008 is now available
While your here be sure to add your family search information to Czeching Out Our Ancestors. Stop by and see if someone is researching your family name or add your surnames and email address. There is no charge for the listings, updated daily.
Free Trial - Ancestry.com World Deluxe Membership.
Each month we will will be featuring a new Book of the Month in our Czech and Slovak Bookstore.
Czech Chicken Noodle Soup - Recipe, customs, traditions and memories. A must read.
Vote for your Favorite Czech Christmas Carol or check the results to date to see which Koledy is winning the poll
If you have a question, try the Czech Genealogy Research forum. Over 50,000 questions and answers are on line. Your answer may be waiting already.
We invite you to join us for a Wedding
in the Eastern European Tradition complete with Czech, Bohemian, and Moravian wedding customs
Notes of a Teacher On Emigration Circa 1905. Quoted in "Our Slavic Fellow Citizens"
by Professor Emily G. Balch.
Singing in Czech - A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire
Learn
how to get a free or low cost map of your ancestral village from the Library of Congress too.
The third map added is a street map of Prague, circa 1900. Fourth map is
a map of the States of the Germanic Confederation - 1836
by G. Boynton.
BabyZone
Czech and Slovak Given Names
Saint John Nepomuk Roman Catholic Church, the oldest Czech parish in America,
was the Mother Church for almost all early
Catholic eastern European immigrants to Saint Louis, Missouri.
A limited supply of their 125th Anniversary
Book is available, a most fascinating account of the early Czech
Catholic settlers of Saint Louis
St. Wenceslaus Roman Catholic Church, Saint Louis, Missouri,
Parish History
The story of the Infant
Jesus of Prague along with the history and traditions surrounding the statue
Moravian Church Genealogy Links
Vaclav Burant brought his family to America from Radous, Czechoslovakia
in 1874. His youngest son, Eduard, loved music and grew up to be an
accomplished musician. He was a charter member of the Cleveland
Orchestra and also one of the original Sousaphone players in the "John
Phillips Sousa Band".
Czech Classical Music
on line
Sailings from Fiume to New York by the
Cunard line in 1911
A little guide to North
Moravia Parish Books
A little guide to North
Moravian Military Records
The Catholic Order of Foresters Benevolent Society
Old Czech photo of the SPJST Lodge in Gonzales, Texas
Czech Heritage Society of Texas Bexar
County Chapter
The book,
Texas Graveyards
A Cultural Legacy is quite interesting
Texas-Czech - Bohemian-Moravian Bands
historical recordings collection
Tex-Czech Polkas and
Conjunto! Texas-Mexican Border Music, V. 5 -- Polkas de Oro
at Rounder Records
The Czech and Slovak Collections at the Library of Congress
Ethnographic and Religious Divisions of the
Czecho-Slovak Republic based on the 1930 Census of the Czecho-Slovak Republic
The US Census Bureau Census 2000 web page
Commerce Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Robert J.
Shapiro and Census Bureau Director Kenneth Prewitt release the first set of
Census 2000 numbers: the resident population and Congressional apportionment
totals for each state via internet RealVideo Broadcast
Hutterite Place Names
in Europe at the FEEFHS East European MAP ROOM has a map of 16th and 17th
century Hutterian communities in Moravia and Slovakia
Czechs per Square Mile based on the 1990 United States Census and a link to
the site where you can make your own maps down to the county level based on
hundreds of pieces of demographic data. This is a fun site for all ages.
Radio Prague's History Online,
a fifteen page history of the Czech Republic with graphics -
This is a must visit site!
Moravian translations
Nina Trnka's Czech/English English/Czech
Translation Dictionary
Karen Rondestvedt, Curator for Slavic
& East Europen Collections at Stanford University Libraries
The
Czech Republic at Virtual Jerusalem, Jewish Communities of the World
Czech and Slovak Staged photography
The Czech National Library in Prague
Emmer, Hönig & Müller Genealogy Service
Czech and Slovak Travel Information and Tours by
Weber Travel Agency
includes photos from their last Czech and Slovak tours
Magical Journys in
Bohemia
The Global Bookstore for
the traveler to the Czech and Slovak Republics
Armchair World's Tips
for Travelers to Eastern Europe
If you need some Slovak and Czech speaking software, just contact
Eurocenter and
Software602, Inc., a subsidiary of biggest Czech-Slovak software producer
that also offers Slovak speaking software in United States
Current Weather Forecast for
Prague and other cities in Czech Republic
Czech Eating Out
Ole Czech Bakery & Smokehouse
Czech style Smoked meats and Kolache shipped to your door
Mrs. Mauro's Potica - great nut roll
We now have a chat room in the new forum. We need a volunteer to host a
chat at specific times and dates. If you would like to take on this
responsibility, leave email to
chat@iarelative.com. As soon as we have a chat leader, the times and
dates will be posted. Take a look around the
Chat Area.
It is open 24 hours a day and free for you to use for your Czech, Bohemian or
Moravian family research.
Post your surnames and villages of interest on the internet along with your
email contact information.
Czeching Out Our Ancestors is updated daily.
Stop by and see if someone is researching your family name or add your
surnames and email address. There is no charge for the listings that
now contains over 12,000 surnames.
A Barrel of Links for genealogy
Root Diggin' Dept. by
Janyce with extensive links.
How To Save Your Stuff From
a Disaster
How to get Vital
Records Information for all 50 states
The United States USGenWeb Project,
Genealogy by state and county
Historic
Events and Birth Dates of the Day by Scope Systems
U.S. 1990 Census Surname and First Name Search showing
frequency of first names and the 89,000 most common surnames in America
InfoSpace white pages,
yellow pages, blue pages, 800 directory, and fax directory for the United
States, Canada, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, France, Malaysia, Netherlands,
New Zealand, and Slovenia
Canada's Geographical Names! Search and retrieve geographic information.
or write We thank everyone who made contributions to our world wide web site since
we went on line in January for making this award happen.
Eastern Slovakia - Slovak and Carpatho-Rusyn
Genealogy Research
Czechoslovakia at the Century of Progress, Chicago, Illinois 1933
For a Czech perspective on the news see
news-4-u.com Czech News
sources updated daily
You can Order Birth and Death Records Online! at Ancestry.com
The book Culture and Customs of the Czech Republic and
Slovakia By Craig Cravens just published last year makes great reading
The Czechoslovak Cookbook, Czechoslovakia's Best-Selling Cookbook Adapted for
American Kitchens Includes Recipes for Authentic Dishes Like Goulash, Apple Strudel,
and Pischinger Torte by Joza Brizova and C. Adams was translated to English by
A. Vahalla (Translator)
Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho Slovak Struggle for Liberty.
Reprint of the work by Vladimir Nosek Secretary To The Czecho-Slovak Legation In
London in 1918
The Czech Embassy, Washington, D.C.
If you have Czech ancestry, you will find the work in progress,
Czech Settlements and Communities in the US By Miloslav Rechcigl. Jr. very interesting
The Czech Republic: A
Curriculum Guide for Secondary School Teachers Created by the Center for
Russian and East European Studies University Center for International Studies
at University of Pittsburgh April 2004
Czech - Languages Of The World language learning course
Celebrate your Czech Heritage in song and dance at our new
Czech Music Shop. Listen to
Czech Melody Time hosted by Dennis Svatek on line
The Rozmberk Society Kojakovice
Peasant Museum in the Czech Republic has a permanent exhibition on emigration from South
Bohemia to America, linked to a long-term genealogy project
Ship Arrivals from Europe
1727 to 1930
The first map in our new Map Resource section was Moravia,
1760, the second is Bohemia, Silesia, and Moravia 1895.
Maps & Guidebooks by Rand McNally Publishers
The Czech legend of the Golem
MSN On Line Atlas of the Czech Republic
Emigration to the USA from the Policka region in 1850 - 1890,
Genealogical Seminar, full text of the presentation on the of the
Czech Heritage Society of Texas in Hillsoboro, TX, in July this year by
Karel Kysilka
The Survey of Czech and Slovak Historic Sites and Monuments
in America can use your help
FamilySearch® of the International Genealogical Index of the Church
of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, LDS Ancestral File, and Family
History Library Catalog had its formal opening on 24 May 1999.
The Prague Municipal Archives and information on contacts and services
From Good King Wenceslas to the Good Soldier Svejk - A Dictionary of
Czech Popular Culture by Andrew Roberts
Every week we will be posting a new Photo of
the Week. This week we feature the Czech Hall in Yukon, Oklahoma.
Find out how you can have your favorite picture featured as the Photo of the
Week too.
The official information page for Cesky Krumlov
located along the Vlatava River south of Prague with tour of the colorful
painted castle and tower
The Czech, Slovak, and Carpatho-Rusyn
Genealogical Research Question
and Answer Forum now has a special section for Czech, Bohemian, and
Moravian family research. See if you can help someone with a question about
research in the area or post any question you may have. The forum will now
have both Topics and Threads.
The National Czech & Slovak Museum &
Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The long overdue alphabetic index to Czeching
Out Our Ancestors is now available with over 12,000 surnames posted
through 31 July 1999
Czech Language Video Cassettes at our
new Czech and Slovak Movie Page
Get a piece of Czech and Slovak history to share
with your family
Weather forecast and current conditions for the Czech Republic and the
towns of Brno, Cervena, Cheb, Churanov, Holesov, Kocelovice, Kostelni
Myslova, Liberec, Milesovka, Ostrava, Prague Libus, Prague, Pribyslav,
Primda, and Usti Nad Orlici
Female Czech and Slovak Given Names
and Male Czech and Slovak Given Names at
Kabalarian Philosophy
Preserving Czech Cultural Heritage in America
Traditional Czech
Etiquette and Customs
Two classic Moravian folk songs, Kaca and
Cibulanka, are now available for you
listening pleasure in midi format. If your using Internet Explorer 3.0,
that's Kaca playing in the background
Bohus' Czech Polka/Waltz
Midi Page
November 2 - All Souls Day in the Czech republic
Infant
of Prague Church, Cheektowaga, NY
A Short Introduction to the
History, Customs and Practices
of the Moravian Church
Kostohryz and Rydel
- Looking Back 400 Years on a Czech family
Karel Kysilka Czech Page
The Masek Family History
The Simecek Family Genealogy Forum
The Andraschko Genealogy website also
researching the names Schacherl, Schneider, Hikke, and Paulik or Paulus
The
Frus - Pycha Family Home Page - Czech it Out
Heinrich Family History
Worldwide research of the Heinrich Family & many German Moravian, German
Bohemian, Moravian, Bohemian, German, Czech and related families
The Jelen Family Tree
and Genealogy
Vopal, Bilski, Kaluzny, and Zaroff
Genealogy
Tatounova Genealogy
with focus on Czech genealogical research in the Czech archives
The Zrostlik
(and relatives) recently enhanced home web site
The Trojka Family
(Troyka Family) Home Page
In remembrance of
Wilhelm Maul
The Zabel
Family Homepage
The Dvorak Family Web Site
The
John Halaychik Family Home Page
Obituary of Marie Franclova and information on
the Franzl / Francl Family
Stary Family (1876 to present),
Kozikowski Family (1884 to 1986), Murany/Muranko Family (1840 to present), and the Vargo
Family (1864 to present)
- The
Horak Family
of Vamberk, Bohemia at the Girvan Family Pages
Dave Fashenpour
and this is my family
Anna
and Jerry Chlup tell their story
Mike Linksvayer: Names
Karel Kysilka's
Homepage, Napajedla, Czech Republic
The Eichler Family
web page
The Moravian composer,
Leos Janacek
The Ruzicka / Rose /
Staroba / Manchak / Senio family page
Radio Prague's Virtual Cemetery fetures the graves of famous Czechs
and All Souls Day
in the Czech Republic
Report on the Czech and Slovak America Conference
in Minneapolis April 24-26, 1999
The Czech Research List
at the FEEFHS
What's A Wend?
by Russell Szlauosch (Schwausch)
Old Homes of New Americans was written in
1913 to explain what an Austro-Hungarian was to their new neighbors in
America. It offers an interesting perspective on the stereotypes and prejudices
facing the Austro-Hungarian immigrant in their new country
Who's Who in Central Europe - 1933
The book To Reap a Bountiful Harvest: Czech Immigration beyond the Mississippi,
1850-1900 makes for great reading
On line - O Pioneers!, the book
by Willa Cather
The Czech Genealogy Page
with a GEDCOM index of over 7,000 individuals
The American Czech Educational
Center, Saint Louis, Missouri
The Czech Center, New York
North Moravian
Genealogical Resources
Information on the Moravian
Heritage Society, publishers of the Morava Krasna quarterly,
Helene
B. Cincebeaux, editor who has a Bohemian and Moravian
Wedding Traditions exhibit planned for fall 1998
The Czech KJT, Catholic Union of Texas
Moravian Art for Web Pages courtesy of the Moravian Church
The German-Bohemian Heritage Society
Homepage
The Czech Republic Cross Index
at the FEEFHS
Anne's Bohemia - Czech Literature and Society, 1310-1420
A Short
History of Austria-Hungary by H. Wickham Steed, Walter Alison Phillips, and
David Hannay, published 1914
The ethnic
breakdown of the Czech Republic, Part of
Ethnologue
Czech Heritage Society of Texas
Home Page
Czech-Slovak USA Queen Pagent
in Wilbur, Nebraska
The
Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International, publisher of the
nase Rodina quarterly now has a new URL
Information on getting a free copy of Czech & Slovak Connections
Archives of the Czechs and Slovaks Abroad at the University of Chicago
Czech Genealogy
Research Aids
The Institute for Historical Family Research (IHFF)
Books on Bohemia
The Czechs
in America by George Kovtun, Czech Area Specialist, European
Division, at the European Reading Room of
the Library of Congress
Felix Gundacker offers
genealogical research in the lands of the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.
and has a
Guide to Archives and Parish-Registers of what was formerly the
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in the English language
Stitched With Love - a review of the Czech &
Slovak folk art and folk dress exhibit from the Baine/Cincebeaux Collection
and Ethnic Heritage Festival in Baltimore
John Snow,
researcher in the 1800's in the battle against cholera, one of the
biggest killers in the villages of Czech
Historical Atlas of East Central Europe, an atlas that covers all of East
Central Europe, from the early fifth century through 1992 by Paul Robert
Magocsi is worth getting from your library
Czech Republic FAQ page
Czech and Slovakian Arms,
a brief history
Radio-Praha broadcasting in RealAudio
Czech Americans in Sports
by Mila Rechcigl
St. Martin's Declaration, 28 October 1918
Eduard Benes, Czecho-Slovak leader
On line Phone
Directory for the Czech Republic
Translations of Slovak and Czech documents, Martin Gregor
and the Czech and Slovak
Yellow Pages
Czech/English and
English/Czech
on line dictionary
The University of Ostrava with city
information
REESWeb: Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pittsburgh
Slovak Roots - Getting Started,
A Guide for Researching Your Roots in the Slovak and Czech Republics by
John A. Hudick, is required reading.
The Jews of Bohemia and Moravia: A Historical Reader
This year was the 59th anniversary of
Czech Days in Tabor, South Dakota, see what you missed and get the dates for 2008
Jindrichuv Hradec,
Bohemia
Brno in south
Moravia is the second largest city in the Czech Republic
Plzen, the metropolis of
West Bohemia
Hotel Drnholec in the Czech republic
Welcome to
Stary Maletin, Czech Republic
Nový Hrozenkov, Czech Republic
History of Holešov with photos
Prague, Grafitti,
a rather strange but interesting site on urban art
The Jews of Bohemia and Moravia: A Historical Reader
Telc,
the historic center, A UNESCO World Heritage Site
A History of Zlin
Czech Republic by the Czech Centres of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
The United States Embassy
of the Czech Republic
The latest information on the
Slovak and Czech Archives
by Duncan B. Gardiner
A collection of Czech Flags
in various graphic formats and sizes
at the Flags of the World
City and Town Plans
of the Czech Republic from Generations Press
CESNET has
much information on the Czech Republic
Soc.Genealogy.Slavic
exists to support the new unmoderated newsgroup for Slavic
genealogy discussions.
Czech Academy of Fine Arts
- Akademie vytvarnych umeni
T&P Research professional researchers
providing services focused on genealogical help in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic
Dvorana is a Czech travel agency
specializing in folk music heritage and genealogical tours of the
country
Central European multilingual
utilites for Windows at Fingertip Software
How's the weather
in the Czech Republic today?
The Zlata Praha Restaurant in Astoria, New York has their menu
on line
The Foods and Recipes Message Index for
Genealogy Czech and Slovak at Delphi Forums, 1998-2007
Making Sauerkraut and Pickled Vegetables at Home - Creative recipes for lactic
fermented food to improve your health by Klaus Kaufmann and Annelies
Schoneck is a great book for under $10.00
Experience Easter in the Slovak and
Carpatho-Rusyn Tradition
We invite you to join us for a
Celebration of Christmas in the
Czech, Bohemian, and Moravian Tradition
Links to Genealogy Sites
Ellis Island Wall of Honor
History Buff's Homepage is devoted to press coverage
of events in American history
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
now with an amazing 265,000 links
Ukrainian
WWW Links with 2,900+ links to pages about the Ukraine
Eastern Slovakia, Slovak and Carpatho-Rusyn
Genealogy Research with a special section called
Searching in Slovakia
for posting your family information that now contains over 8,200 surnames
Karolus Genealogy with an English menu,
scroll to the bottom left frame
GenWeb's listing of
Indexed Family Information on the WWW
Surname to Soundex converter at the Rand Genealogy Club. Soundex is
the indexing system used in the U.S. Census records.
The Saint Louis
Genealogical Society home page
3,500 surnames appearing in the index to the
Pitzman's 1878 St. Louis Atlas
The
American Genealogical Lending Library has an online catalog of reference
material available.
The National Archives in Washington, D.C. on line
Catalog of Genealogical
Holdings
The Newberry Library
is an independent research library. The holdings comprise over 1.4 million
volumes, 5 million manuscript pages, and 75,000 maps. They have a very
strong Genealogy Department.
The United States Library of Congress American
Memory Historical Collections for the National Digital Library
- This is a MUST VISIT site!
AAA Map'n'Go CyberRouter by DeLorme
Mapping
Notable
Citizens of the Planet Earth features biographies of the famous
Abbreviations used
in genealogy
Numbering Systems in Genealogy is a great explanation of numbering
systems used in genealogy by Richard Pence.
Mail Order Genealogy. How to get ripped off
by mail if you don't read the fine print.
Twenty Ways
to Avoid Genealogical Grief
Free on line
Soundex Calculator for working with census indexes and microfilms
If you plan on doing an oral history, be sure to read the list of
Oral History
Questions at Gene Pool before you get started
Tips for International
Research of your family history
U.S. Genealogical Resources by State -
Comprehensive resources to aide in your family research and genealogy including
courthouses, cemeteries, funeral homes, clubs, organizations, libraries, museums,
societies, and professional researchers.
The Journal of Online Genealogy
Everton's Genealogical Helper magazine
on line edition
Before you search through microfilm rolls of old church registers,
be sure to read the tutorial on
Deciphering Old Handwriting
at the Treasure Maps Genealogy
Research Room Page
Restoring
Old Photographs that have faded
Calendars,
a detailed explanation and rules for calendars
New Steamship
Consultants is the World's Largest Dealer of Original Ocean Liner
Memorabilia
Park Genealogical Books has an
extensive group of eastern European reference books available
U.S. Bureau of Census
Switchboard,
an on line searchable listing of 90,000,000 households in America
Yahoo! People Search
surname searcher and reverse telephone look-up utility that is handy for
people like me who write a number down without a name on a regular basis.
U.S. Geographic Name Server
To make suggestions, additions and corrections to these pages send
e-mail to Greg@iarelative.com
Greg Kopchak, 2233 Keeven Lane Florissant, MO 63031 USA
+(314) 831-9482
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