Hi Jo,



I can suggest two things to you, if you have not done them already.....



1. Search the appropriate US census films for where they settled.

Tracking them from the 1920 census backwards (much better than searching

from a certain date forwards) is the best thing to do, start with either

the 1920 or the last one in which they were alive. You can check the

section on US census on my Helpful Hints page. Searching the censuses

will give you information on children, year of naturalization and

possible year of arrival, and with that information you can go in all

kinds of directions....



2. If that area of Bohemia is now in the Czech Republic, those records

are not microfilmed. For those records you must send a request into the

appropriate archive, which can take a long time, but if you have a date

to start with they can find information for you. See the information on

http://cgsi.org/archives/archive.htm



Your other query on relatives from Germany will also need to be

researched through the censuses.



Hope this helps you.



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Maura Petzolt             Mobile Alabama USA

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Hi,

The background on my research: Wenzeslaus and Barbara (WILD) MAGES emigrated

from Oberhutten, Bohemia to Redfield, South Dakota then to New Ulm, Minnesota

and later settled in Redwood County in Minnesota.  His birthdate is 8-28-1833

and hers 2-16-1835.  They had nine or ten children.  Would like to know their

Marriage date, when and how they came to America.  Only just found out the

daughters married names.  The names are:  Anna Reitter, Barbara Lampler,

Theresa Hogan, Laura Neudecker, Mary Lauden, Sophia Haas and Katherine

Gewerth.  The sons were George (my husband's grandfather) and Wenzel.  Would

like birth dates, marriage dates, names and dates of children.



Thank you

Jo