Allen, What do you base your information on? My Poppa was from a tiny village in Czechoslovakia. He was born in 1906. He never listed his homeland as...
Carla, Google Victoria Catholic Cemetery Management System. Type in last name only. There are several Boehm listed. Then on Roots you will find three. I...
Thanks...I believe you are right...I know the first one was my husband's uncle who shot himself accidentally at 11 years old. The middle one is not known to...
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My information is based on history. Prior to the end of WW1 there was no Czechoslovakia. As a result of defeating the Germans the Czech's & Slovak's got ...
Thank-you for the history lesson. On Poppas immigration papers on Ancestry no country is listed just Libovice. On Census country is Austria-Bohemia. One...
This was supposed to Allen. paulasmaggie ... From: pfoster To: TexasCzechs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [TexasCzechs]...
While most people say our name is German I read online it was a reference to a region, usually Bohemia. It is spelled by our ancestors Bohme, Bohm, that one...
On the passenger list in 1883, my husband's family came over on the Werra... it simply stated Bohemia, but on the census is stated Bohemia in 1900. By 1930...
I am new to this group and am generally a quiet person but I am upset by all the ethnic connotations in recent postings. I am Bohemian and very proud of it....
Francis, Let me clear the air. I screwed-up. I mixed up my Nouns. The word is Bohonk (cannot even spell it) not Bohemian. That was the word was not allowed...
Carla, Take it from Cousin Pat and I. We took a road trip to Lee and Burleson Counties last October. To be able to walk where you family lived is a feeling...
I heard of Shimekville near Yoakum, Tex in Lavaca County Tony J paulasmaggie <pfosterbmt@...> wrote: Has anyone heard or been through Shimek, Texas?...
Dornak, Agnes L. View/Sign Guest Book AGNES L. DORNAK HALLETTSVILLE - Mrs. Agnes L. Dornak, 93, of Hallettsville, died Dec. 28, 2007. She was born on Jan....
I have nejoyed all this conversation about ethnic backgrounds, but let's be honest, no matter what or whom our ancestors are or were, the part that matters...
Thank you for sharing that story. I too have had a long time fascination with hobos and hoboing. I watched a documentary on it on PBS sometime ago that was...
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Hey Paula. I don't think you meant anything derogative. My parents would have a lot of arguments about being Bohemian or Czech. My mother would say she is a...
Eric, Yes I believe we probably are distantly related. Julia Kutac (Mrs. Petru, correct?) and my great grandmother (Lena Kutac Vahalik (1887-1967)) were ...
Allen, No,just mixed-up the Nouns. What I enjoy is the stories people post or in the books I have read. It did not matter whether you were Moravian, Czech,...
Rudolph E. Kocurek, a Korean War Navy veteran and a longshoreman, died Aug. 2, 2005. He was 73. Survivors include his wife, Bonnie; a daughter. Becky Kocurek...
Hi Texas Czechs Sveral years ago I bought an old LP cover, at an Estate Auction, I thought that I bought the LP named Golden Czech Memories. ZLATÉ ČESKÉ ...
Forgive me if I asked this already. Where would one find immigration papers, if someone came to America from Bohemia in 1883, but isn't listed at Ellis Island?...
I have great grandparents that were buried in Moravia Catholic Cemetary and when my mom and I went to see the graves, we could not find them. The priest there...
Hope I was not the cause of concern with talk of ethnicity. I love the thought of being Bohemian, and am proud to be a German and a Swede as well. I most...
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/cemph/lavacaph.html Is this the same one? I could only find this one in Moravia. Hope it helps... I cannot imagine they...
They could have come in almost anywhere in 1883. Lots of immigration records have been transcribed. If you can give us the names you are looking for I'm sure...
