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WOOD, John
Author: LL   Date: 16 Apr 1998
Board: Boards > Localities > North America > United States > States > Illinois > Counties > Adams
John WOOD was the first settler of Quincy, a leader in all constructive movements in the advancement of the town, city and county, and when in his seventieth year served as governor of the state, its ...
HRADECKY , RADETZKY, HRADETZKY
Author: Julien Hradecky   Date: 29 Apr 1998
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Germany > General
My ancestors came from Gross Messeritsch, Moravia (in Czech the name of the town is Velke Mezirici). I have information on my direct line of ancestry back to about 1750, but there are some dead ends o...
Locations: Zelezna & Beroun
Author: Frank Kurchina(Webmaster)   Date: 28 Sep 1998
Board: Boards > Localities > Eastern Europe > Croatia > General
Alena is a German-Czech female first name (from name Magdalena) There are 5 places called Zelezna and 3 places called Beroun located in the Czech Republic. Assuming direction and distance from Praha,...
Krabal and Finc(e)
Author: Fritz Königshofer   Date: 20 Dec 1998
Board: Boards > Regionen > Europa > Österreich > Burgenland
The Czech name of Bohemia is Czechy, therefore Czech and Bohemian mean the same thing. However, the second element in your hearsay, Slovenian, does not fit. This should likely mean "Slav" or...
LEONARD AMBROSE LIBRA
Author: Jerry Libra   Date: 09 Jun 1998
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General
Born sept 3, 1867 in Moravia Austria
Moravia
Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster)   Date: 09 Jun 1998
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General
Now part of Czech Rep. See link below.
Austria Today
Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster)   Date: 18 Jul 1998
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General
Andrea, Sure -- your messages will stay posted; I just deleted the one that was blank. One other point: in this version of GenConnect it is important how you enter the surnames in the subject line. Th...
Austria, Moravia 1881
Author: Phyllis Zeleny   Date: 10 Sep 1998
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General
I'm researching Joseph Zeleny who emigrated to the U.S. in the year 1881. His father was Joseph Zeleny and his mother was Anna Sutera or Shutera. On his marriage licenses he gave Austria, Moravia as h...
Moravia
Author: Charles Wardell (Webmaster)   Date: 12 Sep 1998
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General
Moravia is in today's Czech Republic. I recommend you post your query on the Moravia board, see link below. Also: have you tried searching your surnames with: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.h...
Re: FISCHBECK
Author: Charles Wardell   Date: 19 Apr 1998
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General
There are two Krumau in Austria and one in the Czech republic. There are also two Horitz in the Czech republic. Please check which one is the likliest by using the JewishGen StetlSeeker (see link belo...
Re: SCHNEIKART
Author: Charles Wardell   Date: 25 Apr 1998
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General
I have found two Zboras; one in Slovakia (partly former Moravia), one in Ukraine (partly former Galicia). See Shtetlseeker below to get exact location and review maps. Both Moravia and Galicia were pa...
Wexford Kehoes
Author: Bill Kehoe   Date: 29 Mar 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > United Kingdom and Ireland > Ireland > Wexford > General
Daniel and Julia Hay(e)s Kehoe might have been related to your Kehoes since it was not unusual for brothers to marry sisters in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their sons, John and Tim, settled in Sempro...
Sedlak/Czechoslovakia
Author: Frank Kurcina   Date: 10 Apr 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Slovakia > General
650 surname Sedlak listed in SSDI. This means perhaps 1,000 surname bearers living in the U.S. And I can think of a number of alternative spellings because immigrants often changed surnames upon arriv...
Strba roots
Author: Frank Kurcina   Date: 01 Mar 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Slovakia > General
Before WWI, both Slovakia and Czech-Bohemia were part of Austro- Hungarian Monarchy (1867-1918) After peace treaty, a newly-formed country of Czechoslovakia (1920-1938) was formed from the Austrian C...
Gazdick
Author: Frank Kurcina   Date: 11 Mar 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Slovakia > General
Z^diar is located in eastern Slovakia near Poprad and near current Polish border. Z^diar (S) Zár (H), Slovakia was Upper Hungary (Felvidék) then and part of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (1867-...
Hard to find names
Author: Frank Kurcina   Date: 23 Mar 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Slovakia > General
That's par for the genealogical course. Suggest that Hrebenyak/Hrebanak are the same surname. Hreben^ means comb, ridge. Perhaps Slovak or Polish origin ? Or of Carpatho-Rusyn (or Ukrainian) origin ?...
looking for ancestors
Author: Frank Kurcina   Date: 16 Apr 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Slovakia > General
Deciphering handwriting in ship manifests can be very difficult. What language was the PL written in ? I know it was English. But, was the spelling in Hungarian ? Was it a German ship ? Until 1920 th...
Kiszonak
Author: Frank Kurcina   Date: 10 May 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Slovakia > General
Surnames were not born in Czechoslovakia at turn of century. There was no country called Czechoslovkia until 1920. Before WWI, both Czech-Bohemia and Slovakia were part of Austro-Hungarian Empire. I...
Family Name
Author: Ladislav Sibl   Date: 21 Mar 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > Western Europe > Switzerland > General
Georg Scheubelin (1569-1630) lived in Sudetenland (Altvater - Gebirge) moved to this part of todays Czech Republic from south Germany (supposedly). His son Hannes Scheubel (1596-1665)(without in on th...
Cemetary/Church Records
Author: PAWNEE4023   Date: 05 Apr 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Germany > General
I am seeking information from church and cemetary records in the Moravia section of Germany of the above named person. He was born abt. 1813 in the Moravia Section of Germany. Emigrated to US bet. 183...
KEREK
Author: Frank Kurchina (Webmaster)   Date: 20 Mar 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > Eastern Europe > Croatia > General
Often there are Slavic word connections between countries. And perhaps you have a Serb-Croatian connection ? In Croatian Srp means sickle. And Srpski means Serbian. In Czech/Slovak, word Srb means S...
Skolaut information
Author: Rheta29   Date: 09 Apr 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General
My grandfather, Albert Joseph Skolaut was born in Reschen on Feb 9, 1862. His father was Albert Skolauth, born about 1820 in Johnsdorf, Moravia and died between 1887-1889. He married a Klara Leiter. A...
Mährisch Neustadt?
Author: Fritz Königshofer   Date: 03 Feb 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Austria > General
The place where your greatgrandparents were born might be Mährisch (Maehrisch) Neustadt, today's Unicov, northnorthwest of Olomouc, in Moravia, Czech Republic, then part of the Austrian Empire.
WEIHL
Author: Frank Kurcina   Date: 05 Jun 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Slovakia > General
There were no country called Czechoslovakia until 1920. Before WWI, Czech-Bohemia was part of the Österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie (1867-1918). Czech-Bohemia (including Moravia 1849-1918) was...
Location & surname
Author: Frank Kurchina   Date: 23 Jul 1999
Board: Boards > Localities > Central Europe > Slovakia > General
There are three place names called Labut in the Czech Republic. One is 36 miles east of Praha, another is 160 miles east of Praha, and the third is located 84 miles WSW of Praha. What else do you kno...

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