This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lRC.2ACE/87.674 Message Board Post: I have some info on the Kermes family from Bohemia. I'll get it together and send it - let me know what you have Thanks

Sure. If they came in during the 1880's or thereabouts, they probably came into New York at the Castle Garden immigrations site. Try your surnames of interest in the Castle Garden search engine on the Castle Garden site at: http://www.castlegarden.org/ We found several of my wife's Moravian ancestors on that site: the names of those who came, what ship they came on, and when they arrived (it was Kaiser family from Bzenec.) It's a marvelous website. Good luck. Bill Pease -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 2:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Czech immigration circa 1880's This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRC.2ACE/3503 Message Board Post: Most of my Czech ancestors immigrated from places in Southern Bohemia to Chicago in the mid-1800's ~ does anyone know of/have a source that lists Czech immigrants during that time frame (specifically 1885 +/- a few years). I don't know where to start looking?! My 1880's immigrant surnames are Piksa, Vrhel, Mojzis. Thanks in advance for any help!

>Reply-To: "Cultural Section" <[email protected]> >From: "Cultural Section" <[email protected]> >Subject: Registration soon to end - Volby / Elections 2006 >Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:05:33 -0400 >Organization: Czech Embassy > >Volby 2006 > >Velvyslanectvi Ceske republiky ve Washingtonu >oznamuje, ze ve dnech 1. a 2. cervna 2006 se budou >konat volby do Poslanecke snemovny Parlamentu Ceske >republiky. Voleb se mohou zucastnit i cesti obcane >zijici v zahranici. Volebnimi misty budou opet >Velvyslanectvi CR ve Washingtonu a Generalni konzulaty >Ceske republiky v Chicagu, Los Angeles a New Yorku. > >Zakladni podminkou ucasti ve volbach je registrace >volice ve zvlastnim seznamu volicu vedeneho >velvyslanectvim nebo generalnim konzulatem. Pisemna >zadost o zapis do seznamu musi byt predana >prislusnemu zastupitelskemu uradu nejpozdeji do 23. >dubna 2006. Velvyslanectvi CR ve Washingtonu bude za >timto ucelem OTEVRENO v sobotu 22. dubna i v nedeli >23. dubna, vzdy od 9 hodin rano do 4 hodin odpoledne. > >Blizsi informace o registraci a volbach je >mozne ziskat na webove strance velvyslanectvi >www.mzv.cz/washington, nebo na telefonnim cisle >(202)274-9137. > >Upozornujeme, ze pri vlastnim hlasovani se volic musi >prokazat platnym pasem nebo obcanskym prukazem Ceske >republiky. > >Velvyslanectvi Ceske republiky, Washington >konzularni oddeleni > >*** > >Elections 2006 > >Embassy of the Czech Republic would like to inform all >Czech citizens about upcoming elections to the Chamber >of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. >Elections will be held on June 1 and 2, 2006. >Elections are open for all Czech citizens living >abroad. Voting will be organized again at the Embassy >of the Czech Republic in Washington, DC, and at >Consulates General of the Czech Republic in Chicago, >Los Angeles, and New York. > >The basic requirement for voting abroad is to register >with the Embassy or Consulate General. Written >requests must be delivered to the appropriate office >no later than April 23, 2006. The Czech Embassy in >Washington DC will be OPEN on Saturday, April 22 and >Sunday, April 23, from 9 a.m - 4 p.m. > >For detailed information, please visit the website of >the Embassy www.mzv.cz/washington, or call >(202)274-9137. > >Please be advised that a valid Czech passport or valid >Czech identification card is required for voting. > >Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington >Consular Department >

>Reply-To: "Cultural Section" <[email protected]> >From: "Cultural Section" <[email protected]> >Subject: Film Screening - Angel Exit (Andel >Exit), April 26 at 7:00 pm at the Czech Embassy >Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 09:56:19 -0400 >Organization: Czech Embassy > > >Dear Friends of Czech Culture: > >On Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 7:00 pm, the >Embassy of the Czech Republic will screen >Director Vladimir Michalek’s film Angel Exit (Andel Exit). > >This is Vladimir Michalek’s fourth feature based >on a book by Jachym Topol (who had a hand in >writing the script). The film centers around a >drug dealer named Mikes who lives in Prague and >longs to escape his own clichéd life. It is a >gangster story from the periphery of the Smichov >district of Prague, a junkie horror tale about >the missing fifth element, and a love story >about blood and two choices. Everything in the >film has fused into a single drunken dream that >we would like to shake off, while knowing all >along that it contains more truth than sober >wakefulness. The movie was shot digitally and >then transferred to film, and this became its >main artistic attribute. (Dir. Vladimir >Michalek, 2000, 100 min., Czech with English subtitles.) > >The film received seven Czech Lion nominations >in 2000 and was awarded two Czech Lion Awards >for Best Film Editing and Best Design Achievement. > >Filmmaker Vladimir Michalek was born in 1956 in >Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic. From >1987-1992, he studied Documentary Production at >FAMU (the Czech Film and Television Academy in >Prague) and worked at Barrandov Studios as an >assistant director while still a student. After >graduating from FAMU, he worked as an assistant >director with foreign directors. He as well >began to make documentary films and has been >directing feature films since 1989. He has >worked with 26 directors including: Bernhard >Wicky (The Spider’s Web I and II - 1986, 1988), >P. Weigel (Romeo and Juliet in the Village, >1989), and Ted Kotchef (The Shooter, 1995). > >Michalek’s feature films include America >(Amerika), Forgotten Light (Zapomenute svetlo), >Sekal Has to Die (Je treba zabit Sekala), Prague >Stories (Praha ocima…), and Autumn Spring (Babi leto). > >For reservations, please call 202/274-9100 x. >3413. If you have additional questions, please call 202/274-9105. > >Take care, >Mary E. Fetzko

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRC.2ACE/3503 Message Board Post: Most of my Czech ancestors immigrated from places in Southern Bohemia to Chicago in the mid-1800's ~ does anyone know of/have a source that lists Czech immigrants during that time frame (specifically 1885 +/- a few years). I don't know where to start looking?! My 1880's immigrant surnames are Piksa, Vrhel, Mojzis. Thanks in advance for any help!

PRIBAN, Wenzl 37, Maria 33, Johan 8, Barbara 3/4, Bohemia; Olbers, 30 July 1867; Chicago Hope this is your Vaclav. Roger

I now know that my GGF/GGM came to this country in 1867 as a family with two children. Will someone try a Baca look-up for Vaclav/James Priban from Bohemia [b. 1830] as well as Maria/Mary wife [b.1836], son John [b.1859], and daughter Barbora [b.1865]. They immigrated to St. John, Lake County, Indiana. dolores desideri Looking for: Desideri, Innocenti, Lupori, Lenzi, Priban, Janecek, and Antos.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lRC.2ACE/3502.1 Message Board Post: Telnitz is not misspelling, it is the German name for the village Telnice. Untill 1918 Bohemia and Moravia were part of Austrian-Hungarian Empire, where German was the official language - therefore documents of your ancestor were written in German. You are lucky to know for sure that your Telnice is in Moravia. There is also another village of the same name in Bohemia, quite far away. Your Telnice is located very near to the city Brno (which is the centrum of Moravia). About 1250 inhabitants, 450 houses. First written notice from the year 1244 but acc. to historical research was the place inhabited since the Stone Age. During the famous Battle of Austerlitz many hard fights took place in Telnice.

>Reply-To: "Cultural Section" <[email protected]> >From: "Cultural Section" <[email protected]> >Subject: Booksigning: Travelers' Tales Prague - May 6 in Dupont >Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:48:48 -0400 >Organization: Czech Embassy > >Dear Friends of Czech Culture: > >I just wanted to let you know about an upcoming event in the DC area. > >May 6, 2006 at 5:30 pm >(Washington, DC) >Author David Farley will be presenting a reading and booksigning of >his recent work Travelers' Tales Prague, a collection of travel >essays on Prague and the Czech Republic, that also includes >contributions from Ivan Klima, Paulina Porizkova, Francine Prose, >Jan Morris, Aaron Hamburger, and many other writers. The reading >will be taking place at Candida's World of Books located in Dupont >Circle (1541 14th Street, NW) beginning at 5:30 pm. For more >information, visit ><http://www.candidasworldofbooks.com/>http://www.candidasworldofbooks.com/. > >Directions from the Metro: >The closest Metro stops are: Dupont Circle (Red Line, take the Q >Street exit and walk due East for 5 blocks) and U Street/Cardozo >(Green line, walk to the corner of 14th and U, then South for about >5 blocks on 14th Street). > >Directions from the Bus: >The 52 bus stops just outside the front doors on 14th and Q Streets. >Take care, >Mary E. Fetzko

Have you had any luck from a direct contact dealing with this for you? If not, write back and I'll give it a try. Joe Shar wrote: >I have a one page letter from Valasska Senice that I would >like translated. I can scan and send as an attachment. > >Also, could someone please translate the following from a >very nice picture postcard (sorry, diacritics explained in >parentheses): > >Velikonocni pozdrav. (hacek over c, acute accent over i) >Krasne (acute accents over a and e)prozili (hacek over z, >acute accent over last i) velikonocnich (hacek over first c, >acute accent over last i) svatku (acute accent over a, >circle over u) a bohatou pomlazku (acute accent over a) ze >srdce preje (hacek over r). >Vesele (acute accent over last e) Velikonoce. > >Thanks in advance, >Sharon > > >==== CZECH Mailing List ==== >The mailing list is configured to reply only to the list. If you are making a personal reply to a poster, it will be necessary to delete the list address and add the individual's address. > > > > >

Dear ? Telnitz was the German name of Telnice (present Czech name of the location). On my site, you will find a complete gazetteer of all locations of Czech, Austrian and Slovenian Republic, with old and present names, begin of records, competent parishes and parishes before, old district and competent archives. if you have any question, please, contact me directly via [email protected] With kind regards, Ing. Felix Gundacker professional genealogist for Austria, Bohemia and Moravia IHFF Genealogie Gesellschaft mbH Pantzergasse 30/8 Austria, A-1190 WIEN Tel = +43 1 369 97 29 Fax = +43 1 369 97 30 email: [email protected] http://www.ihff.at   -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. April 2006 06:33 An: [email protected] Betreff: [CZ] Location of Telnitz (sp) in Moravia? This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: kostron Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRC.2ACE/3502 Message Board Post: I am looking for the town of Telnitz (as spelled in naturalization papers) in Moravia. I suspect this is probably a mispelling of Telnice. Frank Kostron immigrated from this town in the early 1900s. Any help would be appreciated ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== If you'd like to search our archives, please visit http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CZECH

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: kostron Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRC.2ACE/3502 Message Board Post: I am looking for the town of Telnitz (as spelled in naturalization papers) in Moravia. I suspect this is probably a mispelling of Telnice. Frank Kostron immigrated from this town in the early 1900s. Any help would be appreciated

I would like to know if I am correct in saying that in CZ,say in the early 1900's, that a single female would wear a wreath on her head made of flowers and the back had all colored ribbons?The young male wore a hat, that had feathers for each female he went out with,and when he got engaged the feathers were clipped.This came from a book of costumes so I want to be correct as I am hosting a CZ table for a luncheon,and there will be a CZ outfit on a doll to be auctioned off. Comments Please....Thank You Libby/Florida

I have a one page letter from Valasska Senice that I would like translated. I can scan and send as an attachment. Also, could someone please translate the following from a very nice picture postcard (sorry, diacritics explained in parentheses): Velikonocni pozdrav. (hacek over c, acute accent over i) Krasne (acute accents over a and e)prozili (hacek over z, acute accent over last i) velikonocnich (hacek over first c, acute accent over last i) svatku (acute accent over a, circle over u) a bohatou pomlazku (acute accent over a) ze srdce preje (hacek over r). Vesele (acute accent over last e) Velikonoce. Thanks in advance, Sharon

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRC.2ACE/3501.1 Message Board Post: John, I have sent you an e-mail directly. Robert

John, thank you and a Happy and Blessed Easter to you. Mary Arkansas -------------- Original message -------------- From: john dvorak <[email protected]> > To all my friends I want to extend each and every one > a most happy and blessed Easter! Thank you for being > there when I needed you! > Sincerely and with all good wishes for this year, > John Dvorak > Michigan > > > > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > Please do not repost the whole digest when replying to mail. >

To all, Veselé Velikonoce - Happy Easter. Alice Janosova De Nardo ----- Original Message ----- From: john dvorak<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 4:07 AM Subject: [CZ] HAPPY EASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To all my friends I want to extend each and every one a most happy and blessed Easter! Thank you for being there when I needed you! Sincerely and with all good wishes for this year, John Dvorak Michigan ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== Please do not repost the whole digest when replying to mail

To all my friends I want to extend each and every one a most happy and blessed Easter! Thank you for being there when I needed you! Sincerely and with all good wishes for this year, John Dvorak Michigan

No .... you wouldn't have half the title in Czech and half in English. Wenceslas Square (in Engish) = Vaclav Namesti (in Czech). Jim Sladek john wrote: > Tina, there is a Wenceslas square in Prague, wouldn't that properly be > called Vaclav square?