Reading it in print/internet media doesn't make it accurate, John. But reading it explains why many of us speak of our ancestry as we do. Bohemia has and does exist. It is IN the Czech Republic. Even our CIA admits that <big grin>: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ez.html Elaine "Vel'ke ryby z~eru male." Big fish eat little fish. -- Slovak Proverb Hello john On Monday, April 24, 2006, you wrote > That is what I had read somewhere as well! > Czech Republic WAS Bohemia > before the name of Czech Republic, (and before > the Czech Republic, was > Czechoslovakia) I had never had a doubt that > there was a Bohemia. I'm > not sure why some don't think there was a Bohemia > ETM wrote: >>Did you all notice the reference in the Chicago >>Tribune article? >> >>"CHICAGO -- On Thursday--about 73 years after the >>death of Anton Cermak--the former Chicago mayor's >>native Czech Republic (then called Bohemia) opened >>a consulate general in his beloved city at 205 N. >>Michigan Ave." >> >>http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0604230240apr23,1,165488.story >> >