I am also involved in researching Radkovice [Radkowitz] - Surname BOCHNICEK / BOCHNISCHEK [german spelling]. I contacted this list and got several very helpful replies on 2 Jun 2002. The following was shared with me. 1) Sent by Felix Gundacker: "There are 3 Radkowitz in former Bohemia, and 1 in Moravia. All have the name Radkovice now. Radkowitz parish Budec, Moravia. The records are in the Bohemian Archives of Trebon and begin in 1657. Radkowitz, parish Cestice, Bohemia - Records are in the Bohemian Archives of Trebon and begin in 1674. Radkowitz, parish Horsice - records are in the Bohemian Archives of Pizsen and begin in 1744. This village also belongs to the parish of Prestice with records since 1875. Radkowitz, parish Mecin - records are in the Bohemian archives of Pizen and begin in 1715." Our Karen Hobbs on the list discussed several months ago of locating cluster of surnames using the Austrian military records "Grundbuchblatter Diverse/Diverse 1" - I found a BOCHNICEK in Radkowitz near ??? looks like Kluttan [old German script] in 1841. Later, someone wrote in fine print to the side "P.Pilsen" - so I'm zeroing in on Mecin as a good possibility. Part of my problem is Radkovice, Prestice is SE of Prestice, and further SE is another Radkovice, Horsice. They are very close to each other. Further SE, and NE of Mecin is the other Radkovice, Mecin. I didn't check out Moravia. My ggrandparents immigrated from Radkowitz, on the ship Bark Capella, sailing from Bremen arriving Baltimore, MD 27 May 1867. With them were 15 other persons listing their village as Radkowitz, 4 from Malinetz, 2 from Zinkovy, 1 from Radachow, all traveling together for St. Louis. In using http://mapy,altas.cz/ found all these villages closest to Mecin. - which is where I think I'll research next. - If anyone has further suggestions - I'm all ears. There was a Johann Mrasek, musician, age 18 from Radkowitz traveling with this group. Lynn Brown, California > > Hello Mary, > > Thank you kindly for helping out. I took a look at this site and now I'm > wondering how you got Trebon. The return I got for Radkovice was > the following parishes: Mecin, Horsice/Prestice, Cestice, Budec, > and Radkovice. > They were in the former crownland of Böhmen or Mähren. > > When I looked up Strakonice, I got the parish of Strakonice in crownland of > Böhmen, so I was wondering if that limited the possible Radkovice returns to > Mecin, Horsice/Prestice, or Cestice as the other two are in former > crownland > of Mähren. > > I'm very new to my Czech. ancestral research, so please forgive me > for any > seemingly stupid questions! > > Carol > > -----Original Message----- Subject: Re: [CZ] Komrska and Malecek > > > Hi Carol, > > You can find which archive has your villages' records at this > webpage: > > http://www.ihff.at/indexstarte.php?src=IHFF_Gazetteer.htm > > It appears that the Radkovice records are at Trebon. > > Good luck with your research! > > Mary > -- Visit my genealogy website: http://webs.lanset.com/lingbro Key surnames: BOCHNICEK, BROD, BROZ, DVORAK, GRAHAM, HRASKY, ONTL, PETRAN, PAZDERA, SMRCKA, STEUERNAGEL, TOUPAL, VANICEK, VOKRACKA and more, most from Missouri, Illinois and New York areas. "ALL INCOMING AND OUTGOING E-MAIL IS SCANNED WITH NORTON ANTI-VIRUS, updated daily"