Hello Judy While I have infomation on my Sloup ancesters and have found some distant cousins in Hvozdany. I also have Skala ancestors (Barbora Skala was my maternal great grandmother from the same area and would be happy to know more. I have little on my great grandfather Hrdina as I have no idea and so far have been unable to locate where he was from and its a common name. However my paternal great grandmother Anna Viduna and family are from Sevetin near CESKE BUDEJOVICE and relatives are still in this area. I am presuing this line. Everybody was in Chicago. If you come across anyone who might be able to add information I would be pleased to have it. Frances Hrdina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Vondra" <vonward@txucom.net> To: <CZECH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 2:45 PM Subject: [CZ] Czech Village Books > Just a recap on what I'm doing and where I'm going: > > September 15, 2004 my cousin Linda Skalicky and I are going to the Old > Country. > We will visit the countryside, churches, mayor's offices ( where the books > are sold) , etc. > > I will also be speaking at a Heritage Conference and meeting the Ambassador. > ; ) > There will be lots of people at this Conference for which I will mention > many if not all of our ( ya'lls) surnames. I will also have these emails you > have sent lying around for all to see. > > I will be talking to many many people in many counties/ villages. I'm not > going shopping or sightseeing. I am going to talk, talk, talk. Somewhere > along the way, if I happen to meet a man named Marek, Mikeska or > Pustejovsky, I will think of this group and wish I had ya'lls information. > This is why I have asked anybody interested to send me their info. I am not > sure of all the places we will be going but if I happen to be visiting your > village and 1. if they have a history book 2. I have the money, I will pick > you up a history book, maybe find something out for you, find somebody with > your last name or leave your info behind. > > While out for lunch today, we pulled out our map (bought over there) and > started to highlight some of the places we are going. Some of the places so > far are: Ceske Budejovice, Ceske Krumlov, Zadervice, Beroun Broumy, Rokcany, > Paradubice, Vysoke Myto, Petrovice and Kuncice, etc. > > As far as what village books are available? I do know that for my 4 or 5 > villages, there are books available now. I dont know yet of all the > available villages. I would suggest contacting the mayor's office of your > area. I dont remember the cost for the books I have bought. If they were > under $100 they would be well worth it to me just to have the book of our > village. You can look your village up on the internet and contact the mayor > that way or go to www.seznam.cz and search for your village and maybe even > history books. > > I will be in contact to those of you who are interested in the books. As far > as the emails you sent today, they will be used on the trip. Thanks to all > that sent their info. I love to find new hits, even if it is for somebody > else. > Thanks again, > Jitka = Judy > P.S. I'm also going to the Lichnov Museum dedicated to the Czechs that moved > to Texas. Possibly your emails can be left there if there were no other > leads on your surname. So, keep those emails coming. > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > If you'd like to search our archives, please visit > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CZECH > >