bhoudek wrote: > > Have been trying to trace back the Houdek family. > the furthest I am able to go is Wentzel (sp) to Prauge > area, married to Mary Miller had at least Richard M. in > 1862 and almost immediately, came to USA and settled > in Muscatine, Iowa. Richard married Lucie Elizabeth King > and had Glenn, Raymond, Harold, Gertrude and Paul (my > father). Have no info on Wentzel, and would appreciate and > data and share what I have. > > Thanks, Bill Houdek Obviously you need to find clues as to where to look in the old records. See http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/feefhs/socslav/hudick1.html If you think Houdeck is a Czech name, search this site: http://www.iarelative.com/czech/search.htm Hudek is also Slovak name. See http://www.feefhs.org/slovak/iar/ss-al.html Jim Honeychuck