Robert Wilbur wrote: > > I am an adoptee researching my actual bloodlines. My grandparents > emigrated from Vienna via Cherbourg, France on 11 November, 1911. They > were originally resident in what was then Pressburg, Austria (now > Bratislava, Slovak Republic.) My grandfather, Rudolf Hotovy, was an > orphan. We do know that he was born in Jilove (aka Eulau) , near Prague. > My grandmother, Leopoldine Francisia Teiml, though of Bohemian stock, > was apparently born in Pressburg...reputedly one of eighteen children. > Her parents were Carl and Francisia (Mayorky) Teiml. Both spoke German > and identified themselves as ethnic Germans on the ship's manifest. The > couple had eight children, of which one was my birthfather. If these > surnames are familiar, please contact me at ZNKR83B@PRODIGY.COM. I am > planning to go to Europe a year from this summer to do extensive research > in both the Czech and Slovak Republics. Any advice on how to deal with > the bureaucracy, archives, etc. would be greatly appreciated. ---Linda > Wilbur Hi Linda, Get to a library and read Angus Baxter's book on "European Roots"; it's also at most bookstores. Baxter has a good section on your area with the subjects you addressed. Also look up the Searching in Slovakia site on the net. Hope this helps. Regards, Bonnie Cieslukowski Weissman