I tried to get my own birth certificate, which was issued originally in the German language, because this document was kept by the American Consulate with our emigration application. It was never returned to us, instead we were issued a green card upon arrival. But often one is asked for a birth certificate, and as luck has it, my husband and I had our Ahnenpass (genealogical pass where the entire lineage is officially recorded) of which we made a copy of our birth entry. But as soon as the wall fell, I wrote to the registrar of my hometown for a copy of my birth certificate. What I got back was a birth certificate written entirely in the Czech language to which the Czech ending "ova" was applied to my maiden name. In other words, all German Bohemians born there are now visible only as being of Czech ethnicity. These new records are giving the appearance as if no Germans had ever lived there, while in fact they have lived there for many centuries. Newer studies have revealed that the theory of German settlements in Bohemia beginning in the 14th century is only half true, because these settlers arrived in areas where German speaking people had always resided. Excavations show Germanic artifacts of ancient dates and certainly older than 2000 years. The Slavic population of middle Europe happened around 600 A.D. As new information comes to the fore, a part of history, as it is presented now, will have to be rewritten. The entire area of Bohemia is pocketed with German population like the holes of a Swiss Cheese, stemming from the fact that the Hussite wars have driven have driven the German population to the mountainous areas surrounding the huge Bohemian bowl which geologically is thought to be a huge volcanic crater. The widely distributed finds of Bohemian red garnets will bear that out, and can be compared to the obsidian rock findings in the Cascade range of Oregon. Therefore, it will help immensely if our wide readership on this list will keeps us abreast of new literature being made available of which Karen's posts - for example - many Eastmann publications which are of the greatest value to be scanned. We are all "old people" sharing our eyewitness experience with you of "the way it was". It is very important that the younger generation picks up good, credible, and absolute correct information for their family research. Many young Americans are no longer sure of their ancestors history or ethnicity, and it will be most confusing if they receive records in languages other than the language in which the original records of their families were issued. Aida ---------------------------------- On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 6:56 AM, Theimer, Moses <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Bill: > > I contacted the Zemsky Archiv Opava, Pobocka OLOMOUC and I believe the > point person is Dr. Stanislava Kovarova email- [email protected] and > requested for a copy of my grandfather birth certificate. I however got a > document with my grandfather's information. I felt a little disappointed > however better than nothing. I paid $30 for this information. > > Moses > > Major Moses C. Theimer > Assistant Professor > New Mexico Military Institute > Communications Department > 101 West College Boulevard > Roswell, New Mexico 88201 > (505)624-8202 > [email protected] > www.nmmi.edu > > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:52:38 -0700 (PDT) > From: Bill Forshay <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Theimer- Bohemian or Moravian ? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Moses: > > Could you tell me how you found those records? Did you hire a > researcher or dig them out of the internet? I'm pretty sure where my wife's > family came from. But the town has beeen destroyed now. I don't know where > the records would be located now. > > Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments, is for the > sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico > Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, > please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this message. > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >