Oh, it's www.stevemorse.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "aida kraus" <akibb1@verizon.net> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] sirnames Pokrefky and Svehla > Joann, this is the German Bohemian site. Not one of your surnames is > German, so I doubt that anyone can help you here. You have to get to the > Czech genealogical site, they probably could be much more helpful in your > case. But they will also need to know from where they came. So I suggest > that you use this link here and put the last names in it, to see when they > arrived at Ellis Island. They have a name register and you may be able to > find their place of origin. Try this, before you contact the Czech > Bohemians, and good luck! > Aida > Ellis Island Register - search by surname > http://webcenter.ellisisland.netscape.com/sign/index.asp > Czech City locator map: > http://mapy.atlas.cz/mapviewer/mapviewer.aspx > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joann Pokrefky" <joann809@msn.com> > To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 8:53 AM > Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] sirnames Pokrefky and Svehla > > >> Hi >> I really don't know where these two families came from. Pokrefky is >> suppose to be german Bohemian. Anton (Anthony) Pokrefky came to the US >> about 1869 with his wife Josephina Bellahovak and 1 son that I know of >> Frank Anthony Pokrefky who was about 7 years old. I don't know what >> cities they came from and I don't know how to go about finding out. >> Michael Svehla and his wife Maria ?, came to the US also about 1869 they >> came with 4 children, Maria b 1856, John b 1857/58, Michael jr. 1860/61, >> Frank 1863/64 and Anna 1867 and they had two more children in the US. >> Both families came in at New York. Both families settled in Detroit, >> Michigan. I was told that someone might have the Leo Baca Books and that >> I would probably find them in vol IV, if some kind soul would look them >> up for me I would be grateful. >> If anyone can help me or point me in the right direction, it would be >> greatly appreciated. Hoping to hear from some one. My E-Mail address is >> joann809@msn.com<mailto:joann809@msn.com<about:blank>> >> Joann >> >> >> >> ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== >> Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the >> list? >> Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist.html and request an >> archive. >> > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > >