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

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. >