I'd recommend the Bohemia and Czech mailing lists among others mentioned at http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-cze.html Elaine > 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 >> >