It might. He was obviously a game warden for the Duke of Schwarzenberg. Now we have to find where Duke Schwarzenberg had a "Peterhof" to find the location. Here is a link to the estates of the nobility in Bohemia. It is in alphabetical order as to the owner. There is also an index in the back. Look for Schwarzenberg. When I have time, so will I. - If you have problems accessing it in "Google books", then enter this title: Schematismus des Grossgrundbesitzes im Koenigreich Boehmen. Aida Link: http://books.google.com/books?id=ugIEAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=%22topografisch+statistischer%22+schematismus+des+grossgrundbesitzes+im+koenigreiche+bohmen#v=onepage&q=%22topografisch%20statistischer%22%20schematismus%20des%20grossgrundbesitzes%20im%20koenigreiche%20bohmen&f=false On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:23 AM, <idirlion@me.com> wrote: > Sorry, all I have is this as his occupation: > > Furstlich Schwarzenbergischer Fasanjager Zu Peterhof In Bohmen > > I understand the German. > > Does this help? > > best, > Paul > > On Dé Luain, 6 Feabhra, 2012, at 07:12, Aida Kraus wrote: > > > Do you know the village name where this Peterhof was located, because > there > > are several by that name? It might lead us to your family names in the > > church registers which are partially archived in the Plzn (Pilsen) > archives > > and which you can access from your home computer. > > Aida > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 5:20 AM, <idirlion@me.com> wrote: > > > >> My great-granddad was born in Austria 1883 (Laa an der Thaya), and I > have > >> his birth record, but my family tree says that his parents came from > >> Bohemia (Peterhof 1826 and Budweiss 1855). > >> > >> Are any of these records online? > >> > >> Or do I need to order everything through the LDS? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> Paul > >> Oregon > >> German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >