Donna, if you want to know what this hamlet looks like - it is very picturesque - go to https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en and key in Halenkov CZ. A page will come up with the map and four photographs on the left side. The last photograph is Halenkov. Also, go to this site, and although it is in Czech it has gorgeous pictures and a 360 degree view of the village on it: http://www.halenkov.cz/ For information in Engllish go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halenkov and if you have ancestry in other areas, you can follow this pattern for local research and/or information. Enjoy! Aida On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:42 AM, <dcuillard@aol.com> wrote: > > Thank you so much for the wonderful information. I did find one entry > where he listed his first name as "Jan", but once he came to Texas he > always went by "John". > I will try the items you suggest. Thank you again! > Donna > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aida Kraus <draytonharbor@gmail.com> > To: german-bohemian <german-bohemian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Mon, Jul 9, 2012 11:38 am > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Malinak from Halenkov > > > Dear Donna, > the advice I can give you is to search for Halenkov in the Brno archives. > Go to the acta publica link and click on Brno. > Link can be found here: > *Moravian Land Archive in Brno;* > www.*actapublica*.eu > Subsection: *Moravian* Land Archive in Brno, they may have combined it > with the State Regional Archive in Plzeň by now. > Halenkov is just inside the Moravian border abutting Slovakia and > is actually not within the research parameter of our German Bohemian > Group. You need better expertise for that particular area than we have to > offer. But we can put you on your way. The area is almost 100% Czech > where your ancestors came from. Malinak is a Czech name, but that does not > mean that he was Czech, because you list his first name the German way, > "Johannes", not "Jan" which is the Czech way. You will find his ethnicity > in the Brno records by seeing if the records are written in Czech or in > German. You may get better results if you participate at the rootsweb > Moravian list by posting the same letter you wrote to the German Bohemian > list. If that is not successful, you may contact the Austrian Genealogical > group at this website: > "Ing. Felix Gundacker" <IHFF@netway.at> > Good luck, Aida > > -------------------------------------- > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 8:55 AM, <dcuillard@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Seeking help in locating Christening records from 1835-1845 for the > > Village of Halenkov in Czech Republic. > > Ancestor Johannes "John" Malinak immigrated to Texas in 1872 and he and > > his wife listed their birthplaces as Halenkov. > > Thanks, > > Donna > > > > 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