Message text written by INTERNET:NEBRRoots-L@rootsweb.com >SLEPICKA SLEPICA CHICKEN (loose translation of Slepicka (hen)) HRUSKA HRUSKOVA HRUSKY PEAR / PEARY (literal translation of Hruska/Hruskova) CECH SACK Bohemian immigrants (1860's) to Chicago and points beyond ****** Elaine T. Maddox< Hi Elaine! I saw your surnames and was sooo surprised that you were researching in Nebraska also! Us Cook County researchers really get around. I found that my great grandmother Emma Rethmeier Schwemm had a brother that moved to Nebraska. I've had my researcher find him in the census so far, but that is as much as I've found. Lots of Luck, just wanted to say hi! Pattie Schultz Schwemm/Rethmeier/Pahlke and beyond!