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Documents
Stories of rural regeneration from Central Europe
“Learning from Central Europe” -- stories from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia
Rural Livelihoods for Sustainability
Articles relating to migration of Slavs to the Southern States, including Virginia:
"Nativism in Virginia, 1890's" by Patrick Reed
"Nativism in Virginia, 1900-1915" by Patrick Reed
"New Immigrants in the New South" by Patrick Reed
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Prince George County Marriages 1895-1905, in "text-tab" format
To download, "right click" and "Save Target as"
Then you may open the file using your favorite spreadsheet program.
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The following papers were presented at the 2006 World Congress in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, June 27, 2006:
Symposium Title: Czech Migrations to Romania and Virginia, then Returning Again
Moderator: Dr. Zdenek Uherek, Director, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
1. Daniel Mair, University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London, UK “Kde domov mùj? Relations between the Czech ‘Homeland’ and the Banat Czech Community of Romania with Special Emphasis on Re-emigration” Adobe Document Format
2. Zdenek Uherek, ASCR and Charles University, Prague, CR “Czech Migrations to the Balkans” Adobe Document Format
3. Marie Pearson, Southside Virginia Czech/Slovak Heritage Society
Exploring Czech families of immigrants 100 years later: Those who remained in their "Old World" ancestral villages and those who were raised in the "New World," America. Adobe Document Format
4. Joyce Pritchard, Southside Virginia Czech/Slovak Heritage Society, Richmond, Virginia Czechs in Southside Virginia. An International Search of the Landscape and the Literature Adobe Document Format
5. Mary Vinsh Blazek, Jenny Blaha Jones and Joseph Vinsh, Jr., Sacred Heart Church, New Bohemia, Virginia Vinsh Family History. A Study in Discovering the Czech Romanian Origins of a Virginia Family Adobe Document Format
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Articles about Czechs in Virginia
"A Slice of Eastern Europe: A Czech-Slovak Community is thriving in New Bohemia in Prince George" by Sande Sneade, Special Correspondent, Richmond Times Dispatc, September 14, 2005
"Uzel shares stories of his 'trip of a lifetime'" by Julie Buchanan, Staff Writer, The Progress-Index, November 29, 2005
Dedication of new Sacred Heart Church, Prince George, Va. by Julie Buchanan, Staff Writer, The Progress-Index, June 24, 2006
SVU in Ceske Budejovice" by Linda Mastalir and Martina Stejskalova, Radio Prague, June 30, 2006
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Articles about the Czech Villages in Romania
The Colonization of Czechs in the Southern Romanian Banat, GenealogyRO Group
"The Czech ethnic minority in Romania" by Ian Willoughby, Radio Prague, December 29, 2004
"Joyce Pritchard: visit to ancestral Czech villages in Romania 'a trip of a lifetime'" by Ian Willoughby, Radio Prague, September 28, 2005
"Czech community in Romani struggles to survive'" by Sarka Halasova and Alexis Rozenzweig, Radio Prague, August 1, 2006
