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Links
Czech Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Slovak Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Genealogy resources, Family Websites:
Czech Surnames
The Uzel Family Homepage
For extensive information on the Blaha Family in Virginia, visit the website MariePearson.com. There you will find an exceptional cookbook of Blaha Family Czech recipies.
The Kuska Family
Czech Friends (genealogy help in the Czech Republic -- we who went to the SVU conference in 2006 met Director Drs. Robert Dulfer and Olga Cerna, researcher in Rozembek area genealogy, at their museum in Trebon. Many of the Romania Czech families who settled in Virginia originially moved from the Rozemberk lands around Pilsen in 1820 to Gernik, Romania.)
Rozmberk Society p.b.c. Ecomuseum Ruze Drs. Robert Dulfer and Olga Cerna's museum in rural eastern South Bohemia.
Researching Slovak Families: Helene Cincebeaux's Slovak Pride Database -- over 25,000 Slovak surnames and villages. Finding & visiting family villages in Slovakia --Helene Cincebeaux's Tours to Slovakia.
Here is a link to a Family Research data base from Tabor, CZ for finding Czech people...if the records are still available from the government. However, the data base will not give information if it is less than 100 yers old and it is written in the Czech language. But if you know a few words of Czech, you might try it: www.ceskearchivy.cz
Articles and websites relating to the Czech Villages in Romania:
PRÁZDNINY U KRAJANŮ: tourist information about the Czech villages in Romania
Our Countrymen in Banat Province of Romania
Article: “The Legendary Czech Banat”
Heart of Europe magazine, June 2007
Scroll down to pages 8 – 11 (of 36 total pages in the PDF document)
Link: http://www.theo.cz/pdf/2007/Theo_2007_06_EN.pdf
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120 photos of Gernik, Romania by Josef Koudelka, taken in the year 2000
Link:
http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.DirectSearch_VPage&KWID=2TYRF989J3I&SSO=T
Czech/Slovak Organizations in Canada and USA
The Bendl, Janak, Mikuska, Minor, Prochazka and Vasatko Families moved from Canada to Virginia. Here is some information on Canadian Czechs: The Joseph Stasko Fonds
The Kus, Nemetz, Martinek and Rott Families made their way to Virginia via Illinois. Chicago is now home of Czech American TV, which has very interesting webcasts! Czech American TV
Members of the Mikuska, Minor, Mistr and Wyborny families spent time in Minnesota before coming to Virginia. Here are some Minnesota Czech/Slovak websites:
http://czechheritage.net
http://www.mnczechcountry.org
The Machat, Makouska, Malon, Sedivy, Pavel, Pudil, Sedivy and Vtipil Families are said to have lived in Nebraska before coming to Virginia. Here is some information on Nebraska Czechs:
All About Wilber, Nebraska -- be sure to click on "Czech Festival" button
A History of the Czechs (Bohemians) in Nebraska, Czech Historical Society of Nebraska, 1929
Czech Homesteads in Nebraska
Crete, Nebraska,a Czech American town
Oklahoma Czechs: The Czech Hall
The Chiarky, Mariniak, Mikuska, Minar, Pachuth, Sasak, Smutny, Szarma, Takach, Tomko, Virostek, Vosoba, Vrabel, Yerratt, Zaruba and Zurik Families are said to have made their way from Pennsylvania to Virginia. Here is some information on Pennsylvania Slovaks:
The Slovak Heritage Society of NE PA
Two websites related to Washington State Czech/Slovaks:
(Czech-Slovak Interest Group)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wacsig/ (Czech-Slovak Interest Group)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wakcegs/index.htm (Eastside Genealogical Society, Washington State)
