Probably the most underused records on FamilySearch are those that are not indexed and which seem to only be accessible via the Catalog (by the way, I always misspell this word as “catalogue.” I guess that’s the Brit in me shining through?). At RootsTech 2018 during the Town Hall Meeting, I learned that this is…
I found a really cool naturalization record which shows the village of origin of an ancestor. Look! It even has her picture! This is my great great aunt’s daughter, Anastasia Františka Naiser (22 August 1879-24 June 1974). Here is her 22 August 1879 birth record, but not in Vratimov (written as Ratimov in her naturalization record), in neighboring…
Book Projects: Narození a smrt translation – didn’t work on this at all this week. Czech Genealogy for English Speakers – or this. “Grundbucherbuch” – I did edit a few pages of this, but it was only so that my friend Lukáš would not completely hate me. CGSI Projects: aaaaand…I slacked on these projects…
All my genealogy time has been consumed by this DNA case I’ve been working on, which I promise to write about at a future date. Through the course of this project, I have come across a number of really interesting stories, including the very sad one I want to share (with permission) today. Basically, this…
by Tracy A. Burns Kamil Lhoták: A Retrospective, Municipal House (Obecní dům) This comprehensive exhibition of the paintings by Czech painter, graphic artist and illustrator Kamil Lhoták provides an in-depth look at the wide variety of topics addressed in his works. Viewers will peruse not only his renditions of old and new means of transportation…
Alright! This week was very productive, now that I am *actually* reviewing what I’ve been doing rather than basking in the very real, very fresh frustration of my first genetic genealogy puzzle. I will definitely be writing about this sometime soon, by the way. It is extremely interesting and I think it will help others…
I am having difficulty understanding how genetic genealogy can be useful for me *now*. I have a bunch of immediate (and distant) family that has tested on Ancestry. I’m in something like 77 DNA circles there, and so is my husband (different circles). I uploaded all of our (me, my husband, siblings, grandparents etc.) raw…
This week I was sucked in to a really fascinating story involving a divorce case for a Texas Czech couple. I spent a good portion of the first part of the week researching it, and the second part of the week talking with people about, “What now?” There are lots of ethics issues involved in,…
My fourth great grandmother was Anna Krčmarská who married Josef Šumbera on 5 October 1842. According to this record, Anna was the daughter of Joseph Krčmarský Bauer of Nová Bělá 36 and Marianna daughter of Johann Tomanek of Velké Kunčice (Groß Kunzendorf, Kunčice nad Ostravicí). She was 26 when she was married in 1842, giving…
I decided for my own sake I wanted to keep a weekly record of all the stuff I am doing related to Czech Genealogy. This is really just my way of assuring myself that yes, I am accomplishing something, even though mostly it feels like I am not. These updates will be posted on Saturdays….