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Topical Index to KORENY Articles, 1996-2011

 

The following is a topical listing of the articles published in the Czech & Slovak American Genealogical Society of Illinois Journal KORENY from the Inaugural Issue published in the Summer of 1996 through December 2011 (Volume 0 - Volume 16, No. 1). Material such as Queries and From The Editor’s Desk are not included in this index. Complete back issues (or reproductions of back issues) of KORENY are available from the CSAGSI through the society post office mailing address. The cost is $2.00 for members and $4.00 for non-members per issue. Include $1.50 postage and handling for the first issue and $0.35 for each additional issue ordered. Copies of individual articles are not available from the society. The journal is on the shelves of the CSAGSI Library and other major resource libraries.

This index is updated by Paul Nemecek.

 

 

 

Actors

                Lederer, Francis, Bohemian-American Actor, December 2005

                 Libuse, Frank, Chicago Czech Actor, Summer 1997

Adamson, Joy: Czech-Born British Naturalist, June 2010

Addams, Jane, American Social Reformer, March 2011

Advertisements

                   Gallery Of Old Czech Advertisements, Summer 1999

                   Gallery Of Old Czech Advertisements, Fall 1999

                   Gallery Of Old Czech Advertisements, Spring 2001

                   Gallery Of Old Czech Advertisements, Summer 2002

                   Gallery Of Old Czech Advertisements, March 2005

            Ads from the St. Louis Czech Community 1872, September 2011

America: The Rush to the West, September 2010

Ancestry Plus, Summer 2003

Architects

                   Architects of Buildings in Chicago’s Czech Community, Spring 2000

Artists

                   Mucha, Alfons, Moravian Artist, Summer 2001

                   Polasek, Albin, Czech-American Sculptor, September 2005

                   Uprka, Joza, Moravian Slovak Artist, Spring 2002

 

Back of the Yards

                 Chicago Union Stockyards, Winter 2003

            A Case of Childhood Mortality in Back of the Yards, September 2011

Bagpiper

           Antonin Bosak, The Bagpiper From Polikno, Bohemia, June 2007

Banking

                   Czechs and Slovaks in Early Chicago Banking, Fall 2002

                   Skala National Bank, Winter 1999

                   Skala State Bank, March 2004

                   Western National Bank (Cicero, IL), December 2004

Baseball

                   Czechoslovak & Slavic Major League Baseball Players in 1949, Summer 2000

Bednarik, Chuck, Pro Football Player, June 2005

Beer

                   Beer Barrel Polka, Spring 2000

                   History of Beer Brewing in Slovakia, June 2005

                 History of Bohemian Beer, Summer 2003

                   Pilsen Brewery & Pilsen Park, Chicago, Spring 1998

                   Travelogue - Breweries and Castles, Fall 2000

Benedictine University – Dedication Celebrations at St. Procopius College, 1913, March 2007

Berni Rula Heading Translations, Spring 2002

Berwyn, Illinois

                   Nasˇe domy Berwyn, Winter 2002

            Peterik’s Balkan Reflections, June 2007

Birth Date

            Determining, Summer 2003

            On What Day Where Your Ancestors Born?, September 2008

Blacksmith in History, The, Fall 2000

Bohemian American Concertina Association, Berwyn, Illinois, Dec. 2006

Bohemian Buildings in Chicago Area

                   Early History of St. Josephs’ Bohemian Orphanage – Lisle, IL, December 2007

            Founding of Chicago’s Bohemian American Hall, Spring 1999

                   History of J. Sterling Morton High School, Cicero, IL, March 2008

            Hus, Jan Memorial Building, Chicago (1915), September 2005

                   Chicago’s Thalia Hall and the Ludvik Players, Spring 1999

            Take Me To Your LEADER, December 2007

Bohemian Cemeteries in Chicago

                   Bohemian National Cemetery of Chicago, Part I, Winter 2002

                   Bohemian National Cemetery of Chicago, Part II, Spring 2002

            War Veterans Buried at Bohemian National Cemetery (before 1923), December 2008

                   St. Adalbert Bohemian-Polish Catholic Cemetery in Chicago, Fall 1998

Bohemian National Cemetery (see Cemeteries)

Bohemia, N.Y., Cities in the U.S. and History of Bohemia, N.Y., June 2010

Bohemian Old People’s Home and Orphanage, Chicago, September 2007

            Early History of St. Josephs’ Bohemian Orphanage, Lisle, IL, December 2007

            Residents at  Chicago’s Bohemian Old People’s Home, 1930, September 2007

            Residents at Chicago’s Bohemian Orphanage, 1930, September 2007

Bohemian Organizations in America

                   Bohemia Lodge #943 A.F.& A.M., Chicago, Winter 2002

                   Bohemian-American Cremation Society, Chicago, Fall 1998

                   Bohemian Lawyers’ Association of Chicago, December 2004

                   Bohemian Monument Association (Chicago), December 2003

                   Ceská Beseda (Bohemian Social Club), Winter 2000

            Ceska Dobrocinna Spolecnost (Bohemian Charitable Association), 1920, September 2005

                   Chicago Bohemian Charitable Association, 1920, September 2005

                   Chicago’s Bohemian Women’s Publishing Company (1900), Summer 2001

                   Development of Bohemian Odd Fellows Lodges in Chicago, Winter 1999

                   Founding and First Annual Picnic Celebration of the Chicago Czech Old Settlers’ Club, June 2008

            Odd Fellow Bohemian Lodges, Winter 1999

Bohemians in Chicago

            (see also Chicago, Illinois)

                   Ads from the Chicago Czech Community, 1874-1875, June 2008

            Birds Eye View of the Settling of the Czechoslovaks in the Chicago Area, (two parts) June, Sept. 2009

            Bohemian American School, Chicago, 1879, March 2007

            Bohemian People in Chicago (1895), Fall 2001

                  Bohemian Jewish Settlement in Chicago, Spring 2003

                   Bohemian Turner Meet, Chicago 1909, December 2008

            Bohemians Keep Old World Ways, Chicago, 1904, June 2008

            Chicago Bohemians in Public Office in 1882, Winter 2003

                   Early Bohemian Settlers in Chicago (1848-1867), September 2004

            The Times Are Changing, September 2008

 

Bohemians in New Zealand

                 First Bohemian Immigration to New Zealand, March 2004

 

Bohemians in St. Louis

           Early Czech Settlers in St. Louis and the American Catholic Church, June 2011

Bojnice Castle, Spring 2003

Book Review

           Back of the Yards, The Making of a Local Democracy (Chicago) by R. Slayton, December 2007

           History of Slovaks in America by K. Culen, March 2008

           The Emigrants by Johan Bojer, March 2010

           The Story of My Life by Frank Vlchek, June 2008

Borovsky, Karel Havlicek,

                  Journalist and Patriot 1821-1856, March 2006

                  Monument, June 2006 and September 2006

           Tribute to Karel Havlicek Borovsky, Dec. 2006

Brookfield, Illinois

                  Remembering the Old Neighborhood - Brookfield, Spring 2000

Brouk, Robert – Soaring with a Tiger, Life of Robert Brouk, June 2011

Brown, Libushka Bartusek & John Henry Brown, March 2009

Bubenicek, Rudolf, Important Immigrant Historian, June 2007, December 2011

Butchering

                 Chicago Union Stockyards, Winter 2003

 

Calendar: On What Day Were Your Ancestors Born?, September 2008

Carpatho-Rusyn

         The National Carpatho-Rusyn Cultural & Educational Center, Pittsburg PA, March 2009

Castle Garden Emigrant Depot in New York, Summer 1997

Catholic Cemeteries (see Cemeteries)

Catholic Churches (see Churches)

Cemeteries 

                Bohemian National Cemetery

                           Bohemian Monument Association, December 2003

                           Bohemian National Cemetery of Chicago, Part I, Winter 2002

                           Bohemian National Cemetery of Chicago, Part II, Spring 2002

                           Bohemian Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Dedication (1892), March 2006

                    Crematorium, Chicago 1913, June 2005

                Catholic Cemeteries in Chicago, Spring 2003

                Decoration Day In Our Catholic Cemeteries, Chicago 1915, March 2007

         Index to the Cemeteries of Southern Will & Grundy Counties, September 2004

                Klacel Circle, March 2006

                St. Adalbert Bohemian-Polish Catholic Cemetery in Chicago, Fall 1998

               Burials of Servicemen and Women, 1929, September 2006

                Wayside Shrines, Pennsylvania, Winter 1999

         Veterans Roll of Honor at Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago (before 1923), Dec. 2008

Census 

                1651 Census in Bohemia, Summer 1998

                1880 U.S. Census, March 2004

                Berni Rula Heading Translations, Spring 2002

                Early Evolution of the American Census, Summer 2002

Cermak, Anton

         Mayor of Chicago, Fall 1996

         Chicago Mayor, September 2008

Ceská Beseda (Bohemian Social Club), Fox River Grove, Illinois, Winter 2000

Ceska Dobrocinna Spolecnost (Chicago Bohemian Charitable Association), 1920,  September 2005

 

Charles Bridge

         Prague’s Charles Bridge, September 2010

         Statue (Cedar Rapids, IA), June 2006

 

Chicago, Illinois

                Ads from the Chicago Czech Community, 1874-75, June 2008

         Annexations 1830-1924, Spring 2003

                Architects of Buildings in Chicago’s Czech Community, Spring 2000

                Bits of Early Chicago History, March 2004

                Bohemian-American Hall (Pilsen), Spring 1999

                Bohemian Language Instruction Petition to Chicago Board of Education (1933),

                       Spring 2000

                Bohemian Meeting Halls and Theaters in Chicago, December 2005

                Bohemian Midwife Births (Chicago), 1896-1898, December 2005

                Bohemian Old People’s Home and Orphanage, September 2007

         Bohemian People in Chicago (1895), Fall 2001

                Bohemian Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Dedication (1892), March 2006

                Bohemian Turners (1886), September 2007

         Bohemians in Public Office, Winter 2003

                Bohemians Keep Old World Ways, Chicago 1904, June 2008

         Capsizing of the Eastland (1915), September 2005

                Catholic Church Records on Microfilm, September 2004

                Chicago Memories, Summer 2001

                                Damen Ave. (Robey Street), Winter 2001

                                From Pilsen to Westmont, Spring 2001

                                South Ashland Ave., Fall 1999

                                Springfield Ave., Fall 2001

                                The Times Are Changing, September 2008

                  Visiting Grandma (2400 S. Spaulding), Summer 2000

         Cesky Odd Fellows of Chicago, March 2009

         Chicago Czech Businesses (1875), September 2005

                Chicago Fire, Inaugural Issue 1996, March 2010 (reprint)

         Czechs and Slovaks in Early Chicago Banking, Fall 2002

              Decoration Day In Our Catholic Cemeteries, Chicago 1915, March 2007

         Dedication of Statue to Czech Leader, T.G. Masaryk – Chicago 1955, March 2008

         Douglas Park (Chicago), History, Summer 2003

              Dvorak Park (Chicago-Pilsen), History, June 2005

              Early Bohemian Jewish Settlement in Chicago, Spring 2003

              Early Bohemian Settlers in Chicago (1848-1867), September 2004

              Early Chicago Maps and Streets, Winter 1998

         Early Chicago Street History, Fall 2002

         Early Czech Neighborhoods in Chicago, Fall 1997

         Early History of Bohemian Theaters in Chicago, September 2010

         Establishing a Sokol in Town of Lake, June 2008

         General Milan Stefanik in Chicago, 1917, December 2007

         Growing Up Czech in Chicago, Dec. 2006

         Havlicek, Karel and his Monument, March 1996, Fall 1996, March 2006

                      June 2006, Sept 2006, Dec. 2006

         Historical Homicide Project, September 2004

         History of Czechs in Chicago (Dejiny Cechu v Chicagu) Book Review, December 2005

         House Types, Winter 1997

         Howell Neighborhood House, Fall 1997

         Hus, Jan Memorial Building, Chicago (1915), September 2005

         Ice Industry, Chicago 1875, March 2010

         Kakuska, Bartholomew, Early Chicago Immigrant, March 2009

         Milestones in Czech Chicago History, Summer 2000

         Need for Protection of Immigrants in Chicago, 1880, December 2009

         Once Upon a Time in “Ceska California”, June 2009, June 2011

           

          Organizations

                            (see also Bohemian Organizations, Czech Organizations)

                      Bohemia Lodge #943 A.F.& A.M., Winter 2002

                  Bohemian-American Cremation Society (Chicago), Fall 1998

                                Bohemian Lawyers’ Association of Chicago, December 2004

                                Bohemian Monument Association (Chicago), December 2003

                                Bohemian Women’s Publishing Company (1900), Summer 2001

                                Chicago Bohemian Charitable Association, 1920, September 2005

                                Chicago Boys Club of Lawndale, June 2009, June 2011

                  Czech Old Settlers Club, Fall 1997

                                Jednota Ceskych Dam (Unity of Czech Ladies), Meeting (1895),

                                                March 2005

                                Ludvik Theater Players (1893), Spring 1999

                                Lyra Singing Society of Chicago (1870), Winter 2000  

                                Odd Fellow Bohemian Lodges, Winter 1999

                                Palacky Lodge, No. 630, I.O.O.F., Chicago 1922, December 2009, March 2010

                  Plzen Butcher’s Association of Chicago, Spring 2000

 

         Pilsen, A Chicago Czech Neighborhood - Telephone Book 1928, March 2005

                Pilsen Brewery & Pilsen Park, Spring 1998, March 2011

                Pilsen/Little Village Exhibit, Spring 1997

                Remembering the Old Neighborhood

                Recollections of the 1893 Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition and

                  Czech Day at the Fair, Winter 2001

         Residential Street Maps from 1942, All issues 1996 to Summer 2001

                Slavonic Regiment of Chicago (Lincoln Rifles), Fall 1996

                Slovanska Lipa, First Czech Cultural Center, Summer 1999

                Sokol

                        First Chicago Czech Sokol Picnic, Spring 2001

                      History of the Czech-American Sokol of Chicago, Summer 2001

         Take Me To Your LEADER (Blei), December 2007

         Tavern Owners, (1894-1896), Winter 1998

                Thalia Hall and the Ludvik Players, Spring 1999

                The Early City (Chicago), 1864 – 1865, March 2011

         Union Stockyards, Winter 2003

                Unusual Czech Obituary 1893, Dec. 2006

         Urban Life of Bohemian Immigrants, Winter 2001

                Urban Street Vendors, Fall 2001

                World’s Columbian Exposition, 1893 and Czech Day at the Fair, Winter 2001

              World’s Fair, 1933-34 and the Czechoslovaks, Summer 2003

         Yusay Pilsen Beer, History Pilsen Brewing Company, March 2011

Chopin, Frederic, 1810-1849, Visits to Bohemia, March 2011

Churches

                Beginnings of Czech Catholic Life in America, June 2007

         Blessed Agnes of Bohemia (Chicago), Fall 2001

                Bohemian and Slovak Roman Catholic Churches Founded in Chicago, September 2004

                Bohemian Churches on Microfilm at LDS, Inaugural Issue 1996

                Catholic Churches in Chicago, 1868, September 2006

                Chicago Catholic Church Records on Microfilm, September 2004

                Czech Society and Religion, September 2004

                Early Czech Settlers in St. Louis and the American Catholic Church, Spring 2002 (also June 2011)

         Early Baptismal Records, St. John Nepomucene Church, Fox River Grove, IL December 2003

                First Czech Methodist Mission, Chicago, Frantisek Hrejsa, Summer 1998

                First Czech Minister in Iowa, Francis Kun, Winter 1998

                First Czech Parish in the New World, December 2009

         Hubbard Memorial Bohemian Church (Chicago), 192Churches (continued)

         Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Index to the 50th Anniversary Book, 1892-1942, September 2010

         Saints Cyril & Methodius (Chicago), Winter 2003

                Sts. Cyril & Methodius Roman Catholic Church, Chicago, 1915-1965, December 2008

         St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church (Fox River Grove, IL) Baptismal Records, December 2003

         St. Michael the Archangel Slovak Church, Chicago, 1898-1941, March 2007

         St. Wenceslaus (Chicago), First Czech Parish, Winter 1999

                St. Wenceslaus Church (Omaha, Nebraska), Winter 1999

                St. Michael the Archangel Parish Members (Chicago), Spring 2000, Summer 2000,  Winter 2003

                St. Peter & St. Paul - Carpatho Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church (Chicago), Spring 1997

                St. Procopius Church (Chicago), Summer 2000, & Inaugural Issue 1996

                St. Simon (Slovak-Chicago), Fall 1996

                Slovak Churches on Microfilm at LDS, Fall 1996

                Third Bohemian Methodist Episcopal Mission (Chicago), Spring 2003,

                Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church (Chicago), Winter 2002

                Visit to Saint Ondrej, (Slovakia), Summer 1997

Cicero, Illinois

              Cicero, Illinois and Western National Bank, December 2004

                Early History of J. Sterling Morton High School, March 2008

         Klas Czech Restaurant, Spring 2001

                Nase domy Cicero, Spring 2002

                Opening of the T.G. Masaryk School, Cicero 1921, December 2007

         Warren Park Presbyterian Church, December 2004

Civil War

                Stejskal (Steiskal), Frantisek, Civil War Veteran and Banker, Spring, 1997

                Uher, Alois, Civil War Veteran, Winter 1998

Cleveland

         History of Czech’s in Cleveland, Sept. 2009

Comenius, John Amos (Komensky), Teacher of Nations, June 2005

Computers

                Czech Keyboard, September 2006

                Internet Sites of Interest, Spring 2000

                Using Windows to Create Documents in the Czech Language, Fall 1999

                Using Windows to Create Documents in the Czech Language, Update, Spring 2000

Cook County (Illinois)

                Burials of Servicemen and Women, 1929, September 2006

             Vital Records, December 2003 and June 2004

Cremation

                Bohemian-American Cremation Society, Chicago, Fall 1998

Cross Word Puzzle (Famous Czech/Slovak People Theme), March 2008

CSA

         CSA Fraternal Life, History 1854-2004, March 2004

               Lodge Rolnik, June 2004

         History – Lodge Garfield, 1883-1942, June 2008

CSA……..CSAGSI, March 2010

CSAGSI

             10th Anniversary, March 2006 and June 2006

         Library, June 2005

C.S.P.S.

               (see Czech Organizations)

               (see Czechoslovak Society of America (CSA))

Czech & Slovak Odds & Ends,

         Summer 1999, 2000, 2001, Spring 2002, 2003, June 2005, March 2006, June 2007, June 2009

Czech History

                2nd Anniversary of Czechoslovakia’s Declaration of Independence 1920, September 2011

         Berni Rula Heading Translations, Spring 2002

                Bohemians, A Study of the “Land of the Cup and the Book”, Chapter 1, December 2010

         Bohemians, A History of the Cup and the Book, Chapter 2, March, 2011

         Bohemians, A History of the Cup and the Book, Chapter 3, June 2011

         Bohemians, A History of the Cup and the Book, Chapter 4, September 2011

         Bohemians, A History of the cup and the Book, Chapter 5, December 2011

         Czech Immigration – Past and Current, March 2008

         Czech-Moravian Highlands

                                Social and Economic Conditions in, December 2005

                Czech Society and Religion, September 2004

                Czechoslovak History, A CSAGSI Library Sampler, Fall 1998

                Diversification of the Czech Rural Population during Feudalism, Summer 1999   

                Founding of Czechoslovakia – A Brief Historical Overview, March 2008

         Homeland: Dream of My Father, December 2011

         Life in Bohemia in the 1800’s, December 2010

         Our European Ancestors in the 17th Century, December 2009

         Tragedy of Lidice, Summer 1997

                The Past Millennium in the Czech Lands

                                Part I, Life in Old Bohemia, Winter 2000

                                Part II, Castle Life, Knighthood, Rise of Towns, Spring 2000

                                Part III, King Charles IV, Summer 2000

                                Part IV, Jan Hus, Jan Zizka, Bohemian Nationality, Fall 2000

         When England Had a Bohemian Queen, June 2009

         Woodrow Wilson and the Founding of Czechoslovakia in 1918, December 2008

Czech Information (General)

             Arrival of First Czechs in America – by State, March 2009

        Charles Bridge Statue (Cedar Rapids, IA), June 2006

        Czech Keyboard, September 2006

      Czech & Slovak Odds & Ends,

           Summer 1999, 2000, 2001, Spring 2002, 2003, June 2005, March 2006, June 2007, June 2009

        Czech Immigration – Past and Current, March 2008

        Czechoslovak Puzzler, June 2005

      Czech National Anthem, June 2006

            Christmas Around The World, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL, March 2007 

        Crossword Puzzle – Famous People, March 2008

        Czech Art of Bobbin Lace, September 2007

        Easter Eggs, Winter 2003

            Educational Corner, Fall 2002

        Holiday Folk Fair International, West Allis, Wisconsin, March 2007

        Spas and Bads, The Rites of Summer, June 2011

        Spas of Western Bohemia, March 2008    

Czech Language

        Czinglish, Spring 2001

        Opening of the T.G. Masaryk School, Cicero, IL 1921, December 2007

Czech Names

            Americanization of Czech Surnames, September 2004

        Cities in the U.S. with Czech Names and History of Bohemia, N.Y., June 2010

        Czech Family Names and Their Origins, June 2004

        Our Surnames (Nase Prijmeni), Preface Translation and Book Review, March 2006

        What’s in a Czech Name, June 2010

Czech National Anthem, June 2006

 

Czech Organizations in America

                    (see also Chicago—Organizations, & Bohemian-Organizations)

            Association of Czech Tavern Owners 1894-1896, Winter 1998

        Cesky Odd Fellows of Chicago, IL, March 2009

        Council of Higher Education, 100 Years of Service to Czech/Slovak -Americans,  Spring 2002

            CSA Fraternal Life, History 1854-2004, March 2004

            CSA……..CSAGSI, March 2010

        Czechoslovak National Council of America (CNCA) 1918-2004, September 2006

            Czechoslovakian Legions of WWI: Researching Photos of Men in Uniform, December 2004

        Former Czechoslovak Women’s Organizations and Czech Ladies Benevolent  Society (CSPJ), March 2006

        Freethinkers, From Bohemia to Chicago, Fall 2001

        Jednota Ceskych Dam (Unity of Czech Ladies), Meeting (1895), March 2005

 

Czech People  

                      (see also People)

         A Presidential Visit, September 2006

                Architects of Buildings in Chicago’s Czech Community, Spring 2000

         Czechoslovak & Slavic Major League Baseball Players in 1949, Summer 2000

                Czech Catholic Pioneers in America, March 2007

         Czech, Slovak and Czech Romanian Immigrants in Virginia, December 2009

         Czech Society and Religion, September 2004

                Czechs and Slovaks in Colorado, 1860-1920, March 2007

         Czechs and Slovaks in Early Chicago Banking, Fall 2002   

                Early Bohemian Settlers in Chicago (1848-1867), Sept. 2004

         Early Czech Settlers in St. Louis and the American Catholic Church, Spring 2002

                Founding and First Annual Picnic Celebration of the Chicago Czech Old Settlers’ Club, June 2008

         General Milan Stefanik in Chicago, (1917), December 2007

         Iron Men (Zeleni Muzi), Spring 2003

                Men of Vision, Masaryk, Benes, Stefanik, Spring 1998

         The Unskilled Immigrant in Chicago, 1908, June 2010

         Stefanik, Milan, Spring 1998, December 2007, June 2009

Czech Towns and Villages

               German-Bohemian Place Names, December 2004

               Origin of Names, December 2005

         Genealogy Field Research – The Search for Relatives: Off the Beaten Path, December 2007

         Spas and Bads, The Rites of Summer, June 2011

         Spas of Western Bohemia, March 2008

Czechoslovak Society of America (CSA) – See CSA

               CSA Fraternal Life, History 1854-2004, March 2004

               Lodge Rolnik, June 2004

Czechoslovakia

         Ethnographic Areas and Folklore Regions of the Czech Republic, Dec. 2006

         Our European Ancestors in the 17th Century, December 2009

         The Founding of Czechoslovakia – A Brief Historical Overview, March 2008 

       Uncle Sam’s New Nephew – 1921, September 2011

 

Dejiny Cechu v Chicagu (History of Czechs in Chicago) Book Review, December 2005

Did You Know?

                1880 U.S. Census, March 2004

                Ancestry Plus, Summer 2003

                Chicago Catholic Church Records on Microfilm, September 2004

                Cook County Vital Records, December 2003

                German-Bohemian Place Names, December 2004

                Gutzon Borglum, sculptor, March 2009

          History of Czechoslovakia, March 2009

          Locating Maiden Names, June 2004

                Selected Sources for Research in Illinois, June 2005

 

DNA

                Genetics and Genealogy, An Introduction, Winter 2003 and March 2005

                Czech American DNA Study: Some Early Results, March 2004

          The Human Journey, DNA Testing, Sept. 2009

Dobrovsky, Josef, Czech Revivalist, Winter 1997   

Dolejsi, Zdenka Cerny Vasak, The Greatest Bohemian Violon Cellist, Winter 2000

Dopyera, John, Slovak Guitar Legend, March 2005

Douglas Park (Chicago), History, Summer 2003

Dvorák, Antonin, Composer, June 2004, December 2011

Dvorak Park (Chicago-Pilsen), History, June 2005

 

Easter Eggs, Winter 2003

Eastland Disaster (Chicago), June 2005

Ellis Island (see Immigration)

Emigration/Immigration

       History of Czech Emigration to the USA, 1848-1914, June 2010       

Ethnic Museums in Chicagoland, Dec. 2006 

 

Family Genealogy Stories

       (See Genealogy Research Stories)

Farmers

         Midwestern U.S. Farmers (1885-1889)

                                Part I, Fall 1996

                        Part II, Winter 1997

Football

        Bednarik, Chuck, Pro Football Player, June 2005

        Halas, George, Premier Chicago Czech Sportsman, Winter 2002

Fox River Grove, Illinois

            School Photo, District 149, 1925, March 2004

            St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church Baptismal Records, December 2003

Freethinkers

        Freethinkers, From Bohemia to Chicago, Fall 2001

        Hus, Jan Memorial Building, Chicago (1915), September 2005

        History of the Free Congregation, Sauk County, Wisconsin: Freethinkers on the Frontier, June 2010

        50th Anniversary Celebration – 1921, Bohemian Free Thought Community of Chicago, Sept. 2010

Friend, Hugo, Czech Born Chicago Judge, September 2005

 

Genealogy Research Resources

              1940 Census, December 2011

         Berni Rula Heading Translations, Spring 2002

              Birth Date, Determining, Summer 2003

                Castle Garden Emigrant Depot, New York, Summer 1997

                Common Mistakes in Genealogy, June 2009

         Computers

                                Czech Keyboard, September 2006

                                Internet Sites of Interest, Spring 2000

                                Using Windows to Create Documents in the Czech Language, Fall 1999 and Spring 2000

                Cook County Vital Records, December 2003 and June 2004

            Czech Your Statistics, March 2011

         Czechoslovakian Legions of WWI: Researching Photos of Men in Uniform, December 2004

                Double Surnames, Spring 1998

                Examining a Czech Neighborhood (Chicago), September 2011

         Exploring the Internet, Some Favorite Websites for Genealogy and Cultural Understanding, Sept. 2008

         Genealogy Field Research in the Czech Republic – The Search for Relatives, December 2007

         Genealogy Research Through Newspapers, September 2008

         Genetics and Genealogy, An Introduction, Winter 2003

                German-Bohemian Heritage Society, March 2004

                Illinois Statewide Death Index (pre-1916), September 2004

                Immigrant Identification Card, Fall 1996 and Winter 1997   

             Internet Sites of Interest, Spring 2000

             Joy in Genealogy, December 2004

             List domovsky, Inaugural Issue 1996

             Maiden Names, Locating, June 2004

             McHenry County Census (1930), Summer 2003

         Most Common Mistakes in Genealogy, December 2003

                On What Day Were Your Ancestors Born?, September 2008

         Origin of Czech Surnames, Spring 1998

                Passenger Lists, Fall 1997 and Summer 1998

                Port of Baltimore, The Other Ellis Island, December 2008

         Research at the District Archive in Plzen, Fall 1997

                Researching in Slovak Cemeteries, Winter 1998

                Residents at Chicago’s Bohemian Old People’s Home, 1930, September, 2007

         Residents at Chicago’s Bohemian Orphanage, 1930, September 2007

         Rodny List (Slovak Birth), Spring 1997

                St. Adalbert Bohemian-Polish Catholic Cemetery in Chicago, Fall 1998

                Searching For Family Roots, Fall 2002

                Social Security Application, Spring 2003

                Town Seeker (JewishGen ShtetlSeeker), Spring 2003

                Using Libraries & Archives, Winter 1997

                Veterans Records (20th century), Summer 2003

                What’s Your Nationality?, Dec. 2006

         Writing to the Mayors of Your Ancestral Village, Fall 1997, Summer 2003

                Writing Your Family History, Spring 2001

Genealogy Research Stories

                A Czech Family History (Kutilek/Kuyela/Lukásˇ), June 2006

                A Look Back: Facts told to Mildred Makyta by her father – John Makyta, September 2010

         A Thousand Words Are Worth One Picture - Remembering Our Mothers, Spring 2002

                And Life Goes On (V. Williams family), September 2008

         Autobiography of Antonia Kosek Bonnet, June 2006

                Emigrating to America, The Frank Had Story, June 2004

                Emigrating to America and then Moving on to New Jobs, Summer 1999

                Examining a Czech Neighborhood, September 2011

         Finding a Grandfather (Tracy Zak Howeson), Fall 1999

                Finding the World War I Records of Michael Kokoska, December 2010

         Genealogy - Field Research in the Czech Republic – The Search for Relatives (Kubalek, Holy),

                December 2007

         Genealogical Research for Czech and Slovak Americans (Book Review), December 2010

         Great Drug Dealer Mystery (Robert Krejci), Summer 2003

                Homes of My Ancestors (Norin, CZ), Summer 2001

                How do YOU Spell ‘Hrpcha’? (Candy Hrpcha), Summer 2003

                A Letter from the Past (from John Wisa), Winter 2001

                Looking for Emily and Tony (Nechodoma), March 2004

                My Fateful Flight in Retrospect (V. Roknic family), September 2008

         My Roots (Ken Liska), Summer 2001

                Power of Perseverance and Serendipity (Phyllis Polerecky Barattia), Fall 1998

                Reflections from Interview with Mother (Evelyn Krenek Fergle), Summer 1999

                Researching My Slovak Grandparent Using Passenger Lists (Gilbert Geras), Fall 1997

                St. Adalbert Cemetery, Burials of Servicemen and Women, 1929, September 2006

                Sirovy Family (Edward and Marie), Struggle for a Better Life (Edward Sirovy), March 2004

                Special Opportunity (Anna Marie Vesely), Spring 1999

                Sykora Family, Horticulture Across Five Generations (J. Scott Sykora), December 2003

                The Faith and Its Meaning (two parts), V. Huml, June, Sept. 2009

         The Tracing of My Roots, March 2007

         Tracing My Great-Grandfather, Part I (Uhlarik), Spring 2003

              Tracing My Great-Grandfather, Part II (Uhlarik), Summer 2003

                Transplanted Koreny (Mildred Ernest), December 2003

                Visiting the Czechoslovak Relatives (Chocen, CZ), Winter 2002

                Visiting the Old Neighborhood (Robert Krejci)

                     Part 1, The Sealed Box, March 2004

                     Part 2, Years Long Gone: Memories, June 2004

                     Part 3, Years Long Gone: Memories, September 2004

Genetics and Genealogy, Winter 2003 and March 2005

German-Bohemian Heritage Society, March 2004

German-Bohemian Place Names, December 2004

Ginzel, William – Life of an Early Immigrant From Bohemia, September 2008

Grundy County (Illinois)

             Index to the Cemeteries of Southern Will & Grundy Counties, September 2004

 

Haisman, Jan, Pioneer Chicago Czech Settler, Winter 1999

Halas, George, Chicago Czech Sportsman, Winter 2002

Havel, Miroslav, Chief Crystal Designer, March 2010

Havlat, Charles, Last American Killed – European Theater, WWII, March 2007

Havlicek, Karel (and his Chicago Monument), Fall 1996, June 2006, Sept. 2006, Dec. 2006

Heydrich, Reinhard, Summer 2003

History of Czech Lands

        See Czech History

Homestead Law, Former (circa 1924), Spring 2003

Horner, Henry, First Czech Settler & Family, Spring 1998

Howell Neighborhood House, Chicago Settlement House, Fall 1997

Hrejsa, Frantisek J., First Czech Methodist Minister, Summer 1998

Humpel-Zeman, Josefa, Bohemian Women’s Publishing Company, Chicago, Summer 2001

Hus, Jan

            Memorial Building Chicago, 1915, September 2005

        50th Anniversary Celebration – 1921, Bohemian Free Thought Community Chicago, Sept. 2010

Hynek, J. Allen, Expert on Unidentified Flying Objects, December 2009 

 

Illinois

             Berwyn

                      Nase domy Berwyn, Winter 2002

             Brookfield

                      Remembering the Old Neighborhood - Brookfield, Spring 2000

         Chicago (see Chicago, Illinois)

                Cicero (see Cicero, Illinois)

                Fox River Grove (see Fox River Grove, Illinois)

                Lyons (see Lyons, Illinois)

                Selected Sources for Research in Illinois, June 2005

               

         State Archives

                  Military Records, June 2004

                Online Database Updates, December 2003

                State Genealogical Society

                      1916-1947 Death Certificate Project, December 2003

                Cemetery Location Project, March 2004

              Statewide Death Index (pre-1916), September 2004

                West Salem (see West Salem, Illinois)

 Immigrant Experiences

            Conditions at Ellis Island: Immigration Concerns in 1912, September 2006

                Early Czech Immigration to South Dakota, December 2008

         History of Czech Settlement in Texas, March 2010

         Howell Neighborhood House, Chicago, Settlement House, Fall 1997

                Furriers: Small Businesses in Chicago, June 2008

         Ginzel, William – Life of an Early Immigrant from Bohemia, September, 2008

         Information for Emigrants to Kansas, 1857, September 2006

                Journey to America, Spring 1998

                Nebraska Pioneer Vocabulary (three parts), March, June, September 2008,

         Need for Protection of Immigrants in Chicago, 1880, December 2009

         Pacl, Antonin, His Experiences, Inaugural Issue 1996

                Social Value of the Early Saloon, Fall 1999

                State of West Konsin, An Immigrant’s Letter, June 2004

                Steerage Passengers in the 18th Century, December 2009

         Take Me To Your LEADER, December 2007

         The Emigrants (book review), March 2010

         Times Are Changing (Chicago), September 2008

         Urban Social & Cultural Life of Bohemian Immigrants, Winter 2001

                Voices of the Past

                                An Aristocratic Family, Spring 2003

                                Mr. Briggs of Denver, September 2004

                                Mr. Krizan Saves a Life, Winter 2003

                                Mr. Sobota’s Monument, Summer 2003

                                Otto’s Awakening. June 2004

                                Puffing Tony, December 2003

                                Salt Water, December 2004

                                The Cigar Factory, Summer 2002

                                The Conscientious Reporter, March 2004

                                The New World, Fall 2002

Immigrant Workers

              Chicago Union Stockyards, Winter 2003

Immigration

                Arrival of First Czechs in America – by State, March 2009

         Castle Garden, Emigrant Depot in New York, Summer 1997

                Chronology of the Slovaks in America, Spring 2001

                Czech Immigration – Past and Current, March 2008

         Early Bohemian Settlers in Wisconsin, Fall 2000

                Early Czech Settlers in St. Louis and the American Catholic Church, Spring 2002

                Early Czechs in Nebraska, Summer 2002

                Excerpts from Amerika, Summer 1997

                Freethinkers, From Bohemia to Chicago, Fall 2001

                Hamburg Museum – A Look at Emigration from Hamburg, June 2008

         Immigration Between 1855 and 1889 (numerical chart), Summer 2002

                Moravian Settlement in Illinois (1830), Summer 2001

                National Carpatho-Rusyn Cultural & Educational Center, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2009

         Port of Baltimore, The Other Ellis Island, December 2008

         Scheduled Atlantic Passenger Ship Business, 1818 – 1969, Fall 2002

                Index to Quarterly Issues of KORENY (see also www.csagsi.org)

                                Inaugural Issue 1996 to Fall 2002, Winter 2003

                                Inaugural Issue 1996 to Summer 2001, Summer 2001

                                Inaugural Issue 1996 to Summer 1998, Summer 1998

                                Inaugural Issue 1996 to Fall 2002, Winter 2003

               

Iowa

               Charles Bridge Statue (Cedar Rapids), June 2006

                Kun, Francis, First Czech Minister in Iowa, Winter 1998

              Oxford Junction, September 2005

 

J. Sterling Morton High School, Cicero, IL, Early History, March 2008

Janosik, Juraj, Slovak Savior of the Poor, Winter 2003

Jednota Ceskych Dam (Unity of Czech Ladies), Meeting (1895), March 2005

Jews

             B’nai Abraham Congregation, Spring 2003

        The Early Bohemian Jewish Settlement in Chicago, Spring 2003

Jirka, Dr. Frank J., Chicago Czech Doctor, Fall 2000

Jonas, Karel (Charles), Journalist, Writer, Legislator, U.S. Consul, June 2008

Junek, Elizabeth, Eliska Junková, The Greatest Woman Auto Racer, Winter 2003

Junková, Eliska, The Greatest Woman Auto Racer, Winter 2003

 

Kansas

     Information for Emigrants (1857), September 2006

Kapaun, Father Emil, Saintly Shepherd, September 2004

Kerner, Sr., Otto – U. S. Judge, June 2011

Klacel Circle, Bohemian National Cemetery, March 2006

Klas Czech Restaurant, Cicero, Illinois, Spring 2001

Klaus, Vaclav, A Presidential Visit, September 2006

Kokoska, Michael, World War I Soldier, December 2010

Komensky, John Amos (Comenius), Teacher of Nations, June 2005

Kral, Josef Jiri: Salt Water and Other Stories (Voices of the Past)

                An Aristocratic Family, Spring 2003

                Mr. Briggs of Denver, September 2004

                The Cigar Factory, Summer 2002

                The Conscientious Reporter, March 2004

                Mr. Krizan Saves a Life, Winter 2003

                The New World, Fall 2002

                Otto’s Awakening. June 2004

                Puffing Tony, December 2003

                Salt Water, December 2004

                Mr. Sobota’s Monument, Summer 2003

                Kraslice—Easter Eggs, Winter 2003

Kryl, Bohumir, Czech-American Bandmaster, March 2005

Kubalek Family’s Arrival in Chicago (1910), March 2005

Kubelik, Jan, Czech Violinist, March 2006

Kun, Francis, First Czech Minister in Iowa, Winter 1998

 

Lace

        Czech Art of Bobbin Lace, September 2007

Lederer, Francis, Bohemian-American Actor, December 2005

Libuse, Frank, Chicago Czech Actor, Summer 1997

Lidice, Tragedy of Lidice, Summer 1997

Lincoln Rifles

             Slavonic Regiment of Chicago, Fall 1996

Lodges

                Bohemia Lodge #943 A.F.& A.M., Chicago, Winter 2002

                C.S.P.S. Lodge Applicants, (1888-1896), Spring 1999

                Deaths in CSA Lodges (1899), Winter 1998

                Deaths in CSA Lodges, (1892), Spring 1998

                Deaths in CSA Lodges, (1893), Summer 1998

                Deaths in CSA Lodges, (1894), Fall 1998

                Deaths in CSA Lodges, (1895), Winter 1999

                Jednota Ceskych Dam (Unity of Czech Ladies), Meeting (1895), March 2005

                Odd Fellow Bohemian Lodges, Chicago, Winter 1999, March 2009

Lyons, Illinois

               Eighth Grade School Photo—1924, Summer 2003

               Historical Commission, December 2003

               Sokol Lyons Photo—1917, Spring 2003 and Summer 2003

Lyra Singing Society of Chicago, Winter 2000

Lysacek, Evan, Champion Figure Skater, March 2010

 

Malden, Karl, Czech Acting Legend, September 2010

Maps

                Berwyn, IL, Nase domy, Winter 2002

                Early Chicago Maps and Streets, Winter 1998

                Chicago: Residential Street Maps in 1942, Inaugural Issue 1996 to Summer 2001

                Cicero, IL, Nase domy, Spring 2002

Marriages 

                Bohemian Marriages, Will County, Illinois, Fall 1997

 

Masaryk, Thomas Garrigue

         Men of Vision, Spring 1998

         Czech Patriot and Leader, Winter 2000

         Dedication of Statue – Chicago 1955, March 2008

McHenry County (Illinois)

                Census (1930), Summer 2003

                Fox River Grove School Photo, District 149, 1925, March 2004   

                St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church Baptismal Records, December 2003

Melrose Park

                Remembering the Old Neighborhood - Melrose Park, Winter 2000

Moravian Organizations, People, and Settlements

                Czech-Moravian Highlands

                                Social and Economic Conditions in, December 2005

                Moravian Cultural Society, Summer 1997

                Mucha, Alfons, Moravian Artist, Summer 2001

                The Moravian Settlement in Illinois, 1830 (West Salem, IL), Summer, 2001

                Uprka, Joza, Moravian Slovak Artist, Spring 2002

Morton High School, (Cicero, IL), March 2008

Mucha, Alfons, Moravian Artist, Summer 2001

Mushroom (Houby) Hunting, September 2004

            With John Kubalek, March 2006

        Cicero Mushroom and Hunting Club, Dec. 2006

        Cicero Mushroom, Hunting and Fishing Club, Revisited, September 2007

        Popularity of Mushrooms, Sept. 2009

Music

            Bagpiper From Polikno, Bohemia, Antonin Bosak, June 2007

        Beer Barrel Polka - Spring 2000

            Bohemian American Concertina Association, Berwyn, Illinois, Dec. 2006

        Czech Musical Family, Libushka Bartusek Brown & Harry John Brown, March 2009

        Czech National Anthem, June 2006

        Lyra Singing Society of Chicago (1870), Winter 2000

        Slovak National Anthem, June 2006

        Thalia Hall and the Ludvik Players, Spring 1999

Musicians

            Dolejsi, Zdenka Cerny Vasak, The Greatest Bohemian Violon Cellist,Winter 2000

            Dopyera, John, Slovak Guitar Legend, March 2005

            Dvorák, Antonin, Composer, June 2004

            Kryl, Bohumir, Czech-American Bandmaster, March 2005

            Kubelik, Jan, Czech Violinist and Composer, March 2006

        Peterik, Jim, Musician, Songwriter, June 2007

        Vilem, Josef, Violin Virtuoso, Spring-Summer 1999

        Zamecnik, John Stepan, December 2005

 

Name Lists

              Arrival of First Czechs in America – by State, March 2009

         Association of Czech Tavern Owners 1894-1896, Winter 1998

                Bohemian Marriages, Will County, Illinois, Fall 1997

                Bohemian Midwife Births (Chicago), 1896-1898, December 2005

                Ceská Beseda (Bohemian Social Club) Members 1950, Winter 2000

                Citizens of the Town of Humpolec, Bohemia, 1807, Fall 2002

                C.S.P.S. Lodge Applicants, (1888-1896), Spring 1999

                Czech American DNA Study: Some Early Results, March 2004

         Czech Family Names and Their Origins

                      Part 1, June 2004

                      Part 2, September 2004

                Czech Surnames, Spring 1998

                Czechoslovak Society of America (CSA)

                Deaths in CSA Lodges (1899), Winter 1998

                Deaths in CSA Lodges, (1892), Spring 1998

                Deaths in CSA Lodges, (1893), Summer 1998

                Deaths in CSA Lodges, (1894), Fall 1998

                Deaths in CSA Lodges, (1895), Winter 1999

                        Early Bohemian Settlers in Chicago (1848-1867), September 2004

                Former Slovak Town Names, Fall 1999

         Fox River Grove, Illinois

                        School Photo, District 149, 1925, March 2004

                        St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church Baptismal Records, December 2003

                Jan Neruda School Picture, Chicago, December 2007

         Lyons, Illinois

                                Eighth Grade School Photo—1924, Summer 2003

                                Sokol Lyons Photo—1917, Spring 2003 and Summer 2003

                Midwestern U.S. Farmers (1885-1889), Part I, Fall 1996

                Midwestern U.S. Farmers (1885-1889), Part II, Winter 1997

                Palacky Lodge, No. 630, I.O.O.F., Chicago, 1922, December 2009, March 2010

         Pilsen, A Chicago Czech Neighborhood, Telephone Book 1928, March 2005

                Researchers in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, March 2006

                St. Adalbert Cemetery Burials of Servicemen and Women, 1929, September 2006

                St. Michael the Archangel Parish Members, Chicago, Spring 2000, Summer 2000

                St. Peter & St. Paul Charter Families, 1931, Spring 1997

         Veterans Buried at Bohemian National Cemetery (Chicago), prior to 1923, December 2008

Nase Prijmeni (Our Surnames), Preface Translation and Book Review, March 2006

Nebraska

                Early Bohemians in Pischelville, Nebraska, September 2005

                Early Czechs in Nebraska, Summer 2002

                Early History of St. Wenceslas Church in Omaha, Nebraska, Winter 1999

         Nebraska Pioneer Vocabulary

                     Part I, March 2008,  Part II, June 2008,  Part III, September 2008

Nechodoma, Antonin, Architect, 1877-1928, March 2004

Neighborhood (Settlement) Houses

             Howell Neighborhood House, Fall 1997

Nemecek, Francis D., March 2008

 

New Zealand

             First Bohemian Immigration, March 2004

Newspapers

                Denni Hlasatel Newspaper, Chicago, Winter 1997

 

Obituaries

                Denni Hlasatel Newspaper, Chicago, Winter 1997

Occupations

         Czech Occupations Word List – English Translation, December 2010

Odd Fellows

        Bohemian Lodges, Chicago, Winter 1999

        Cesky Odd Fellows of Chicago, March 2009

Organizations

            (see Bohemian Organizations)

        (see Czech Organizations)

            (see Slovak Organizations)

 

Packingtown, Winter 2003

Pacl, Antonin, His Immigration Experiences, Inaugural Issue 1996

Palacky Lodge, No. 630, I.O.O.F. Chicago, 1922, December 2009, March 2010

Pancner, Ferdinand, Chicago/Berwyn Czech Store Owner, December 2003

Papanek, Jan, Slovak Diplomat, Defender of Democracy, Sept. 2007

People

             Adamson, Joy, Czech-Born British Naturalist, June 2010

         Addams, Jane, American Social Reformer, March 2011

         Architects of Buildings in Chicago’s Czech Community, Spring 2000

         Bednarik, Chuck, June 2005

             Benes, Edvard, Spring 1998

             Borovsky, Karel Havlicek, March, September, December 2006

         Brouk, Robert, June 2011

         Brown, Harry John, March 2009

         Brown, Libushka Bartusek, March 2009

         Bubenicek, Rudolf, June 2007, December 2011

         Cermak, Anton, Fall 1996, September 2008

                Cimera, Jaroslav, Sept. 2009

         Chopin, Frederic, 1810-1849, Visits to Bohemia, March 20100

         Dobrovsky, Josef, Winter 1997

                Dolejsi, Zdena Cerny Vasak, Winter 2000

                Dopyera, John, March 2003

                Dvorˇák, Antonin, June 2004, December 2011

                Friend, Hugo, September 2005

                Ginzel, William, September 2008

         Haisman, Jan, Winter 1999

                Halas, George, Winter 2002

                Havel, Miroslav, March 2010

         Havlicek, Karel, March 2006, September 2006, December 2006

                Havlat, Charles, March 2007

         Horner, Henry, Spring 1998

                Hrejsa, Frantisek J., Summer 1998

                Humpel-Zeman, Josefa, Summer 2001

                Hynek, J. Allen, December 2009

         Janosik, Juraj, Winter 2003

                Jirka, Dr. Frank J., Fall 2000

                Jonas, Karel (Charles), June 2008

         Junkova, Eliska, Winter 2003

                Kakuska, Bartholomew, March 2009

         Kerner, Sr., Otto, June 2011

         Kolben, Emil, September 2009

         Kokoska, Michael, World War I Soldier, December 2010

               Finding the World War I Records of Michael Kokoska, December 2010                  

         Komensky (Comenius), John Amos, June 2005

                Kryl, Bohumir, March 2005

                Kubelik, Jan, March 2006

                Kun, Francis, Winter 1998

                Lederer, Francis, December 2005

                Libuse, Frank, Summer 1997

         Ludvik, Frantisek, Winter 2000

              Lysacek, Evan, March 2010

         Malden, Karl, Czech Acting Legend, September 2010

         Masaryk, Thomas Garrique, Spring 1998, Winter 2000, March 2008

             Mucha, Alfons, Summer 2001

             Nechodoma, Antonin, March 2004

             Pacl, Antonin, Inaugural Issue 1996

             Pancer, Ferdinand, December 2003

             Papanek, Jan, September 2007

         Peterik, Jim, Musician, Songwriter, June 2007

         Pick, Albert, Spring 2001

             Polasek, Albin, September 2005

             Sabath, Adolph J., Fall 1999

             Sabath, Joseph, March 2011

         Sokol, John A., Summer 2002

             St. Wenceslaus, December 2004

             Stefanik, Milan, Spring 1998, December 2007, June 2009

             Stejskal (Steiskal), Frantisek, Spring 1997

             Stuchlik  - Pioneer Bohemian Family in Chicago, June 2007

         Stur, Ludovit, Summer 2002

             Textorisova, Izabela, Slovakia’s First Female Botanist, September 2010

         Uher, Alois, Winter 1998

             Uprka, Joza, Spring 2002, (also December 2011)

             Urban, Martin, March 2009

         Vilem, Josef, Spring & Summer 1999

             Winkler, Frank, December 2011

         Zamecnik, John Stepan, December 2005

         Zdruberk, Frantisek B.,  September 2011

Photography – History and Practice of the Art of Photography, March 2008

Pick, Albert, First Chicago Czech Immigrant, Spring 2001

Pilsen neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois

        Bohemian Meeting Halls and Theaters in Chicago, December 2005

            Bohemian Midwife Births, December 2005

            Dvorak Park (Chicago-Pilsen), History, June 2005

            Glimpse of Pilsen, A Chicago Czech Neighborhood, Telephone Book 1928, March 2005

        Pilsen Brewery & Pilsen Park, Chicago, Spring 1998

        Plzen Butcher’s Association, Chicago, First Fifty Years, Spring 2000

Pischelville, Nebraska

        Early Bohemians In, September 2005

Polasek, Albin, Czech-American Sculptor, September 2005

Prague, Czechoslovakia

              In Search of History in Prague, Summer 2003

Prague Monument, Summer 2002

Prague Spring Music Festival, Spring 2003

Prague’s Street Names, Winter 2001

Praha, Texas, September 2007

 

Recipes 

                Almond Horns, Dec. 2006

         Bohemian Nut Slices, Spring 2001

                Bohemian Rye Bread, Summer 2001

                Fruit Dumplings, Fall 2001

                Goulash with Noodles, Summer 2003

                Listy or Vanities, Summer 2001

                Liver Dumplings for Soup, Summer 2001

                Rabbits with Sour Cream Gravy, Summer 2001

                Run Balls, Dec. 2006

         Struedel, Fall 2001

                Svickova or Pickled Beef, Summer 2001

             Vdolky, Fall 2001

                Zazvorniky (Slovak Ginger Cookies), Winter 2001

                Zelnicky, Summer 2000

Religion

                (see also Churches)

                Freethinkers, Fall 2001

         Czech Catholic Pioneers in America, March 2007

         Jan Hus Memorial Building, Chicago (1915) September 2005

Ruthenia

              An Adventure into the Heart of Rusyn Slovakia, September 2005

                The Carpatho-Rusyns of Ruthenia, Summer 1999

                The National Carpatho-Rusyn Cultural & Educational Center, Pittsburg, PA, March 2009

         Who are the...Russ’niaks, Inaugural Issue 1996

 

Sabath, Adolph J., Pioneer Illinois Czech Congressman, Fall 1999

Sabath, Joseph, First Chicago Czech Judge of the Higher Courts, March 2011

Saints

     Saints Cyril and Methodius, December 2007

St. Adalbert Cemetery, (Bohemian-Polish Catholic Cemetery), Chicago, Fall 1998

St. Louis, Missouri

                Early Czech Settlers in St. Louis and the American Catholic Church, Spring 2002 (June 2011 also)

         First Czech Parish in the New World, December 2009

St. Procopius College – Dedication Celebrations, 1913, March 2007

Saloons

                Social Value of the Early Saloon, Fall 1999

Ships

               Pictures of Ships,  December 2004

Settlement Houses

         Howell Neighborhood House (Chicago), Fall 1997

Skala National Bank, Chicago, Winter 1999

Skala State Bank, March 2004

Slavonic Rifle Regiment, Chicago, Fall 1996

Slovak History

                Czechoslovak History, A CSAGSI Library Sampler Fall 1998

         History of Slovaks in America by Konstantin Culen (Book review), March 2008

         The Founding of Czechoslovakia, A Brief Historical Overview, March 2008 

Slovak Cemeteries

                Researching in Slovak Cemeteries, Winter 1998

Slovak Churches

                St. Mary’s Assumption Roman Catholic Church, Passaic (100th Anniversary), NJ, March 2009

         St. Simon Church, Chicago, Fall 1996

                Slovak Churches on Microfilm at LDS, Fall 1996

                St. Michael the Archangel Slovak Church, Chicago, 1898-1941, March 2007

         Trinity Slovak Lutheran Church, Chicago, Winter 2002

Slovak Organizations in America

                First Catholic Slovak Union, Fall 2002

                First Slovak Sokol Society, Winter 1998

Slovak People

                Chronology of the Slovaks in America, Spring 2001

                Czechoslovak & Slavic Major League Baseball Players in 1949, Summer 2000

                Czechs and Slovaks in Early Chicago Banking, Fall 2002

                Early Slovaks in Chicago, Winter 1998

         Slovak-American Heroes, Inaugural Issue 1996

         Stefanik, Milan, Spring 1998, December 2007, June 2009

Slovak Places

                An Adventure into the Heart of Rusyn Slovakia, September 2005

              Bojnice Castle, Spring 2003

                Slovak Castles, Spring 1997

                Slovak Treasures, Fall 1998

                Vysoke Tatry, Magnificent Mountain Range of Northern Slovakia, Winter 2003

Slovak Towns

                Former Slovak Town Names, Fall 1999

                Suja, Summer 2003

                Visit To Saint Ondrej (Slovakia), Summer 1997

 

 

Slovak Traditions

                Christmas Traditions in Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, Winter 1999

                History of Beer Brewing in Slovakia, June 2005

                Slovak Information (General)

                                Educational Corner, Fall 2002

                        Odds & Ends,

                     Summer 1999, 2000, 2001, Spring 2002, 2003, June 2005, March 2006,

                           June 2007, June 2009

                Slovak National Anthem, June 2006

Slovak Research

                Internet sites of Interest, Spring 2000

                Researching My Slovak Grandparent Using Passenger Lists, Fall 1997

                Researching Your Slovak Roots, Summer 1998

                This Old Document, Rodny List (Slovak Birth), Spring 1997

                Slovanska Lipa, First Czech Cultural Center in Early Chicago, Summer 1999

Sokol

                Bohemian Turners (1886) – Chicago, September 2007

         Bohemian Turner Meet, Chicago 1909, December 2008

         Camp Sokol, New Buffalo, Michigan, Winter 2002 and Spring 2003

                Establishing a Sokol in Town of Lake, Chicago, June 2008

         First Chicago Czech Sokol Picnic, Spring, 2001

                History of the Czech-American Sokol of Chicago, Summer 2001

                Sokol and the Americanization of Bohemian Women, Winter 1998

                Sokol Lyons Photo, 1917, Spring 2003

                Sokol, John A. (Sokol & Company), Summer 2002

                St. Wenceslaus, Patron Saint of Bohemia, December 2004

South Dakota

         Early Czech Immigration to South Dakota, December 2008

Spas

         Spas and Bads, The Rites of Summer, June 2011

         Spas of Western Bohemia, March 2008

Steamships

                Immigrant Steamships - RMS Olympic, Inaugural Issue 1996

Stejskal, (Steiskal), Frantisek - Civil War Experiences, Banker, Spring 1997

Stevensville, Michigan, December 2003

Stockyards (Chicago), Winter 2003

Street Vendors, Fall 2001

Stefanik (General Milan) in Chicago, 1917, December 2007

Stur, Ludovit - Inspiration of Modern National Slovak Ideology, Summer 2002

Synagogues

                B’nai Abraham Congregation, Spring 2003

 

Tailoring

          Early Tailoring in the United States, Sept. 2009

Tatra Mountains

           Vysoke Tatry, Magnificent Mountain Range of Northern Slovakia, Winter 2003

Tavern Owners

                Association of Czech Tavern Owners, Chicago (1894-1896), Winter 1998

Texas

         History of Czech Settlement in Texas, March 2010

Textorisova, Izabela, Slovakia’s First Female Botanist, September 2010

Thalia Hall and the Ludvik Players, Spring 1999            

Theater

                Ludvik Theater Group (1893) Chicago, Spring 1999

         Early History of Bohemian Theaters in Chicago, September 2010

Traditions

                Goulash with Noodles, Summer 2003

                Hints to the Housewife, Summer 2000

                Houby Hunting Memory, Winter 2001

                Peroutka, Winter 2003

                Slovak Christmas Traditions in Coal Regions of Pennsylvania, Winter 1999

                Zelení Muzˇi (Iron Men), Spring 2003

Travel 

                Adventure Trails, Spring 1997

                An Adventure into the Heart of Rusyn Slovakia, September 2005

                CNN Ladies, A New Resource, Winter 1999

                Genealogy Field Research in the Czech Republic – Off the Beaten Path (Wolf family), Dec. 2007

         Joe and Amy’s Excellent Adventure, Summer 1998

                My First Visit to the Czech Republic (Bill Hosna) - Part I, Fall 1999

                My First Visit to the Czech Republic (Bill Hosna) - Part II, Winter 2000

                Prague Revisited, Fall 1998

                Travelogue - Breweries and Castles, Fall 2000

                Trip to the Czech Republic (Brabec Family, Luzany/Prestice), Part 1,

                                 September 2005

                Trip to the Czech Republic (Moudry Family, Vodnany/Drahonice), Part 1, December 2005

                Visiting the Czech Republic, Fall 1998

                Visiting the Czechoslovakian Relatives, Winter 2002

 

Uher, Alois, Civil War Veteran, Chicago, Winter 1998

Union Stockyards, Winter 2003

Unity of Czech Ladies (Jednota Ceskych Dam), Meeting (1895), March 2005

Uprka, Joza, Moravian Slovak Artist, Spring 2002, (also December 2011)

Urban life

                Urban Social & Cultural Life of Bohemian Immigrants, Winter 2001

                Urban Street Vendors, Fall 2001

 

Veterans

                Burials of Servicemen and Women, 1929, September 2006

         War Veterans Buried at Bohemian National Cemetery, Dec. 2008

Vilim, Josef, Chicago’s Czech Violin Virtuoso, Parts I & II, Spring 1999 and Summer 1999

Virginia

         Czech, Slovak and Czech Romanian Immigrants in Virginia, December 2009

Vysoke Tatry, Magnificent Mountain Range of Northern Slovakia, Winter 2003

    

Wenceslaus, Patron Saint of Bohemia, December 2004

 

West Salem, Illinois

                Moravian Settlement in Illinois (1830), Summer 2001

Western Electric (Hawthorne Works – Cicero, IL), December 2010

Western National Bank (Cicero, Illinois), December 2004

Will County (Illinois)

                Bohemian Marriages, Will County, Illinois, Fall 1997

                Index to the Cemeteries of Southern Will & Grundy Counties, September 2004

Wisconsin

                Early Bohemian Settlers, Fall 2000

                State of West Konsin, An Immigrant’s Letter, June 2004

         History of the Free Congregation, Sauk County, WI, Freethinkers on the Frontier, June 2010

Woodrow Wilson and the Founding of Czechoslovakia, December 2008 

World War II Experiences Web Site, Spring 2003

World’s Fair 

                Recollections of the 1893 Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition and Czech Day at the Fair, Winter 2001

World’s Fair

         (Chicago), 1933-34 and the Czechoslovaks, Summer 2003

 

Zamecnik, John Stepan, December 2005

Zelení Muzi (Iron Men), Spring 2003

 

 

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