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Czech & Slovak Genealogy
- National
- Czech & Slovak
- Museum & Library
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Czech & Slovak Genealogy
Guides to Czech and Slovak Genealogy Research
Fast, Jana. Genealogical Research: Tracing Czech, Moravian, and Slovak Ancestry. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Czech fine Arts Foundation, 1984.
Miller, Olga K. Genealogical Research for Czech and Slovak Americans. Detroit: Gale, 1978.
Schlyter, Daniel M. Czechoslovakia: A Handbook of Czechoslovak Genealogical Research. Buffalo Grove, Illinois: Genun, 1985. (Especially good for use with (Mormon) Family History Library holdings.)
Maps and Geography
Magosci, Paul R. Historical Atlas of East Central Europe. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1993.
Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International biannual conferences (5-8).
Passenger Lists
Baca, Leo. Czech Immigration Passenger Lists. Richardson, Texas: [publisher?], 1983-.
Indexes
Denni Hlasatel Obituary Index: 1891-1970 and 1971-1995. Czech and Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois.
Hornack, Joseph. Ancestral Tree - Slovak Roots. Cleveland, Ohio: Surname Location Reference Project (SLRP), 1995. Over 3,000 Slovak surnames arranged alphabetically by surname and by Slovak village.
Slovak Heritage & Folklore Society International. Slovak Pride. December 1997, 3rd edition. 8,000 Slovak surnames listed alphabetically by surname and by Slovak village.
Biographical Resources - General
Capek, Thomas. The Cechs (Bohemians) in America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1920.
Chada, Joseph. The Czechs in the United States. SVU Press, 1981.
Czechoslovak National Council of America (compiled by Vlasta Vraz). Panorama. Cicero, Illinois: Cicero-Berwyn Press, 1970.
Dvornik, Francis. Czech Contributions to the Growth of the United States. [publisher?], 1961.
First Catholic Slovak Union. Slovak Catholic Parishes and Institutions in the United States and Canada. Cleveland: First Catholic Slovak Union, 1955.
Habenicht, Jan. History of Czechs in America. St. Paul, Minnesota: Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International, 1996. (English translation of Dejiny Cechuv Americkych. Rich in biography and family history.)
Laska, Vera. The Czechs in America. Oceana Publications, Inc., 1978.
Rechcigl, Eva and Miloslav Jr. SVU Directory - History, Organization and Biographies of Members. Washington, DC: SVU Press, 1992.
Biographical Resources - Chicago
Adresar a Almanach Ceskiho Obyvatelstva v Chicago. Directory and Almanac of the Bohemian Population of Chicago. 1915.
Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago: Chicago Genealogical Society, 1995-Burial records 1877-1887.
Bubenicek, Rudolf. Dejiny Cechu v Chicagu. Chicago, 1939. (Rich in biography and family history.)
Chicago Genealogist XXVII: 1 (Fall 1994). (Issue contains a number of helpful articles concerning Bohemian research in Chicago.)
Droba, Daniel D. Czech and Slovak Leaders in Metropolitan Chicago. Chicago: Slavonic Club of the University of Chicago, 1934.
Kralovec, Grace Prewitt. I Remember the Czechs of Chicago. [No publisher], 1988.
Biographical Resources - Florida
Hudak, Andrew F., Jr. Slovaks in Florida. Agency Da Vel, 1991.
Biographical Resources - Iowa
Czech Heritage Foundation. The History of the Czechs in Cedar Rapids, Volume II, 1942-1982. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Lilly Printing Company, 1982.
Griffith, Martha E. Czech Settlement in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Laramie, Wyoming: University of Wyoming master's thesis, 1942.
Griffith, Martha E. The History of the Czechs in Cedar Rapids, Volume I, 1852-1942. Reprinted from The Iowa Journal of History and Politics and published by the Czech Heritage Foundation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Klimesh, Cyril M. They Came to this Place. Sebastopol, California: Methodius Press, 1983.
Murray, Janette Stevenson. They Came to North Tama. Lake Mills. Iowa: Graphic Publishing Co., 1973. (Originally published by Hudson Printing Co., Hudson, Iowa, 1953. See pages 68-71.)
Pecinovsky, Gerald G. Protivin - The First One hundred Years. [publisher?], 1994.
Biographical Resources - Minnesota
Worker of the Writers' Program of the W.P.A. of Minnesota. The Bohemian Flats. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1986. (Originally published by the University of Minnesota, 1941.)
Biographical Resources - Nebraska
Kucera, Vladimir. Czech Cemeteries in Nebraska. [publisher?], 1972.
Kucera, Vladimir. Czechs and Nebraska. Ord, Nebraska: Quiz Graphic Arts, Inc., 1967.
Rosicky, Rose. A History of Czechs (Bohemians) in Nebraska. Omaha: Czech Historical Society of Nebraska, 1929.
Sts. Peter & Paul Parish. Sts. Peter & Paul Church - Centennial 1876-1976. [No publisher], 1972.
Van Hoff, Joseph John. A History of the Czechs in Knox County, Nebraska. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska, 1938.
Biographical Resources - New York
Centennial History Book Committee. A History of Bohemia, Long Island. Saylorville, Long Island, New York: Weeks & Reichel Printing, 1985.
Biographical Resources - Ohio
Pankuch, Jan. History of the Slovaks of Cleveland and Lakewood. Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International and The Western Reserve Historical Society, 2001.
Biographical Resources - Oklahoma
Bicha, Karel D. The Czechs of Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma Press, 1980.
Biographical Resources - South Dakota
Dvorak, Joseph A. History of the Czechs in the State of South Dakota. Tabor, South Dakota: The Czech Heritage Preservation Society, Inc., 1980.
Biographical Resources - Texas and the Southwest
Cervenka, Mary Ruth. History of Ethnic Cultures in the Ballinger Area. Abilene, Texas: R & R Reproduction Co., 1976.
Hewitt, W. Phil. The Czech Texans. San Antonio: University of Texas, 1972.
Machann, Clinton and James W. Mendl. Krasna Amerika: A Study of Texas Czechs, 1851-1939. Austin, Texas: Eakin Press, 1983.
Maresh, Henry R. and Estelle Hudson. Czech Pioneers of the Southwest. Houston, Texas: Western Lithograph, reprint 1996. (Originally published by South-West Press, 1934.)
Skrabanek, Robert L. We're Czechs. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1988.
Biographical Resources - Wisconsin
Polasek, Emily M. K. A Bohemian Girl in America. Rollins Press, Inc., 1982.
Phillips Czechoslovakian Community. Phillips Czechoslovakian Community. Park Falls, Wisconsin: F.A. Weber & Sons, Inc. Volume I, 1991; Volume II, 1995.
Biographical Resources - Civil War
Wright, Jody Feldtman. Czechs in Gray and Blue, Too! [publisher?], 1988.
Periodicals with Genealogical and Biographical Info
Cesky Hlas (The Czech Voice). Newsletter of the Czech Heritage Society of Texas.
Cesky Stopy (Czech Footprints). Quarterly publication of the Texas Czech Genealogical Society.
CSA Journal. Monthly publication of the Czechoslovak Society of America.
Fraternal Herald. Monthly publication of Western Fraternal Life Association.
Koreny (Roots). Journal of the Czech and Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois.
Nase Rodina (Our Family). Newsletter of the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International.
Slovakia. Newsletter of the Slovak Heritage and Folklore Society International.
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