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Czech Genealogy and History Section One of Hugo Chotek English Translation of 1895 Book (Pages 1 to 20)

Onward To Our Past Genealogy Services is proud to present, exclusively here on our website, the first and only English translation of the Hugo Chotek history book written about the[...]

03 Apr 2013

Tag Bohemian, Czech, family history, genealogy, Hugo Chotek, immigration

Sometimes we need to go well beyond “The Usual Suspects” and seek out “Keyser Soze” in our genealogy work!

Sometimes we need to go well beyond “The Usual Suspects” and seek out “Keyser Soze” in our genealogy work! I’ll admit it. ”The Usual Suspects&[...]

12 May 2013

Mothers’ Day: Thanks to All the Mothers that Nourish/Nourished All Our Family Trees

As we prepare to celebrate Mothers’ Day I have seen a few discussions on whether or not it is properly titled as “Mother’s Day” or “Mothers’ Day”. As Mrs. Grott, on[...]

09 May 2013

Tag Ancestry, family history, genealogy, Mother's Day

Hugo Chotek History of Czech Immigrants for Genealogy, Ancestry, and Family History: Translation of Table of Contents

If you have been following my work here in genealogy, ancestry, and family history, you know that my firm, Onward To Our Past® recently completed a year-long project to translate [...]

06 May 2013

Tag Ancestry, Bohemia, Czech American, family history, genealogy, Hugo Chotek

Your Genealogy Diogenes at it again — Shedding the Light of Truth and Shredding Falsehoods in Genealogy, Ancestry, and Family History!

Here I am again, in the role of your Genealogy Diogenes. (Diogenes was an ancient Greek who gained fame by the story that he took to walking the streets with a lamp ’sear[...]

05 May 2013

Tag Ancestry, Diogenes, fact checking, family history, genealogy

Don’t Miss or Overlook These Genealogy Gems: Local, City, and Neighborhood Genealogy and History Societies

Just the other day, I received one of those mail calls that we, as family historians and genealogist, LOVE. I went to the mailbox and there inside was a lovely, large, thick, manil[...]

29 Apr 2013

Tag Ancestry, family history, genealogy, tips

New Book Announcement: Pre-Order Opportunity for newest work by Mila Rechcigl, historian, genealogist, and author

Just a day or two ago, I was informed by Mila Rechcigl that he has a new book about to go to print. Mila is past president and currently Scholar-in-Residence for the SVU or Czech[...]

28 Apr 2013

Tag Ancestry, Bohemia, Czech, Czech American, family history, Mila Rechcigl