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Kaštánek family came to the United States in 1861 and they also took this bible with them that was published in Bohemia around year 1780.

This addendum to a newspaper Slavie was probably published on a weekly basis and it consists of short, entertaining stories. The name of this weekly paper is "Rodina" (Family).

Czech glassmakers (especially those from Gablonz) have been making jewelry for hundreds of years. Originally, the beads and gems were made by melting down glass rods into molds and then faceting the cooled beads and gems together. In the 1800's,…

A flier containing an artists rendering of Joe Vosoba's great-grandmother who immigrated near Crete, Nebraska. Vosoba's great-grandmother and great-grandfather homesteaded in Nebraska in the 1860's.

Wedding photo of Henrietta Ryba and Joseph Vetrovsky. Joseph and Henrietta were married in Marysville Kansas on May 8, 1924

Postcards from Frank and Nettie Vetrovsky to Anna and Josef Vetrovsky. Frank and Josef are the sons of Anna. Nettie is the wife of Frank. Frank and Nettie resided in Crete, NE. Anna and Josef resided in Virginia, NE.

This questionnaire was sent to Václav Karel in January 2, 1915 by Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions from Washington D.C. After the Civil War the Pension Bureau grew quickly and created bureaucratic procedures to provide reliable pension…

Anna Karel declared that she had been widowed in order to collect her husband's pension in 1920 at the age of 77. In the middle to late nineteenth century, the U.S. Pension Bureau had grown large compared to its pre-Civil War size. It created…

Václav Karel asked for invalid pension on September 13, 1897 at the age of 58 due to rheumatism and disease of the digestive organs, lungs, liver, and kidneys.

After the Civil War the Pension Bureau grew quickly and created bureaucratic…

An obituary describing sudden and unexpected death of James Karel, Václav Karel's son. James Karel died at this home on January 1, 1918 at the age of 33.