Steven Vondrak
@svondrak.bsky.social
Tech software sales and support. Slavic genealogy and history enthusiast.
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Steven Vondrak
@svondrak.bsky.social
· Dec 4
Years researching: 6
Hobbyist: Paternal pedigree research is original with help from FB groups.
Discovery : Y-DNA GD6 match with surname Papesch in NZ due to a Papež/Vondráková marriage in 1714.
Niche : US immigrants from Chmeľnica, Slovakia.
#Genealogy #SixGenerations
#Slavic #Czech #Slovak #Rusyn
Hobbyist: Paternal pedigree research is original with help from FB groups.
Discovery : Y-DNA GD6 match with surname Papesch in NZ due to a Papež/Vondráková marriage in 1714.
Niche : US immigrants from Chmeľnica, Slovakia.
#Genealogy #SixGenerations
#Slavic #Czech #Slovak #Rusyn
Former West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin was on @thedailyshow.com and he always mentions his maternal side is Czechoslovak, but they are only Czech and emigrated to the US before 1913 from the Moravian-Silesian Region of the present-day Czech Republic.
#Genealogy #Czech
#Genealogy #Czech
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Former West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin was on @thedailyshow.com and he always mentions his maternal side is Czechoslovak, but they are only Czech and emigrated to the US before 1913 from the Moravian-Silesian Region of the present-day Czech Republic.
#Genealogy #Czech
#Genealogy #Czech
@judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social
Chicago hot dog joint Portillo's weighs in on the hot dog/sandwich debate and it looks like a hot dog is not included in their National Sandwich Day free sandwich promotion.
I wonder if some will argue for a free hot dog??
#Chicago #Portillos #hotdog
Chicago hot dog joint Portillo's weighs in on the hot dog/sandwich debate and it looks like a hot dog is not included in their National Sandwich Day free sandwich promotion.
I wonder if some will argue for a free hot dog??
#Chicago #Portillos #hotdog
November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
@judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social
Chicago hot dog joint Portillo's weighs in on the hot dog/sandwich debate and it looks like a hot dog is not included in their National Sandwich Day free sandwich promotion.
I wonder if some will argue for a free hot dog??
#Chicago #Portillos #hotdog
Chicago hot dog joint Portillo's weighs in on the hot dog/sandwich debate and it looks like a hot dog is not included in their National Sandwich Day free sandwich promotion.
I wonder if some will argue for a free hot dog??
#Chicago #Portillos #hotdog
Old newspaper articles related to the recently found Lake Michigan wreck of the iron ore schooner F.J. King. Lighthouse keeper accounts from days after the wreck contradicted accounts from the rescued captain. No lives were lost.
#Genealogy #Newspapers
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#Genealogy #Newspapers
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Researchers have found a "Ghost Ship" in Lake Michigan after 139 years
The schooner "F.J. King" went down on September 15th, 1886 in Lake Michigan.
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September 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Old newspaper articles related to the recently found Lake Michigan wreck of the iron ore schooner F.J. King. Lighthouse keeper accounts from days after the wreck contradicted accounts from the rescued captain. No lives were lost.
#Genealogy #Newspapers
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shipwreckspod.substack.com/p/researcher...
#Genealogy #Newspapers
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shipwreckspod.substack.com/p/researcher...
Czech immigrant ancestral village search success story thanks to @reclaimtherecords.org helping get the NYC vital record images published.
From all US records, only an 1878 birth record showed the birth locations of the parents. Kuttenberg is the German exonym for Kutna Hora.
#Genealogy #Czech
From all US records, only an 1878 birth record showed the birth locations of the parents. Kuttenberg is the German exonym for Kutna Hora.
#Genealogy #Czech
August 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Czech immigrant ancestral village search success story thanks to @reclaimtherecords.org helping get the NYC vital record images published.
From all US records, only an 1878 birth record showed the birth locations of the parents. Kuttenberg is the German exonym for Kutna Hora.
#Genealogy #Czech
From all US records, only an 1878 birth record showed the birth locations of the parents. Kuttenberg is the German exonym for Kutna Hora.
#Genealogy #Czech
#Czech #Genealogy
Charlie Havlat, the son of Czech immigrants that settled in Nebraska, who died 7-MAY-1945 in present day Volary, Okres Prachatice, Czechia, is believed to be the last US armed forces killed during WWII in Europe.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/558...
Charlie Havlat, the son of Czech immigrants that settled in Nebraska, who died 7-MAY-1945 in present day Volary, Okres Prachatice, Czechia, is believed to be the last US armed forces killed during WWII in Europe.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/558...
Charley Havlat (1910-1945) - Find a Grave...
World War II United States Army soldier. He is considered to be the last member of the United States armed forces to be killed in combat in the European Theater. A member of the 803rd Tank Destroyer B...
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May 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#Czech #Genealogy
Charlie Havlat, the son of Czech immigrants that settled in Nebraska, who died 7-MAY-1945 in present day Volary, Okres Prachatice, Czechia, is believed to be the last US armed forces killed during WWII in Europe.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/558...
Charlie Havlat, the son of Czech immigrants that settled in Nebraska, who died 7-MAY-1945 in present day Volary, Okres Prachatice, Czechia, is believed to be the last US armed forces killed during WWII in Europe.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/558...
This map shows how old stretches of the current Czech borders really are. For how long have the existed. I love this map! Source: buff.ly/tmPPpMQ
April 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Reposted by Steven Vondrak
New search feature: should you want to view all 52 artworks seen onscreen during the @artinstitutechi.bsky.social montage in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, just search "Save Ferris" and we've got you covered. www.artic.edu/collection?t...
April 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New search feature: should you want to view all 52 artworks seen onscreen during the @artinstitutechi.bsky.social montage in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, just search "Save Ferris" and we've got you covered. www.artic.edu/collection?t...
20-AUG-1841 baptism of my 2GGF, James Dowling in Suncroft Parish, County Kildare. Bottom left and hard to read. His parents were James Dowling and Ellen Hyland.
registers.nli.ie/pages/vtls00...
His "abode" in the baptism is listed as Brownstown.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownst...
#Genealogy #Irish
registers.nli.ie/pages/vtls00...
His "abode" in the baptism is listed as Brownstown.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownst...
#Genealogy #Irish
March 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
20-AUG-1841 baptism of my 2GGF, James Dowling in Suncroft Parish, County Kildare. Bottom left and hard to read. His parents were James Dowling and Ellen Hyland.
registers.nli.ie/pages/vtls00...
His "abode" in the baptism is listed as Brownstown.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownst...
#Genealogy #Irish
registers.nli.ie/pages/vtls00...
His "abode" in the baptism is listed as Brownstown.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownst...
#Genealogy #Irish
March 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Reposted by Steven Vondrak
Cleveland, Ohio, USA 🇺🇸 supports Ukraine 🇺🇦.
March 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Cleveland, Ohio, USA 🇺🇸 supports Ukraine 🇺🇦.
🔥 WATCH: “Didn’t your own great-grandfather falsify documents to come here?”
Flashback — @bengleib schools Tomi Lahren in an immigration conversation 👇🏽
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGDpiUy...
Flashback — @bengleib schools Tomi Lahren in an immigration conversation 👇🏽
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGDpiUy...
February 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
On Mozart's birthday, wikipedia has an analysis of his 1756 Salzburg baptism register and later name variants.
Mozart's baptism name was recorded in Latin as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart%...
#Genealogy #Mozart
Mozart's baptism name was recorded in Latin as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart%...
#Genealogy #Mozart
Mozart's name - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
On Mozart's birthday, wikipedia has an analysis of his 1756 Salzburg baptism register and later name variants.
Mozart's baptism name was recorded in Latin as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart%...
#Genealogy #Mozart
Mozart's baptism name was recorded in Latin as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart%...
#Genealogy #Mozart
Reposted by Steven Vondrak
December 4, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Years researching: 6
Hobbyist: Paternal pedigree research is original with help from FB groups.
Discovery : Y-DNA GD6 match with surname Papesch in NZ due to a Papež/Vondráková marriage in 1714.
Niche : US immigrants from Chmeľnica, Slovakia.
#Genealogy #SixGenerations
#Slavic #Czech #Slovak #Rusyn
Hobbyist: Paternal pedigree research is original with help from FB groups.
Discovery : Y-DNA GD6 match with surname Papesch in NZ due to a Papež/Vondráková marriage in 1714.
Niche : US immigrants from Chmeľnica, Slovakia.
#Genealogy #SixGenerations
#Slavic #Czech #Slovak #Rusyn
December 4, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Years researching: 6
Hobbyist: Paternal pedigree research is original with help from FB groups.
Discovery : Y-DNA GD6 match with surname Papesch in NZ due to a Papež/Vondráková marriage in 1714.
Niche : US immigrants from Chmeľnica, Slovakia.
#Genealogy #SixGenerations
#Slavic #Czech #Slovak #Rusyn
Hobbyist: Paternal pedigree research is original with help from FB groups.
Discovery : Y-DNA GD6 match with surname Papesch in NZ due to a Papež/Vondráková marriage in 1714.
Niche : US immigrants from Chmeľnica, Slovakia.
#Genealogy #SixGenerations
#Slavic #Czech #Slovak #Rusyn