Steven Vondrak
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Maternal grandmother, Mary Lucy (née Michalik), recorded as Maria Lucia Michalík in the German language baptism register, was born in Heřmanice, Ostrava-Město, Czechia.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Maternal grandmother, Mary Lucy (née Michalik), recorded as Maria Lucia Michalík in the German language baptism register, was born in Heřmanice, Ostrava-Město, Czechia.
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Maternal grandfather, Charles Gouzd, recorded as Karl Gwuzd in the German language baptism register, was born 1885 in Poruba, Karviná, Czechia.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Maternal grandfather, Charles Gouzd, recorded as Karl Gwuzd in the German language baptism register, was born 1885 in Poruba, Karviná, Czechia.
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I spent at least a day or more in all but Houston, which I have only been in the airport (United hub). I have been to Austin many times, though.
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I spent at least a day or more in all but Houston, which I have only been in the airport (United hub). I have been to Austin many times, though.
At the other end of the spectrum
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Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree
LA CROSSE, WI—Returning to his hometown to attend a cousin’s wedding Saturday, Josh Sundling, 29, reportedly demonstrated on numerous occasions a vast, far more intricate understanding of the fictiona...
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October 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
At the other end of the spectrum
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago, Illinois
Fri, Sep 17, 1886
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Chicago, Illinois
Fri, Sep 17, 1886
Page 3
September 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, Illinois
Fri, Sep 17, 1886
Page 3
Chicago, Illinois
Fri, Sep 17, 1886
Page 3
The Inter Ocean
Chicago, Illinois
Fri, Sep 17, 1886
Page 3
Chicago, Illinois
Fri, Sep 17, 1886
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September 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Inter Ocean
Chicago, Illinois
Fri, Sep 17, 1886
Page 3
Chicago, Illinois
Fri, Sep 17, 1886
Page 3
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Sat, Sep 25, 1886
Page 3
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Sat, Sep 25, 1886
Page 3
September 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Sat, Sep 25, 1886
Page 3
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Sat, Sep 25, 1886
Page 3
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Sat, Sep 25, 1886
Page 3
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Green Bay, Wisconsin
Sat, Sep 25, 1886
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September 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Green Bay Press-Gazette
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Sat, Sep 25, 1886
Page 3
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Green Bay, Wisconsin
Sat, Sep 25, 1886
Page 3
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Connection is sister (Katarzyna) of his 2xGGF Josef Gancarz married Antoni Motyczka, brother of your GGM, Carolina, in 1898 in Luzerne.
I wish others understand the uselessness of filling out the trees of spouses of collateral lines and how it obfuscates DNA match research determining a connection.
I wish others understand the uselessness of filling out the trees of spouses of collateral lines and how it obfuscates DNA match research determining a connection.
September 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Connection is sister (Katarzyna) of his 2xGGF Josef Gancarz married Antoni Motyczka, brother of your GGM, Carolina, in 1898 in Luzerne.
I wish others understand the uselessness of filling out the trees of spouses of collateral lines and how it obfuscates DNA match research determining a connection.
I wish others understand the uselessness of filling out the trees of spouses of collateral lines and how it obfuscates DNA match research determining a connection.
Kasigarda is a small new Museum of Emigration from Slovakia to North America in eastern Slovakia near Michalovce.
www.kasigarda.sk/en/kasigarda...
www.kasigarda.sk/en/kasigarda...
Welcome to the website of Kasigarda
Emigration is an essential part of Slovak history. It is unbelievable that a third of the Slovak nation emigrated from the last quarter of the 19th century until 1968.
www.kasigarda.sk
August 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Kasigarda is a small new Museum of Emigration from Slovakia to North America in eastern Slovakia near Michalovce.
www.kasigarda.sk/en/kasigarda...
www.kasigarda.sk/en/kasigarda...
MyHeritage had indexed the location as Kressenburg, which is a valid location in Lower Austria near Southern Bohemia.
August 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
MyHeritage had indexed the location as Kressenburg, which is a valid location in Lower Austria near Southern Bohemia.
Here is NYC birth record link.
a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/10636571
Here is the baptism record.
ebadatelna.soapraha.cz/d/7404/466
a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/10636571
Here is the baptism record.
ebadatelna.soapraha.cz/d/7404/466
August 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Here is NYC birth record link.
a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/10636571
Here is the baptism record.
ebadatelna.soapraha.cz/d/7404/466
a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov/view/10636571
Here is the baptism record.
ebadatelna.soapraha.cz/d/7404/466
Same story for the street photographer Vivian Maier.
"Maier’s massive body of work would come to light when in 2007 her work was discovered at a local thrift auction house on Chicago’s Northwest Side"
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"Maier’s massive body of work would come to light when in 2007 her work was discovered at a local thrift auction house on Chicago’s Northwest Side"
www.vivianmaier.com/about-vivian...
About Vivian Maier | Vivian Maier Photographer
Information about the Photographer Vivian Maier, a person who fit the stereotypical European sensibilities of an independent liberated woman, accent and all, yet born in New York City.
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August 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Same story for the street photographer Vivian Maier.
"Maier’s massive body of work would come to light when in 2007 her work was discovered at a local thrift auction house on Chicago’s Northwest Side"
www.vivianmaier.com/about-vivian...
"Maier’s massive body of work would come to light when in 2007 her work was discovered at a local thrift auction house on Chicago’s Northwest Side"
www.vivianmaier.com/about-vivian...
Some other smart high school mathematicians
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Two High Schoolers Found an 'Impossible' Proof for a 2,000-Year-Old Math Rule—Then, They Discovered Nine More
Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson of Louisiana published a new study proving the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, a feat mathematicians long thought could not be done
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August 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Some other smart high school mathematicians
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In "Hunky: The Immigrant Experience", author Nicholas Stevensson Karas thought he was Russian until a Navy friend who knew about Rusyn heritage explained the difference. I think the confusion was common for first generation children of Slavic immigrant parents that downplayed their heritage.
August 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In "Hunky: The Immigrant Experience", author Nicholas Stevensson Karas thought he was Russian until a Navy friend who knew about Rusyn heritage explained the difference. I think the confusion was common for first generation children of Slavic immigrant parents that downplayed their heritage.
What is the reason the Manhattan death certificates 1876-1919 are not available compared to other records sets released last year? Do they not exist? If not, why not release in smaller yearly increments.
August 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What is the reason the Manhattan death certificates 1876-1919 are not available compared to other records sets released last year? Do they not exist? If not, why not release in smaller yearly increments.
Chain migration is the social process by which immigrants from a particular area follow others from that area to a particular destination. The destination may be in another country or in a new location within the same country.
August 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Chain migration is the social process by which immigrants from a particular area follow others from that area to a particular destination. The destination may be in another country or in a new location within the same country.
Try DNA search angel groups on Facebook. If you get multiple volunteers, do your best to vet them and hopefully they have some history of how they helped someone else.
July 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Try DNA search angel groups on Facebook. If you get multiple volunteers, do your best to vet them and hopefully they have some history of how they helped someone else.