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From: kathy kovalek <>
Subject: Re: [CZ] BASIC FACTS AND MORE
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 17:00:20 -0800
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Thank you.

This seems helpful.

Kathy
> >
> > Hi -
> >
> > Sorry for the delay - email was out of order for a while.
> >
> > District Litomerice:
> > 1. I found Hostimice/Hostinice/Hostenitz near Brozany. It had a castle,
> > belonged to "Ferdinand Knize z Lobkowic", had 31 dwellings and 156
> > Czech-speaking inhabitants.
> > 2. There is also Hostomnice/Hostomitz near the "klaster"(monastery?)
> > Swetec/Schwaatz. The land belonged to "Prazsky arcibiskup" (Archbishop
> > of Prague?) and it had 35 dwellings and 200 German-speaking inhabitants.
> > 3. Another possibility is Hostowice/Hostewice/Huttowies near
> > Trmice/Tuermitz. Landowner was "Albert hrabe z Nostic" and it had 19
> > dwellings and 111 German-speaking inhabitants.
> > 4. In the same district we find Wsemily/Schemel near Kamenice
> > Ceska/Boehmisch Kamnitz. The landowner is listed as "dedicowe knizete
> > Rudolfa Kinskeho" and it had 88 dwellings with 526 mostly
> > German-speaking inhabitants.
> >
> > District Chrudimsko:
> > 1. There is a Hostowice near Pardubice. "panstwi komorni". It has a
> > church, 24 dwellings and 318 Czech-speaking inhabitants.
> > 2. I also found a Chmelik/Hopfendorf there near Litomysl/Leitomysl.
> > Landowner "Anton hrabe z Waldstein-Wartenberka". It had 71 dwellings and
> > 457 German-speaking inhabitants.
> >
> > The District of Beraun also lists a Hostownice/Hostomice as well as a
> > town Hostomnice, but there doesn't seem to be a
> > Chmeling/Schemlin-sounding place nearby.
> >
> > The District of Klatowy/Klatow/Klattau list a Cmelinky/Stmeliny, but no
> > Host.... nearby.
> >
> > Take your pick! - Except for the landowners there are no surnames
> > associated with the place names. Try to find out from the surname lists
> > on the web in which region your names BESSTAK and RYBA/REIBER and also
> > similar sounding equivalents seem to be concentrated.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Elfriede
> >
> >
> > kathy kovalek wrote:
> > >
> > > Elfriede,
> > >
> > > I am researching the name BESSTAK and RYBA/Reiber. Joseph Besstak,
> > > according to church records came from Chmeling or Schemlin but I have
> > > not been able to find that town. It's very possible neither of these
> > > are the correct spelling, but it's all I have to go on. His wife
> > > Veronica Ryba came from the town of Hostomice and I have found two of
> > > those.
> > >
> > > I really appreciate your offer of help whenever you have the chance.
> > >
> > > Kathy Kovalek
> > > Antelope CA
> > >
> > > wrote:
>
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