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From: Richard Garza <>
Subject: [TXAUSTIN] Austin Co - Birthplace of Czech Immigration to Texas
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 13:16:01 -0500


Hi Karel,
Yes. I downloaded your list. Thank you for providing the info below.
Thanks to a message from Steve Alvarez (on ),
Robert Roesner went to the Austin County, Texas courthouse and picked up
a list of names from two record boxes. Most were Declarations of Intent
to become US citizens.
In reviewing the list for possible publication I was trying to clarify
some of the village names listed. As you know transcribers handwriting
is difficult and most had no knowledge of Slavic names or villages and
spelled things as they sounded to them. For instance: Brvenec for
Bravenec, Vizaviz for Vizovice, atd. Some of the villages I was able to
determine as coming from Moravian, or Austrian, Silesia. Others I was
unsure of.
I hope you will have time to visit the courthouse in Austin County while
you are in Texas for the Czech Genealogy Conference July 27-29. The
courthouse is in Bellville, on Highway 36, about an hour south of Bryan.
While most people know that Fayette County is called the "Cradle of Czech
Immigration," few people know that Austin County is the "Birthplace of
Czech Immigration in Texas."
Rick Garza

On Fri, 7 Jul 2000 19:04:58 +0200 "Karel Kysilka" <>
writes:
> Rick -
> here are the towns that belonged to Austrian Silesia (I rather use
> the term
> Czechoslovak Silesia):
> District JESENIK: Javornik- Jauernigg, Vidnava, JESENIK (Fryvaldov
> prior
> 1945)- Freiwaldau, Zlate Hory
> Distict BRUNTAL: Vrbno - Wuerbental, KRNOV - Jaegerndorf, BRUNTAL -
> Freudental
> Distict OPAVA: OPAVA - Troppau, Vitkov - Wigstadtl, Odry - Oder,
> District NOVY JICIN: BILOVEC - Wagstadt, Klimkovice
> City Distict OSTRAVA: Slezska Ostrava (Polska O. prior to 1918) -
> Polnische
> Ostrau
> District KARVINA: Bohumin, KARVINA (Frystat prior to 1948), CESKY
> TESIN -
> Teschen
> District FRYDEK-MISTEK: FRYDEK - Frideck , Frydlant - Friedland,
> Trinec,
> Jablunkov - Jablunkau
>
> Two towns in todays district OPAVA used to belong to Prussia before
> 1918,
> but due to prevailing Czech population (they called themselves the
> Moravians) this part was ceded by Germany to Czechoslovakia in 1920:
> The
> towns are HLUCIN - Hultschin and Kravare - Krawarz
>
> The original district seats are in capitals . Second name after - is
> the
> German name of the town/city.
>
> Cf. also my tables with administrative division of Bohemia, Moravia
> and
> Silesia on:
> http://members.tripod.com/~zlimpkk/Topography/slezsko.htm
>
> Rgds
> Karel Kysilka
>
> -----Pvodn zprva-----
> Od: Richard Garza <>
> Komu: <>
> Datum: 5. ervence 2000 10:10
> Pedmt: Re: [MORAVIA] Silesia
>
>
> >Hi Ingolf,
> > Thanks for the explanation.
> > A question for you. Is there some website where I can find the
> names of
> >the towns that were part of Silesia that are still part of the Czech
> >Republic? Or perhaps just the names of the okres in CR that contain
> >parts of Silesia?
> > Thanks.
> >
> >Sharing. It's What It's All About!
> >Rick Garza
> >http://www.garza-zattler.homepage.com/
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> >HOLLMAIER, VOGEL, VOGL, WEINZIERL, FINK
> >http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/texasczechs
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 09:11:21 +0200 "Ingolf Vogel"
> ><> writes:
> >> Hi to all,
> >>
> >> Just a small note to clear up the Silesia confusion :
> >>
> >> Prior to WW I there were 3 Silesias. One called sterreichisch
> >> Schlesien,
> >> was a province of the Autro-Hungarian Empire. It became part of
> >> Czechoslovakia after WW I.
> >> The second one, called Teschener or Bieitzer Schlesien, was a
> region
> >> that
> >> also belonged to Austria, but was part of the province of Galicia.
> >> The
> >> western part of the town of Teschen (czech : Cesk Tesn, polish
> >> Cieszyn)
> >> became part of Czecoslavkia after WW I, the eastern part went to
> >> Poland.
> >> The largest one was the prussian province Silesia, with it's
> capital
> >> Breslau
> >> (Wroclaw), which is now almost completely within Poland.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Ingolf Vogel
> >>
> >
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