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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 16:05:06+00:00

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All of Wisconsin’s major Czech settlements were made in the 1850’s. The Czechs settled primarily along the eastern lakeshore, from Racine to Manitowoc, and in the bluff and coulee country of LaCrosse, Vernon, Grant, and Crawford counties. Their communities were founded specifically for farming, as most had been peasant farmers in Bohemia and Moravia before immigrating to America.
The Czechs were attracted to Wisconsin by low taxes, inexpensive land, similarities to their homeland in soil and topography, political and religious freedom, and liberal residence requirements (males could become voters after six months if they swore an intent to become a citizen). They were, at the same time, being pushed out of their provinces in the Austrian Empire by the absence of these opportunities and freedoms.
In Vernon County, the Czechs settled almost exclusively in Champion Valley, which stretches south from Dilly to Yuba. The number of Czechs in Vernon County was never large, 1870-281, 1880-446, 1890-415. Nonetheless, these Czechs, like their countrymen elsewhere in the state, readily maintained their cultural traditions. These traditions may today be seen and sampled in June each year during Hillsboro’s "Cesky Den" celebration, which features Czech foods, music and dancing.
Closed: Closed holiday weekends and 2 weeks over Christmas & New Years.
Hours: Tuesday-Wed 10am-9pm & 6:30pm; Sat 9am-1pm.
Attention: Please call the FHC during open hours for other scheduled closures.
Index to selected Czech baptisms. Only a few localities are included and the time period varies by locality. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.
Census images for the Czech Republic. Currently includes only those for Northern Bohemia housed in the regional archive of Litomerice, for Eastern Bohemia housed in the district archive of Trutnov, for Southern Bohemia housed in the regional archive of Trebon, for Southern Moravia housed in the regional archive in Brno, and for Northern Moravia and Silesia housed in the regional archive of Opava. Also includes images and indexed records for the Zámrsk area taken from the Zámrsk Archive.
Images and some indexes of baptisms/births, marriages, and deaths that occurred in the Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran, and Reformed Church parishes, as well as entries in those registers for Jews. These images are of original parish records created by local priests of each parish now stored in the regional archives of Litomerice, Trebon, and Zámrsk. Births are available through 1906, marriages through 1936, and deaths through 1948.
Civil registration records of births, marriages and deaths from the Hlucín (Hultschin, Hulczyn) area in the Moravian-Silesian region of the Czech Republic. The area formerly belonged to the Duchy of Troppau but was divided in 1742 between Habsburg Austria and the Prussian province of Silesia. At the end of World War I it was made part of Czechoslovakia, returned to Nazi Germany in 1938, and restored to Czechoslovakia in 1945. The originals are housed in the Opava district archive, Czech Republic.
Land transactions containing significant genealogical detail for a time period that predates parish registers. The collection includes records from regional archives in Opava and Trebon and from the district archive in Trutnov.
Index to selected Czech Republic marriages. Only a few localities are included and the time period varies by locality. Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. The year range represents most of the records. A few records may be earlier or later.
Nobility Seignorial records (family lists, notary records, land and property records) for the various estates in Wittingau (Wittingau), Böhmen, Austria; later Trebon, Trebon, Cechy, Czechoslovakia; now Trebon, Trebon, Jindrichuv Hradec, Czech Republic. Refer to the title pages for list of localities. Text in German and Czech.
Images of baptisms/births, marriages, and burials that occured in the Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran, and Reformed Church parishes, as well Jewish congregations, under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Archives (Zemský archiv v Opave) of Northern Moravia in the Czech Republic. These images are of original parish records created by local priests of each parish and by Jewish rabbis.
School records captured at the Opava State Regional Archive, Czech Republic. School registers contain the full name for a child, birth date, place of birth, country, religion and father's full name, and place of residence.
Images of baptisms/births, marriages, and burials that occured in the Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran, and Reformed Church parishes, as well Jewish congregations, under the jurisdiction of the State Regional Archives (Státní oblastní archiv v Treboni) of Southern Bohemia in the Czech Republic. These images are of original parish records created by local priests of each parish and by Jewish rabbis.
Additional Milwaukee Marriages for 1822-1876, most not included on the pre 1907 index.
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Contents v. 1. Galveston, 1846-1891; New Orleans, 1852-1879; New York and Baltimore, 1879. -- v. 2. Galveston 1896-1906; New Orleans, 1879-1899. -- v. 3. Galveston, 1907-1914. -- v. 4. New York, 1847-1869. -- v. 5. New York, 1870-1880. -- v. 6. New York, 1881-1886; Galveston, 1880-1886. -- v. 7. New York, 1887-1896. -- v. 8. Baltimore, 1834-1879. -- v. 9. Baltimore, 1880-1899.
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Has original Milwaukee County Naturalization papers.
Abstract: Contains historical information, clippings, programs, dictionaries, interpreters, and other miscellaneous material relating to Slovak-Americans in Milwaukee and in the United States. Also includes information pertaining to Czechoslovakia.
Administrative Note: Collection was donated from a variety of sources; it was processed in December 2001 by Kevin Abing. It was added to in 2003, 2006 and 2012.
This website lists genealogy research available from John Von Haden, of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.
with some focus on Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Door, Marathon, Outagamie and Wood counties.
Sokol / Sokolice Milwaukee, Inc.
"A sound mind in a sound body."
A Czech Organization, offering Gymnastic classes and activities for people of all ages and ethnicities.
This organization sponsors functions designed to entertain and educate anyone interested in learning about the proud Czech Culture and Heritage.
This organization in Milwaukee is the fourth oldest Sokol in America, the first being founded at St. Louis in 1865; the second in New York in 1866; the third in Chicago in 1867; and the fourth in Milwaukee in 1868.
Western Fraternal Life Association was established in 1897 as a Czech fraternal benefit society, providing its members burial insurance, social and ethnic activities. In 1899, women were admitted as insured members and in 1919, juveniles became insurable.
In 1947, requirements for membership were opened to all people, regardless of ethnic background, supportive of the purpose of the Association. Lodges have been formed through the years around the country and members attend meetings and social gatherings and provide a network of volunteers for their communities. The products have also changed with the times. wfla has come a long way from that initial burial insurance and now offers a wide range of insurance and annuity products to meet the needs of a complex society.
Four meetings a year, and a quarterly newsletter.

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