In the St. Louis area bottled brands available often are PU, Czechvar, Rebel , and Radegast. Occasionally you will find Plzensky Prazdroj on tap....
I am around quite a few Czech Americans because the Catholic parish that I belong to in the states has many families that came from Czech lands....
Thanks, Iva/Avi?? Apparently there aren't that many differences or they are difficult to describe as there have been many views on this topic...
If and when I ever get to Europe from the States, I would likely visit Western Slovakia and Moravia since it is close to where my ancestors came...
I just joined a local Sokol, mostly Czechs although there are a few Slovaks and a significant number of members that are non Slavic but join...
Thank you, Karel.
How far back can one research family names in the Czech Republic? Could you find family records from the 15th, 16th, 17th, or 18th centuries in...
Henrik, dekuji (not dakujem which is Slovak) for the previous thread. Szarkafarka, thanks so much for the Slovak and Czech versions of that...
My surname is apparently Czech/Moravian, yet I've traced my ancestors to 1850 to a small town near Nove Mesto Nad Vahom in western Slovakia. My...
I've been reading this web site that says that basically all Slavic people, Czechs, Slovaks, Russians etc. originally came from an area that is...
Very perceptive and nuanced comments by Benedikta. No doubt that generalizations don't always fit. A few random comments: I wouldn't want a...
BTW, the famous Czech writer Karel Poláček was of Jewish origin. (maybe your ancestors were Slavicized Jews, too) Last edited by szarkafarka...
Babi asks: So say a married couple, both born in the The Czech Republic, then went to live in the USA and later had children there, could those...
Right, some have told me that my ancestors probably originally came from Poland. So, my name is Moravian/Czech, my grandfather came from...
I was a bit startled to hear some Slovaks tell me that my surname (Polacek) is of Czech or Moravian origin as my father and his relatives all...
it was written: Are there major cultural differences? How similar is the lifestyle/culture to Czech culture? Are Czechs and Slovaks the same...
Good luck with your search. My surname is Polacek but my grandfather came from Western Slovakia, a small town called Vadovce. You will find the...
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