I will be visiting the Czech Republic in June 2006 with my mother, and sister and can use any help in locating relatives by the name of Zadrazil in Kutna Hora. My grandmother's relatives were from Kutna Hora and emigrated to the USA in the 1880. My father last visited with them in 1947 while serving in the US Army in Europe. My Rihacek relatives in Kuzelov, Moravia have been previously located by a great aunt, and they still live their home towns of over 100 years ago. I still have elderly Zadrazil relatives in Long Island, NY who last visited them in the Czech Republic in 1970s. Would a telephone book be a good start for Kutna Hora. Please advise.
Try http://phone.quick.cz/. Enter the surname in the field marked Příjmení (probably you will want to uncheck the box marked Používám diakritiku, as it seems you don't use diacriticals, otherwise enter the name as "Zadražil"). Then enter the city name (Obec, Kutna Hora, or Kutná Hora with diacriticals). There was one listing there, a Milan Zadražil.
To: Sova Thanks for the information, I will try the telephone search engine. Previously, I tried googling the name Zadrazil and it came up with some names in Austria and Germany as well as the Czech Republic. It does not appear that the Zadrazil name is a very common name like Smith or Spacek. In fact, there are not many listings for the name Rihacek in the USA, over half are direct blood relatives and cousins. Fortunately my grandparents were incredible savers, so I still have their immigration documents from 1880's to 1920's.
It is common but not very common. In Czech Republic there are 596 holders of name "Zadražil" and 603 holders of name "Zadražilová" (female form). You can check it in Central Register of Citizens. male surnames - http://www.mvcr.cz/statistiky/jmena/muzi_p/index.html female surnames - http://www.mvcr.cz/statistiky/jmena/zeny_p/index.html
Thanks for the information. It may narrow my search along with some addesses that my elderly Zadrazil relatives possess. My maternal great grandmother returned to the Czech Republic after her husband died and was still living in Kunta Hora, in 1947. She was never quite fond of NYC, even though they lived in the Yorkville Section of Manhattan that was inhabited with Germans and Czechs.
