Let’s meet Jan and Katerina.
Remember to pronounce the J like a Y.
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23 – Farmers, Farms, and Farmhouses
It’s complicated. Let’s start with two definitions:
Continue readinglán – A measure of land, about 45 acres. Same as a “hide”.
láník – A farmer who farmed one or more lán. Same as a “sedlák”.
22 – Ferdinand Teply and Terezie Sodomka (5G)
21 – That’s the Wrong House
20 – Frantisek Petras and Anna Teply (5G)
19 – Anton Petras and Terezie Zahradnik (4G)
Let’s meet Josepha Petráš Teply’s parents, Anton Petráš and Terezie Zahradnik.
Interestingly, Anton Petráš and Terezie Zahradnik each has a Teply parent or grandparent.
Continue reading18 – A Chance Encounter
If you stopped your car in front of a house in Solomon, Kansas, and started walking around the house taking photos, you might get confronted.
Continue reading17 – Joseph Teply and Frantiska Dvorak (4G)
We’ve learned a lot about Joseph and Josepha Petras Teply (3G).
Let’s meet Joseph’s parents, Joseph Teply and Frantiska Dvořák (4G) .
Continue reading16 – Bohemian Emigration
Joseph and Josepha Teply left Bohemia in 1867, bound for America. They are the only ones of our direct Teply ancestors to emigrate.
Continue reading15 – Josepha, and Illegitimate Children
Illegitimate Children were a fact of life, literally.
Illegitimate children were common. It’s not unusual to see an illegitimate child on each page of the parish register.
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