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A ten-year-old boy stuns police offers by driving his parents’ Škoda car
for over 120 kilometres without causing an accident, why is a ten crown
piece called a fiver, and the shoe as a form of protest against unpopular
politicians. Find out more in magazine with Daniela Lazarová.
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One on OneGenealogist Tom Zahn on reuniting emigrants with their Czech relatives
My guest for today’s One on One is Tom Zahn, an American who has been
living in Prague for most of the last fifteen years, and who has, during
his time in the capital, been specializing in a somewhat unusual trade. Tom
runs a firm called P.A.T.H. finders which tracks down clients’ long-lost
Czech and Slovak relatives, and in many cases, reintroduces both parties.
When I met Tom in his office, overlooking Prague’s Vyšehrad fortress, he
told me when his interest in Prague, and genealogy, was born:
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PanoramaIn search of "Forefather Czech" - DNA tests disclose remote ancestors
One of the first things Czech children learn at school is that Czechs are
the descendants of Slavic tribes and they speak a Western Slavonic
language. The Slavs came to these parts of Europe some time in the 6th
century AD. But since then waves of migration as well as foreign invaders
coming from the East, West and North have left their genetic marks on the
population. The Prague-based biotech company Genomac has recently started
providing commercial DNA tests to those who would like to trace their
earliest ancestors in a continuous paternal or maternal line.
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Current AffairsGenealogy course helping Czechs with family tree "detective work"
Some years ago, Madeleleine Albright, the Czech-born American Secretary of
State, learned that although she had been raised Catholic, all four of her
grandparents were Jewish. Not every Czech family tree contains such a big
surprise, of course, but almost any Czech who digs into their family
history will learn things they did not know or expect. To help them, the
Czech Genealogy and Heraldry Society in Prague has just launched a new
course.
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Current AffairsBohemian royal Premyslid dynasty died out 700 years ago
Exactly 700 years have passed since the last male member of the Bohemian
royal dynasty, the Premyslids, died. On August 4, 1306, king Wenceslas
III. was murdered in the town of Olomouc at the age of just 16. The death
of the young king marked the end of a 450-year Premyslid rule in Bohemia.
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PanoramaBack to the 'homeland' and straight to the Archives
Founded nearly twenty years ago in a Sokol community hall in America's
heartland, the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International now boasts
close to four thousand members, from all fifty states in the Union and
around the globe. For the first time in its history, this society of
amateur and professional genealogists held its biannual congress in
"the homeland." More
