CGSI is in the process of digitizing as many issues of the magazine Hospodář as we can find. If you have issues, especially the oldest ones starting in the late 1800's, we need your help! The magazine is a cultural treasure and also a great source of genealogical information. Our goal is to begin posting the digitized issues in the CGSI Digital Library in the very near future. If you can help us find old issues, please do so now before they are lost forever! Contact Library@cgsi.org.

The Hospodář magazine was founded in Omaha, NE in 1890 by Jan Rosicky. The magazine is in Czech and focuses on farming practices, but typically about 2/3s of the way through each issue there will be letters posted by individual Czechs and Slovaks from all areas of the US. These articles cover a full range of stories from immigration encounters to farming practices to commentary on politics in the US and their former home. A key intent of the magazine was to assist immigrants in understanding the land, environment and farming practices leading to success in their new home.

Existing items in the CGSI Digital Library related to Hospodář:

One of the best online resources for all things Czech genealogy is the Czech Genealogy Facebook group. This is a site managed by professional genealogists Blanka Lednická, Michaela Horňáková, Monika Jáchimová, and Gabriela Vcislo. Check out their blogs where you can contact them for their professional services directly, or try asking the question to more than 8,000 active members. I have had much good success interacting with people there. 

An interesting question was asked there today, and Michaela pointed out a really great resource which I think deserves to be highlighted again.

"Is there something like newspapers.com but for Czech/Slovak research?" 

The answer is: yes! 

http://www.digitalniknihovna.cz/

Digitální knihovna, or The Digital Library, is an online portal with access to multiple archives and libraries on the national and regional level. Click the top right corner to switch to English (but don't get discouraged if not much changes; if you struggle to navigate it, reach out for help! Many people are willing to help you, and trust me, Czech is just really hard; people will understand). 

When I searched for the village of "Rožnov" I found this lovely ca 1900-1901 photo with the mountain Radhošť in the background, which you can access here.

The site also has lots of books, newspaper articles, and photos. You might need to brush off your German; chances are that when viewing records from the 19th century for this part of the world, you'll run into it. 

What a great resource! We should take advantage of it!