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Svidnice, Bohemia

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Posted to Message board on April 5, 2010 by Kevin Kronoveter.

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I have narrowed my research to this particular village through my great grandfather’s immigration papers and also his departure papers out of Hamburg, Germany in 1883. His name was Vaclav James Kronowetter.

Through Svidnice’s website and the help of Google translator, I sent an e-mail to the mayor of Svidnice. He said he would speak to a gentleman who maintains a local history of the village. That was two weeks ago. Have not heard anything back.

Has anybody else researched this village or the last name of Kronowetter?

Thanks!

Kevin Kronoveter

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Thanks Tony! Sent you an

Comment by herkybc130 on July 13, 2010 at 7:10am

Thanks Tony! Sent you an e-mail directly.

Hello Kevin: I think you

Comment by anthony.kadlec on June 25, 2010 at 2:44pm

Hello Kevin:

I think you are probably looking for the following record:

KRONOWETTER, Vaclav 30, Bohemia; Silesia, 2 April 1883

Which comes from Leo Baca’s Volume 6 for New York (Castle Garden Immigrant Processing Center). Castle Garden has a great search engine and I also found Vaclav there and a Franz Kronowetter who came through about 3 years prior:

LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX ARRIVAL DATE PLACE OF LAST RESIDENCE
KRONOWETTER FRANZ 26 M 15 May 1880 U
KRONOWETTER VACLAV 30 M 2 Apr 1883 U

Here’s the link, which has even more info:

http://www.castlegarden.org/search_02.php?m_ship=&po_port=&p_first_name…

Be sure to use the wildcard “*” in your searches—for example you could re-enter the ship’s name (Silesia) and the indicated date of arrival (2 Apr 1883) and then find all of the fellow passengers that came over on Vaclav’s ship (perhaps there are some other friends or family to find).

And if you’d like to read more on Castle Garden, you can find it in the back issue of Nase Rodina, which we have listed on our website here:

http://www.cgsi.org/sites/default/files/cas3.pdf

I hope that helps.

Best regards,
Tony Kadlec
CGSI Corresponding Secretary

Anybody have access to Leo

Comment by herkybc130 on April 12, 2010 at 10:00pm

Anybody have access to Leo Baca’s list? Looking for page 121, year 1883 New York New York. Ancestry website has a record that I am trying to access.

correct the right village is

Comment by markb on April 12, 2010 at 4:56pm

correct the right village is the key !
was anyone you know ( his wife, etc ) from a village close by ?
that is one why to narrow the search.

good luck !

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