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Peter Janda
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Looking for Peter Janda and wife Elizabetha (Schlay). They are parents of Mary or Marie Janda, born 1852....unknown village in Bohemia or Austria. Mary Janda (married - Haas) is my great-grandmother.
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My father's first wife:
Zdenka Tintera nee Janda
Gender: Female
Birth: December 30, 1898, Slatiňany, Chrudim, Pardubický kraj, Czech Republic
Death: circa August 15, 1982 (79-87), Santee, Orangeburg County, SC, United States
In the 1920 US Federal Census the family lived at 2454 Spaulding and was Anna (mother, 48), Maximillian (son, 22) & Zdenka (daughter, 21).
In reply to A Janda in my tree by Chucktin
My ggrandfather Kovar lived at 2437.
Hi Sandra. If you want to find your ancestor in records overseas you must have the name of the village that they came from, or at least the parish. All records are organized according to the region of the village. Unfortunately, there is no grand index where you can look up a name. Here is a link to some hints on what kind of records to look at if you need to discover the village of origin. https://cgsi.org/resources/intro-research/which-records-search Perhaps you have already looked at these types of records. I would encourage you to go local if you must, looking at the records held in the American towns in which they settled. Church records and small local papers are not usually covered by the super huge databases at Ancestry or Family Search. Also talk to cousins who might have letters, or other papers from these immigrants. Sometimes looking at Ancestry family trees or Family Search World Tree will lead you to others who already know this critical fact about your ancestor. -Judi