Joan Naomi Steiner

Joan Naomi Steiner, PhD, has uncovered records relating to more than 500 people from Tepl/Teplá Monastery Villages in Western Bohemia who immigrated to Calumet County, Wisconsin, beginning in 1850. Dr. Steiner details information about each in her book, A German Bohemian Immigration: The Population Shift from Western Bohemia to Calumet County, Wisconsin. The U.S. Embassy in Prague invited Dr. Steiner to showcase family stories of Calumet County German Bohemian settlers. Her three exhibitions were held in Prague in August 2020, 2021, and 2022. For more information, visit germanbohemianwisconsin.com.