Here is a little update on my Great,Great, Great Grandparents – Basil & Francis Mitchell, Massena, NY near the St. Lawrence Seaway. They were French Canadian prior to moving South of the river…. Census Data from 1850 & 1860 ************************************** 1850 Non-Population Production Census, (Year ending June 1) 1850 Federal Census, Massena, St Lawrence County, NY […]
For those of you looking to find marriage records for the State of Minnesota, here is a research site with the indexed records. https://www.moms.mn.gov/
A Boehmerwald Air Balloon Ride….with a little German background music. Please click on the link below to view a PowerPoint presentation of Bohemia. Make sure you have your speakers turned on when you play it. I am not the author, full credit goes to the author of the presentation! It is posted here only for convenience. […]
There has been yet another photo discovery at the Prokosch Archive located North of Bird Island, MN. (AKA -The Big Dig). The photo is yet another unmarked and undated picture of a mystery couple. The photo in question is on a metallic tin plate (6.5 x 8.5, full plate), I believe it is called a Tintypes. […]
According to Godrom’s “Deutsches Namenlexikon” the name “Prokosch” is indeed very old and known to have existed since the 14th century. Prokosch, also Proksch, Broksch, Prokop and Prokopf from St Prokop the patron saint of ancient Bohemia. It is a first name. This name is quite prolific in Vienna, Austria, and is recorded in early times as Procop Moelner 1447 Glatz, […]
Prokosch Ancestry-BERNI RULA, 1654 Up to this point, the PROKOSCH surname has been tracked back to 1680 in the Village of Trohatin, (Drahotin, CZ), in the Province of Bohemia in the Austrian Empire. Attached are two pages from the BERNI RULA, 1654, Plzensky II for the parish Drahotin or also known as Berni Rula von […]
Origins of this Ancestry Blog… Back in grade school, my class was given an assignment to write an essay on our family ancestry. I thought that shouldn’t be too hard. So, I went to the dictionary and looked up the words “essay” and “ancestry”… Well, it still should not be that difficult. Off I went […]
For those of you who have had the urge to learn more about your family ancestry, you know it is not as easy as Googling your surname, checking out a book from your local library, or picking up the phone and asking a great-great grandparent to fill you in. In my case, some of the […]
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In 1877, their country had been Austria-Hungary for over 400 years. After WW1 the monarchy was split up among 9 countries and 2 countries were newly created in 1918, ie. Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia according to the Treaty of Versailles. This was a questionable move, because ethnic groups suddenly found themselves in foreign countries. This did […]
WWI Draft Registration Card There are only a few issues with this document… Middle name: Charles vs. Carl ? Birthday: 13 Nov 1895 vs. 13 Nov 1894 ? Birth in New Ulm vs Sleepy Eye ? Living in Bird Island, MN, Farming, short, slender – These items seem correct… Also it was not clear […]
1880 Census Once again Prokosch is misspelled!!! John & Peter show up as living with the family, but do not show up on the manifest of the OHIO. They must have traveled to the US prior to the rest of the family.
Map of Austria & Hungary – 1911
22 November 1892 Kingman Twp, Bird Island
Renville County This county, established February 20, 1855, and organized March 1 and November 8, 1866, was named for Joseph Renville, a “bois brule, ” whose father was French and mother Indian, of whom Dr. E. D. Neill gave an appreciative sketch in the first volume of the MHS Collections. Renville was born at or […]
My wife and now daughter are 13th and 14th generation Mayflower Descendants. The Smith-Edgerton-Bradford family line leads back to Governor William Bradford. There is already a wealth of information readily available out there, so I have only included a quick background snapshot and the attached report… Governor William Bradford Mayflower The Pilgrims were a group […]
The first link will take you to the Mitchell Ahnentafel PDF Report. Mitchell Family – Simple Ahnentafel Report The second link will take you to the Pierre Mitchell Register: Register Report of Pierre Michel
Prokosch Ancestry Report: Register Report Josepho Joannes PROKOSCH
Kirchenbuchverzeichnis des Pfarrbezirks / Church registers in the parish: Berg (c. Hora Svatého Václava) mit Ortschaften: Berg, Hoslau, Natschetin, Schilligkau, Schiefernau, Trohatin Aufbewahrungsort: Staatliches Gebietssarchiv Pilsen. Band Film Matriken-Art Pfarrorte Jahrgänge von/bis 1 SM * oo Pfarrbezirk 1680-1718 3 SM *i Pfarrbezirk 1711-176l i/s 5 SM * Pfarrbezirk 1762-1784 i/s 33 ooi Pfarrbezirk 1719-1770 […]
