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Subject: Re: [CZ] Re: Bohemian National Cemetery
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2000 18:26:26 -0600
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Dear Frances,

You may find this extensive website for the Bohemian National
Cemetery in Chicago to be interesting. At the conclusion there
is an address to which you may wish to write.

<http://www.graveyards.com/bohemian/bncgate.html>;

Sharen


>
> I have got the death certificates for these two people who are my great
> grandparents.
>
> They are buried in the Bohemian National Cemetary.
>
> Anna died Oct 5 1920 and Joseph Oct 28 1894. Anna was from Seretin, Bohemia and her father was Tomas Vyduna.
>
> If anyone is going to the cemetary sometimes (not now - I know an Illinois winter - I grew up there) and could take photos of the tomb =
> stones for me or find the obits in the newspaper I would much apprecite
> it.
>
> Chicago is a long way from Australia.
>
> Anglizing of foriegn names still happen. Few people here manage to
> spell Hrdina correctly till I jump up and down. I must hsve left out
> the e or a or even i after the H.
>
> Years ago when we still were getting lots of czech migrants (after the =
> Prague Spring) here one was working for our electricity authority and =
> spoke to me in czech cause of the last name. He was most disappointed I =
> didn't speck czech.
>
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