Research Highlights

[CLIENT] Dittrich1611 NT1510146 3 March 2017

Research Highlights

GOALS

Search for the death record of Barbara Dittrich’s alleged twin, Anežka. Find the birth records of Barbara’s other siblings in the Kladno parish records. Continue to extend the ancestry of Barbara Dittrich in available Czech records.

PROGRESS

Determined that Barbora Anežka was not a twin. Though unusual for Bohemia, many children in Kladno at that time had middle names. Reexamined the client’s information about Barbora’s siblings, and noted the town Libušín was listed for two of their births. Libušín was part of the Smečno parish, and that it was right outside of Kladno. It now appears that the family moved from Kladno to Libušín between 1892 and 1894. Discovered Barbora’s younger sister Agnes/Anežka’s marriage record in Canada to Antony Kraus. Also discovered her death record, which listed a second husband and her birth in Libušin. According to the client’s information, she had married Antony Kraus and had sons named Tony and Joe. We found her gravestone, and that of two of her children, Joseph and Agnes. Attempted to search the Libušín birth records for Barbora’s siblings but discovered that the relevant parish registers for Smečno are not yet digitized. The relevant book, Smečno 42, was also not available onsite. Sent an email requesting a search of the Libušín birth records after 1900 at the Libušín vital records office. Searched the available Kladno birth records from 1865-1870 for the births of Barbora’s parents. Their births were not found, but several more Dittrich and Veselý siblings for both parents were discovered in the process. Discovered the marriage of Antonín Dittrich and Anna Veselá, Barbora’s parents, on 20 January 1891 in Kladno, in the onsite records. Discovered the marriage of Antonín’s parents, Josef Tydrich and Barbora Šlosarova. Discovered marriages for several more of Antonín’s siblings. Discovered the birth of Anna Veselá on 9 November 1871 in Kladno. Discovered the birth of Antonín Dittrich on 12 June 1862 in Kladno.

Found the births and some deaths of several more Dittrich and Vesely siblings in the onsite records. Discovered the death of Antonie Veselá, Anna’s grandmother, on 1 September 1907. Discovered the gravestone of Antonín Dittrich in Canada. He died there in 1940. Discovered the deaths of Josef Dittrich and Barbora Šlosarová. Searched the index of Kladno marriages from 1667-1861 for the marriages of Antonín’s parents and Dittrich grandparents, since the other couples were all probably married elsewhere. Created a chart and a map showing the different towns of origin for the various ancestral lines. The remaining marriages of the grandparents on both sides will likely be found in these places. Discovered the marriage of Antonín’s Dittrich’s grandparents: Václav Dittrich and Františka Váchová in Buštěhrad. It took place on 18 February 1828 and gave us their ages at marriage (21 and 18) and both the bride and groom’s parents’ names, extending that line back another generation.

RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Send an onsite researcher to search the following records: a. Search for Barbora’s siblings’ births in Libušín in the parish register Smečno 42: Births 1892-1900 once that book becomes available at the Prague archives again. b. If a reply is not received through email, go to the records office in Libušin and request searches for the later births after 1900. c. Search for the birth of Marie Dittrich on 15 June 1865 in Kladno 13: Births 1862- 1865 to determine if she is a sister of Antonín. d. Go to the State District Archive in Kladno to search the 1910 census sheets for Libušín. If the census sheet for the house where the Dittrichs resided can be found it would be a rich source of additional information – all members of the family would be listed, with their occupation, religion, language, and a list of livestock owned by the family. 2. Search for the marriages and death records of Anna, Frank, Albert and Vincent in Canada for more exact birthdates, as well as passenger lists for the whole family. 3. Continue to extend Barbora’s ancestry by locating the relevant marriage records for her grandparents (Václav Veselý and Antonie Bryndáčova) and great-grandparents. Because there are so many individuals at this point, and most are from different towns, we recommend choosing which two lines to focus on in the next project, i.e. the Dittrich line: Dittrich/Vácha or Šlosar/Tábor, or the Veselý line: Veselý/Lukáš or Bryndač/Sklenár.

Research Report

The goals of this research session were to search for the death record of the possible twin of Barbora, named Anežka, to locate the christening records of her other siblings, and to continue to extend her ancestry as far as possible in the given time. While the Czech name Anežka is used throughout the report for consistency (as with all other names unless referring to a specific record), the English equivalent is Agnes.

This project was divided in half between online research in digitized records published by Czech archives and onsite research in records not yet digitized. We began with the online records in an effort to prepare for more efficient onsite research later on.

Kladno Parish Registers

As suggested in the last report, this research session began by searching for the possible death of Anežka Dittrich. Barbora’s christening record included the name Anežka written under Barbora. Since it was not common to have a middle name in Bohemia and ‘Barbora Anežka’ did not appear to be a saint’s name, it was suggested that she could be a twin. In an effort to confirm this and to find out when she died, as she did not appear to immigrate with the rest of the family, a search was to be conducted in the Kladno death registers. Finding deaths is always harder than other events because it is difficult to narrow down the possible time range. If this possible twin was born in 1892, as the christening record suggests, she likely did not die as an infant, because such deaths were noted on neighboring christening records, and there was no note of a death on hers. However, this did not rule out her dying as a child, because priests were not as likely to note a death that occurred more than a year after birth.

According to a previous research report, Barbora immigrated around 1907 or 1908 and was later joined by her mother Anna, and brothers, Frank, Albert, and Vincent around 1913. Therefore, it could be assumed that Anežka died between her birth in April 1892 and 1913, when the rest of her family left for Canada. However, after re-analyzing the client’s information, there is also the possibility that she could have married in Bohemia and stayed there, or even immigrated with a husband. According to the client’s information, Barbora had a sister named Agnes who married an Antony Kraus and had two children named Tony and Joe. It was unknown at this point if this was the same person as Anežka, the possible twin, but that was considered as a possibility. There were no dates listed in the ancestor’s pedigree file, but the names suggested that they at least lived in Canada at some point, since they were Anglicized. Her sister Barbora married in Canada, so it is possible that she did too. A preliminary search of the 1921 Canada Census did not show any possible matches for the family, but there were too many unknowns at this point. More searches could also be conducted for her immigration or marriage in Canada. If such a record was found, it would confirm that she did not die as a child.

The possibility that she married in Bohemia needed to also be explored because it could explain if she did not immigrate with the rest of her family. The most likely range of this marriage would be from 1908, when she was 16, to 1913 when her family left. There was an index for marriages in Kladno from 1861-1911, and a marriage book from 1908-1913. If a marriage was not found, the death records from 1892 to 1913 also could be searched. The relevant parish registers were found listed in the State Regional Archives in Prague, but they have not yet been digitized. Access to non-digitized records is free, but they must be searched in person at the reading room at the archives.

Because the marriage and death registers were unavailable to search at this time, the research shifted to searching the Kladno birth registers for Barbora’s siblings. After beginning a search in the parish register Kladno 34: Births 1896-1900, the client’s information about the siblings was reexamined, and it was noted that Frank and Albert

were born in Libušín around 1900, not Kladno. Libušín was discovered to be a town 7.4 km (4.5 mi) outside of Kladno and belonged to the Smečno parish. Though a small town now, Libušín at the time was a sprawling mining town with a population of 4000. In light of this information, we considered stopping the search for the Kladno births from 1896-1900 because it was so time-consuming. As noted in the previous research session, Kladno parish was very large, and there was no index available to shorten the search. Therefore, it was conducted page by page, which took up a significant amount of research time.

Map showing the proximity of Libušín and Kladno. The red outline shows the town boundary of Libušín. Image courtesy of http://mapy.cz.

Ultimately, we determined that since the year of the move was unknown, it was prudent to continue the search in case there were other siblings such as Anna who were born in Kladno before Frank and Albert’s births in Libušín. While several Dydrych/Tydrych [sic] families were noted in these records, no siblings of Barbora were found. As a result, we determined it was not worth more hours of valuable research time to continue searching in the register Kladno 35: Births 1900-1904 because Frank and Albert were said to have been born in Libušín in 1900 and 1902. This register remains an option in the future if their

births are not located in Libušín, but we suspect they will be found in the Smečno parish registers for those years.

Smečno Parish Registers

The Smečno parish register for births 1892-1900 in Libušín was located, also housed in the State Regional Archives in Prague. However, it also has not yet been digitized and needed to be searched onsite. The book containing the births after 1900 for Libušín was not listed as part of the archives collection, though some births for other towns in Smečno parish were. It is likely that this book also contains births that are included in the 100-year privacy rule. According to the State Regional Archives in Prague, births that occurred less than a hundred years ago are not part of the archives collection and are not searchable due to a privacy law.1 This rule applies to the last entry in the book, meaning that even if earlier entries occurred more than a hundred years ago, the entire book is not available.

The fact that the book for births after 1900 is not listed does not mean that the book does not exist, just that it is housed in a record office for more recent records. It is possible that a researcher could be allowed to search the earlier part of the book, but it must be located and depends on the rules of the particular vital record office. An email was sent to inquire of the records office in Libušín.2 We received a reply stating that we needed to show proof of relationship and that each search in the books would cost 20 Kč ($0.74). We did so and requested a search of the index for any children born to Antonín Dittrich and Anna Veselá, as well as the original birth records for the three boys, Frank (František), Albert (Vojtěch), and Vincent (Vincenz). The response will be forwarded on to the client when received.

1 SOA Praha and Knop Consulting “eBadatelna,” State Regional Archives in Prague, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed December 2016. 2 Legacy Tree Genealogists, “Smečno matriky narozených po 1900,” sent to Městsky uřad Libušín- Matrika ([email protected]), sent January 2017, author’s files. 6

While looking for the Smečno birth registers, we also checked to see if the marriage and death registers from 1892-1913 were available. If the family moved from Kladno during that time, that it was possible that Anežka could have married or died in Libušín instead of Kladno. The relevant parish registers were located, but once again, they needed to be searched onsite.

Extending Barbora’s Ancestry

Because the rest of the research goals needed to be addressed in the subsequent onsite research session, we turned to the last goal, which was to continue to extend the ancestry of Barbora in the Czech records. The typical way to do this is, after finding the siblings of the ancestor, to find the marriage of their parents, and then using their ages at marriage to estimate their births, to look for their birth records. As mentioned in the last research session, the book that contains Kladno marriages from 1885-1893 is not available to search online, and therefore must be searched onsite. Since we now know that Barbora was probably the oldest child in her family, that placed her parents’ marriage in about 1890. We estimated that they were about 20, which placed their births around 1870. Because we had found siblings of both Antonín and Anna in the last research session, we knew their parents and grandparents names already. This would help immensely in confirming we found the right birth record, despite not having the marriage record yet.

In searching the book Kladno 14: Births 1865-1870, neither the birth of Antonín Dittrich or Anna Veselá were found. However, more siblings of Antonín and Anna were discovered in the process, confirming that both families were still in Kladno parish at this time. They have been translated into English below:

Kladno 14: Births 1865-1870, image 3543 Child: Karel, Catholic, male, legitimate Birth: 18 Feb 1870 Baptism: 20 Feb 1870 Place: Kladno no. 488 Midwife: Klára Vačková from Kladno Father: Josef Ditřich, coal miner in Kladno no. 488, son of Vácslav Ditrich, joiner, in Kladno no. 160 and Františka neé Váchová from Buštěhrad no. 23, district Vruostského v Pražsku. Mother: Barbora Šlosarová, daughter of Vácslav Šlosar, steelworker from Kladno no. 127, and the deceased Marie neé Táborová from Komárov, district Hořovického v Pražsku. Godparents: Anton Lossnik? coal miner from Kladno no. 283 and Franz Elsnitz, coal miner from Kladno no. 188. Notes: Died 13 July 1870

Kladno 14: Births 1865-1870, image 2954 Child: Vácslav, Catholic, male, legitimate Birth: 4 Jul 1869 Baptism: 6 Jul 1869 Place: Kladno no. 60 Midwife: Klára Vacková from Kladno Father: Vácslav Veselý, steelworker from Kladno no. 60, son of Vácslav Veselý master blacksmith from Čenkov no. 46, and Josefa neé Lukášova from Čenkov no. 16, district Hořovického v Pražsku. Mother: Antonie Bryndáčova, daughter of the deceased Vácslava Bryndáč, innkeeper in Drahlín no. 17 and Anna neé Šklenárova from Suchdol, district of Přibramského v Pražsku. Godparents: Hol__ Ma__, coal miner from Kladno no. 300, and Anna Zvonářova spouse of František Zvonař, coal miner from Kladno no. 550. Notes: Died 15 Jan 1871

Kladno 14: Births 1865-1870, image 1525 Child: František Seraf. (Francis Assisi), Catholic, male, legitimate Birth: 4 Dec 1867 Baptism: 6 Dec 1867 Place: Kladno no. 344 Midwife: Klára Vacková from Kladna

3 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 14: Births 1865-1870,” birth of Karel Dittrich, 18 Feb 1870, image 354, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed December 2016. DOCUMENT 1. 4 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 14: Births 1865-1870,” birth of Vácslav Vesely, 4 July 1869, image 295, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed December 2016. DOCUMENT 2. 5 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 14: Births 1865-1870,” birth of František seraf. Dittrich, 6 Dec 1867, image 152, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed December 2016. DOCUMENT 3. 8

Father: Josef Ditrich, coal miner from Kladno no. 344, son of Vácslav Ditrich, joiner, from Kladno no. 160, and Františka neé Váchova from Buštěhrad no. 23, district Vruostského v Pražsku. Mother: Barbora Šlosarova, daughter of Vácslav Šlossar, daughter of Vácslav Šlosar, steelworker from Kladno no. 127, and the deceased Marie neé Táborová from Komárov, district Hořovického v Pražsku. Godparents: Franc Elsnity, coal miner from Kladno no. 509 and Anton Lossnik? coal miner from Kladno no. 283.

Kladno 14: Births 1865-1870, image 1296 Child: Marie, Catholic, female, legitimate Birth: 13 Aug 1867 Baptism: 14 Aug 1867 Place: Kladno no. 39 Midwife: Klára Vacková from Kladno Father: Vácslav Veselý, coal miner from Kladno no. 39, legitimate son of Vácslav Veselý, master blacksmith from Čenkov no. 46 and Josefa neé Lukáškova from Čenkov no. 16, district Hořovického v Pražsku. Mother: Antonie Bryndáčova, daughter of the deceased Vácslava Bryndáč, innkeeper in Drahlín no. 17 and Anna neé Šklenárova from Suchdol, district of Přibramského v Pražsku. Godparents: Anna Zvonářová, spouse of František Zvonář, coal miner from Kladno, and Anna Holečková, spouse of Vácslav Holeček, coal miner from Kladno. Notes: Died 1 Sep 1868

Three of these children died as infants, as noted on their birth records—Karel Dittrich, Václav Veselý, and Marie Veselá. If some of these names look familiar, it is because another Karel Dittrich and Václav Veselý were found in the last research session. It was a common practice to name a later sibling after one that had died, so the Dittrich family does have two Karels, born in 1870 and 1879, and the Veselý family has two Václavs, born in 1869 and 1879. We have not found another Marie Veselá yet, but there may be a younger one whose birth is in the onsite records and had not yet been located. The one child who lived, František Seraf., was named after St. Francis of Assisi, a Catholic saint who was known for his vision of seraphs, or angels. Therefore, his name in Czech translates to František Seraf.

6 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 14: Births 1865-1870,” birth of Marie Vesela, 13 Aug 1867, image 129, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed December 2016. DOCUMENT 4. 9

All the other information listed for these children’s parents matched what was found for their siblings in the last research session. Of note is that fact that Marie Táborová is listed as deceased—therefore, we know that she died sometime before 1867, which is the earliest birth record we had so far. The writing on these birth records was clearer in places, which meant that Josefa Lukášková’s surname was more easily read. It had previously been thought to be Hurasova but has been corrected in the client’s pedigree file. Also of note is how many of the parents and grandparents were not from Kladno. Therefore, we will need to look in these villages for marriage and other records to extend the various lines in the future. The charts below list the various villages of origin attached to Antonín Dittrich and Anna Veselá‘s grandparents:

Dittrich grandparents Name Relationship to Line Town of Origin Antonín Dittrich

Václav Dittrich paternal grandfather Dittrich Kladno Františka Váchová paternal grandmother Vácha Buštěhrad Václav Šlosar maternal grandfather Šlosar Kladno Marie Táborová maternal Tábor Komárov grandmother

Veselý grandparents Name Relationship to Anna Line Town of Origin Veselá Václav Veselý paternal grandfather Veselý Čenkov Josefa Lukášová paternal grandmother Lukáš Čenkov Václav Bryndáč maternal grandfather Brydáč Drahlin Anna Sklenárová maternal Sklenár Sůchodol grandmother

Komárov Čenko

Dráhli Suchodol

The ancestral hometowns described above, in relation to each other. Image courtesy of http://mapy.cz.

Kladno Birth Index

Because neither Antonín nor Anna’s births were found from 1865 to 1870 and they weren’t likely to be born after 1870, the births index from 1663-1860 was searched for possible candidates. This index gave limited information, just the name of the child, their birthdate, sometimes their village and a page reference. Nevertheless, it was a good starting point, as it is alphabetized by last name. One Antonín Ditrych birth was found, on 19 August 1859. If

this was the correct Antonín, he would be quite a bit older than expected, but it was still possible.

Index entry for the possible birth of Antonín Ditrych. DOCUMENT 5.

Kladno 23: Birth Index 1663-1860, image 277 Child: Antonín Ditrych Birth: 19 Aug 1859 Reference: A.A. 43

A possible birth for Anna Veselá was also found in the same year, born only a week later on 26 August 1859. Veselý was a much more common surname than Dittrich, however, so it was less likely that this was the right Anna, since based on her birth and the birthdates of her children, she would have had her first child at 36 and her last at age 48. Still, it would be unwise to ignore the possibility, so the birth register was checked for this Anna Veselá birth in 1859.8

The book Kladno 12: Births 1859-1862 was searched for these two births, as it was digitized and available to search. The 1859 Anna Veselá birth was located first, but she turned out to be the daughter of Josef Veselý and Kateřina Fáteková, who were not the correct parents.10

The Antonín Ditrych birth was checked next, but he turned out to be a different individual as well, born to Vácslav Dittrich and Anna Štierand, who, as we know, were also not the

7 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 23: Birth Index 1663-1860,” birth of Antonín Ditrych, 19 Aug 1859, image 27, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed December 2016. DOCUMENT 5. 8 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 23: Birth Index 1663-1860,” birth of Anna Veselá, 26 Aug 1860, image 174, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed December 2016. DOCUMENT 6. 10 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 12: Births 1859-1862,” birth of Anna Veselá, 26 Aug 1860, image 46, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed January 2017. 12

correct parents. (Later onsite research clarified that this was a first cousin of Antonín’s with the same name.) As these two individuals were the only Antonín Ditrich and Anna Veselá found in the index, which goes back to 1663, this suggested that the ancestors Antonín and Anna were born after 1860, and their births were likely in one of the onsite registers. The later index (1861-1886) needed to be searched onsite for their births.

Marriage and Death Indexes

With that avenue of research exhausted, for the time being, research shifted again, to search for the marriages of Antonín and Anna’s parents and grandparents. As noted previously, their grandparents almost all came from different villages outside of Kladno. Antonín’s parents, Josef Dittrich and Barbora Šlosarova were both from Kladno, according to their children’s birth records, and as such were probably married there. While Anna’s father, Václav Veselý was from Kladno, his mother, Antonie Bryndáčová, was from Dráhlin, so they were probably married in Dráhlin, and would not show up in the Kladno marriage indexes. In addition, none of the grandmothers in the Dittrich or Veselý families were from Kladno (see the charts above), so those marriages would also not appear in this index, with the exception of Buštěhrad, which was included in the Kladno index, despite being a different parish. Therefore, the two marriages to search for in this index were that of Josef Dittrich and Barbora Šlosarova, and Josef’s parents, Václav Dittrich and Františka Váchová. The index available online held Kladno marriages from 1667-1861, meaning that Josef and Barbora’s marriage would only appear if they were married before 1861. We knew that they had a child in 1867, so it was worth checking.

Searching in the D’s for Dittrich returned one marriage for a Václav Dittrich, but not Josef’s.11 A later search in the T’s revealed the marriage under the spelling “Tydrych,” as

11 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 24: Marriage Index 1667-1861,” Václav Dytrych, image 10, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed January 2017. DOCUMENT 7. 13

will be discussed in the onsite section of this report. The marriage for Václav did not have any other information, and his wife Františka Váchová did not appear in the index. This suggested that the priest was merely noting the fact that one of his parishioners had gotten married, even though it probably took place in Buštěhrad, the home of the bride. With that in mind, a search was conducted for the marriage in Buštěhrad’s index and it was found. Václav and Františka married on 18 February 1828 in Buštěhrad.12

Excerpt from the marriage of Václav Dittrich and Františka Váchová. DOCUMENT 9.

Buštěhrad 2: Marriages 1819-1837, image 8213 Marriage: 18 Feb 1828 Groom: Waclaw Ditrich, Catholic, age 21, legitimate, ______joinery? from Maly dobry no. 23, son of Jozef Ditrich tesař? [carpenter] and Anna Křjžowa from malj dobry, subject of Busstche [Buštěhrad], Bride: Frantisska, Catholic, age 18, legitimate daughter of Matej Wacha, ______from Busstehe no. 23 and Anna, née Frančova, subject of Busst__ [Buštěhrad]

As can be seen in the translation above, this record added another generation to the client’s family tree, by providing the names of the parents of the bride and groom. This particular priest’s handwriting was very difficult to read, but Václav’s parents appeared to be Josef

12 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Buštěhrad, “Buštěhrad 16: Births, Marriages, Deaths Index 1799-1900,” Václav Dittrich and Frantis. Vachova, image 6, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed January 2017. DOCUMENT 8. 13 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Buštěhrad, “Buštěhrad 2: Marriages 1819-1837,” Wáslaw Ditrich and Frantisska Wacha, image 82, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed January 2017. DOCUMENT 9. 14

Dittrich and Anna Křjžová, and Františka’s appear to be Matěj Vácha and Anna Frančova. The occupations of the men were mostly unreadable, but appeared to be related to carpentry. Once other records such as their births are found, the details should be clarified.

In addition, the town now known as Buštěhrad was historically known as Bučkov, Busczewes, and Buštěves before the castle (hrad) was built, which explains the various spellings of the town in this record.14 Oddly, the Dittrich family was said to be from somewhere called “Mala Dobra,” which has not yet been located on a map. It is possible that this location was somewhere within Kladno or nearby. Further research will need to be conducted to determine why that location was listed instead of Kladno, especially because Václav was recorded in Kladno’s marriage index and said to have been from Kladno in his children’s birth records.

With the remaining time left in this online research session, we searched the Kladno death indexes for any Dittrichs, in hopes of narrowing down the dates. Unfortunately, like the Kladno marriage index, this priest did not record dates or any family information, and the references to the volume in which the record could be found were obscure, using letters instead of the numbered volumes. Realizing that it was impossible to separate any Dittrich families from each other with only the index, we decided it would not be useful at this time. For example, there was a Josef Dytrych listed, but without a death date or any identifying information.15 All we know is that this Josef Dittrich died between 1667 and 1861. However, because our Josef was mentioned as alive when his child was born in 1870, we know that it could not be him.

14 Město Buštěhrad, “Historie Buštěhradu,” Buštěhrad, Oficiální Stránky Města, http://mestobustehrad.cz/historie, accessed January 2017. 15 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 25: Deaths Index 1667-1861,” Josef Dydrych, image 11, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed January 2017. 15

Marriages In Other Towns

With the last remaining minutes of the online session, we looked up records in the other towns to see if there were available marriage indexes that would facilitate future research on the diverging ancestral lines.

The next marriage on the previously-mentioned chart was that of Václav Šlosar and Marie Táborová. Because Marie was from Komárov, their marriage likely took place there, probably in the 1820s-1840s. Komárov was part of the Mrtník parish, and the records are available online from the State Regional Archives in Prague. There is no marriage index for the records before 1869, so they will need to be searched page by page. Once the marriage of Josef Dittrich and Barbora Šlosarová is found onsite with her approximate birthdate, that range in which to search could be narrowed down by Barbora’s birth record and that of her siblings.

The next marriage, on the Veselý side, was that of Václav Veselý and Josefa Lukášova. Josefa was from Čenkov, which belonged to Odolena Voda parish. This parish’s records are fully digitized on the Prague State Regional Archives website, and there is an index for marriages between 1784-1879.

On the Bryndáč line, but down one generation, Anna Veselá’s parents’ marriage likely occurred in Drahlín, as her mother Antonie Bryndáčova was from there. Since we know that Anna had siblings born in 1867, her parents’ marriage would have occurred sometime before then. Drahlín belonged to two different parishes, Hluboš and later Obecnice. For our purposes, the relevant records are in Hluboš parish and there was a marriage index for marriages from 1844-1880. We searched the index for their marriage, under the groom and the bride’s surnames, but nothing was found.16 This suggests that they were married

16 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Drahlín, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Hluboš, “Hluboš 7: Marriages Index 1844-1880,” http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed January 2017. 16

elsewhere, perhaps in the groom’s parish instead. Because we had already located Čenkov’s records, we conducted a cursory search in that index as well.17 Nothing was found, but it should be searched in more detail in the future, once their oldest child’s birth has been found and the time period narrowed down.

The last set of Veselý grandparents were Václav Bryndáč and Anna Sklenárová. Anna was from Suchdol/Suchodol, which had its own parish. This town also has its records available online at the Prague State Regional Archives, with a marriage index from 1784-1841, that can be searched in the future.

Onsite Records

The second half of this report details the records that were searched onsite. As the State Archive in Prague allows only for five books (not counting index books) examined per day and person, two days of research were planned. Unfortunately, the Smečno 42 books that needed to be searched for Barbora’s siblings’ births in Libušín were temporarily unavailable.

At the start of the onsite research, the previous research was analyzed, and two discrepancies were discovered. First, the birth record of Barbora Anežka Dittrich in 1892 was determined to be the birth record of only one person – Barbora Anežka. A search of the surrounding births revealed that while generally uncommon in Bohemia, many children were actually baptized with two or more names in Kladno in that time. Later in life, they would have used just the first name. An example of a twin birth record was discovered in the same book, as shown below. A typical birth record of twin children would include the

17 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Čenkov, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Odolena Voda, “Odolena Voda 16: Marriages Index 1784-1879,” http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed January 2017. 17

word "dvojčata" (twins in Czech) or "gemelli" (twins in Latin), and list the gender of both children, as shown below.18

Example of a birth record for twins Františka and Barbora Šrámek in the Kladno birth register.

With the possibility of a twin named Anežka being disproven, the reported Anežka in the client’s files then was probably the younger sister of Barbora, likely born in Libušín. We were unable to confirm that through her birth record, however, because the Smečno 42 book was unavailable for research at the time.

The next discrepancy discovered was the missing marriage of Josef Dittrich and Barbora Šlosarová in the Kladno marriages index for 1667-1861. While not listed under ‘D,’ the marriage actually did appear in the index, but Josef's surname was written as Tydrich, under ‘T.’ The original record was located onsite in the book Kladno 18: Marriages 1855- 1863 and indeed we found the marriage of Josef Tydrich/Dittrich and Barbora Šlosarová that took place in 1860.19

Marriage record of Josef Tydrich and Barbora Šlosarova Married 10 Jan 1860 in Kladno, Bohemia. Josef's parents: Vácslav Tydrich, master joiner and peasant cottager (domkář) in Kladno no. 547, Františka neé Váchová from Buckov no. 23, both of Unhošť district, Prague region

18 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 33: Births 1892-1896,” birth of twins Františka and Barbora Šrámek, 17 May 1892, image 32, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed January 2017. 19 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 18: Marriages 1855-1863,” marriage of Josef Tydrich and Barbora Šlosarova, 10 Jan 1860, fol. 71. DOCUMENT 10. 18

Barbora's parents: Vácslav Šlosar, day laborer in Kladno, deceased Marie neé Tabriová from Komárov, both of Hořovice district, Prague region Josef's occupation: miner in Kladno no. 547 Ages: Groom—21, Bride—23. Witnesses: František ______Leopold?, miner from Kladno no. 369, Anton Schlosar, miner from Kladno no. 129.

As can be seen in this marriage record, the parents of the bride and groom matched what was already known about them, with the exception of Marie Tabriova, whose surname had been recorded as Taborova previously. This could possibly be another variation of her surname, and both should be kept in mind as additional records are searched for her. Since she was listed as deceased in this record, we now knew that she died before 1860. In addition, one of the witnesses, Anton Schlosar, had a variation of the same surname as Barbora Šlosarova—he could be a brother or another relative. We also learned the ages of both Josef and Barbora, which gave us estimated birthdates of 1839 for him and 1837 for her. This will be helpful when we search for their birth records and parents’ marriage in the future.

While searching for Josef and Barbora’s marriage, we also found the marriage of Josef's brother Václav in 1857.20 It is worth noting that these were the parents listed on the birth record of the Antonín that was not the client’s ancestor—he was his first cousin. The carpentry occupation appears to have run in the family, as Václav was a joiner as well as a soldier.

Marriage record of Vácslav Ditrych and Anna Stierandtová Married 12 Oct 1857 in Kladno, Bohemia Vácslav's parents: Vácslav Ditrych, master joiner from Buckov no. 23, Františka neé Váchová from there as well, both Unhošť district, Prague region Anna's parents: father unknown, mother Antonie daughter of František Stierandt, peasant (zahradník) from Stárkov no. 95 (Starkstadt) and Marie neé Schroll from Stárkov no. 89, both Police district, Hradec Králové district

20 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 18: Marriages 1855-1863,” marriage of Vácslav Ditrych and Anna Stierandtová, 12 Oct 1857, fol. 36. DOCUMENT 11. 19

Vácslav's occupation: soldier in 10th k.u.k. infantry regiment Maruchelli and joiner in Kladno no. 161 Witnesses: Jakub _____, miner in Kladno no. 314, Jozef Dytrych, miner in Kladno no. 100

We next searched Kladno 64: Marriages Index: 1861-1911 for the marriage of Anežka Dittrich and Antonín Kraus and Antonín Dittrich and Anna Veselá. While there was no marriage of Anežka, we did discover the marriage of Antonín and several of his siblings. The originals were found next in Kladno 51: Marriages 1885-1893, and they have been translated below:

Marriage record of Antonín Ditrich and Anna Veselý21 Married 20 Jan 1891 in Kladno, Bohemia. Antonín's parents: Josef Ditrich, miner in Kladno no. 583, Barbora Šlossar from Kladno no. 127 Anna's parents: Václav Veselý, miner in Kladno no. 726, Antonie neé Bryndáč from Kladno. Ages: Groom—28, born 13 Jun 1862, Bride—19, born 9 Nov 1871. Antonín's occupation: miner in Kopisty Witnesses: Anton Weselý, miner in Kladno, Václav Valkant, shop assistant (kupecký příručí) in Kladno.

This record confirms that Barbora was Antonín and Anna’s oldest child, as she was born the following year. We also learned both of their birthdates from this record—as suspected, both were born after 1860. In addition, Antonín was listed as a miner in Kopisty. That is interesting because Kopisty (Kopitz in German) was a mining town near the city of Most located more than 60 km from Kladno. The town of Kopisty was demolished in 1974-1979 due to the expansion of brown coal mining.

Two additional marriages of Antonín's brothers were found—František’s in 1890 and Václav’s in 1886, and they have been recorded in the client’s database.22 František was the

21 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 51: Marriages 1885-1893,” marriage of Antonín Dittrich and Anna Veselý, 20 Jan 1891, fol. 264. DOCUMENT 12. 22 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 51: Marriages 1885-1893,” marriage of František Ditrich and Alžběta Šebánková, 28 Aug 1890, fol. 243. DOCUMENT 13; and 20

same child found baptized as František Seraf., but Václav was a new sibling, whose birth had not previously been found.

To be sure that a marriage for Anežka was not missed, we looked for any relevant marriages in Kladno 67: Marriages 1908-1913. The years 1912-1913 were searched page by page but we did not find anything relevant. We next searched Smečno 54: Marriages 1889-1912 for the marriage of Anežka. We went through years 1906-1912 page by page but no relevant records were found.

While at the archive, we inquired about the Libušín records after 1900. While the State Archive personnel provided the list of the freshly acquired register books from Smečno parish that are not yet listed on the website, there was nothing from Libušín. According to their information, those registers are still at the records office in Libušín—the office that we had already contacted by email.

A possible workaround for the later records if they are not available could be to go onsite to the State District Archive in Kladno and search their collection of 1910 census sheets for Libušín. If the census sheet for the house where the Dittrichs resided is found, it would be a rich source of additional information; all members of the family would be listed with their occupation, religion, language, and a list of livestock owned by the family.

We next searched Kladno 60: Births Index 1861-1886 for the births of Antonín Dittrich and Anna Veselá. Both were found, and possible additional siblings for both were noted. The relevant birth registers were then searched for the original records. While there were more than dozen Veselý listings between 1861-1865, none of those turned to be a sibling of Anna; it seems that Marie, born in 1867 was the oldest child in the family.

State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 51: Marriages 1885-1893,” marriage of Václav Dittrich and Marie Píšová, 9 Mar 1886, fol. 25. DOCUMENT 14. 21

Birth record of Anna Veselá23 Child: Anna Veselá, Catholic, female, legitimate Birth: 9 Nov 1871 Baptism: 11 Nov 1871 Place: Kladno no. 668 Midwife: Klára Vacková from Kladno Father: Vácslav Veselý, miner in Kladno no. 668, son of Vácslav Veselý, master blacksmith from Čenkov no. 46 and Josefa neé Lukáš from Čenkov no. 16, Hořovice district, Prague region Mother: Antonie Bryndáč, daughter of deceased Vácslav Bryndáč, innkeeper in Drahlín no. 17 and Anna neé Sklenář from Suchodol, both Příbram district, Prague region Godparents: Václav Smolník? miner in Kladno no. 75, Anna Zvonařová, wife of František Zvonař, miner in Kladno no. 418

Birth record of Antonín Ditrich24 Child: Antonín Ditrich, Catholic, male, legitimate Birth: 12 Jun 1862 Baptism: 13 Jun 1862 Place: Kladno no. 583 Midwife: Klára Jirásková from Kladno Father: Josef Ditrich, miner in Kladno no. 583, son of Vácslav Ditrich, joiner from Kladno no. 160 and his wife Frantška Váchová from Buštěhrad no. 23, both Unhošť district, Prague region Mother: Barbora Šlossarová, daughter of Vácslav Šlossar, miner in Kladno no. 127 and his wife deceased Marie neé Táberová from Komárov, Hořovice district, Prague region Godparents: Anton Lošek, miner in Kladno, Marie Bauerová, daughter of Josef Bauer, miner in Kladno

Birth record of Karolína Ditrich25 Child: Karolina Ditrich, Catholic, female, legitimate Birth: 26 May 1871 Baptism: 27 May 1871 Place: Kladno Midwife: Rozálie Hrabák from Kladno Father: Josef Ditrich, miner in Kladno, son of Vácslav Ditrich, joiner from Kladno no. 160 and Františka neé Váchová from Buštěhrad no. 23, both Unhošť district, Prague region

23 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 26: Births 1870-1873,” birth of Anna Veselá, 9 Nov 1871, fol. 156. DOCUMENT 15. 24 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 12: Births 1859-1862,” birth of Antonín Ditrich, 12 Jun 1862, image 312, http://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz, accessed January 2017. DOCUMENT 16. 25 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 26: Births 1870-1873,” birth of Karolína Ditrich, 26 May 1871, fol. 102. DOCUMENT 17. 22

Mother: Barbora Šlosar, daughter of Vácslav Šlosar, miner in Kladno no. 127 and deceased Marie neé Táborová from Komárov, Hořovice district, Prague region Godparents: Márie Elznicová, wife of František Elznic, mining foreman (steiger) in Kladno no. 188, Marie Hrudková, wife of Vojtěch Hrudka, master tailor in Kladno no. 350 Notes: died 25 Sep 1871

Birth record of Vojtěch Ditrich26 Child: Vojtěch Ditrich, Catholic, male, legitimate Birth: 7 Sep 1872 Baptism: 8 Sep 1872 Place: Kladno no. 805 Midwife: Rozálie Hrabáková from Kladno Father: Josef Ditrich, miner in Kladno no. 805, son of Vácslav Ditrich, joiner from Kladno no. 101 and Františka neé Váchová from Buštěhrad no. 23, Unhošť district, Prague region Mother: Barbora Šlosarová, daughter of Vácslav Šlosar, miner in Kladno no. 127 and deceased Marie neé Táborová from Komárov, Zbiroh district, Prague region Godparents: Franz Elsnitz, mining foreman (horolezec) in Kladno no. 502, Marie Hrudková, wife of Vojtěch Hrudka, tailor from Kladno no. 437

Two births of their cousins were also found. Interestingly, the residence of Václav Dittrich in the birth of his grandson, Josef was listed as Doksy, a small village next to Malá Dobrá, his residence listed in his marriage record with Františka Váchova discovered earlier.

Birth record of Kateřina Veselá27 Child: Kateřina Veselá, Catholic, female, legitimate Birth: 29 Nov 1872 Baptism: 1 Dec 1872 Place: Kladno no. 850 Midwife: Františka Jíchová from Kladno Father: Jan Veselý, miner in Kladno no. 850, son of Václav Veselý, master blacksmith from Čenkov no. 39 and Josefa neé Lukáš from Čenkov, Hořovice district, Prague region Mother: Marie Machotová, daughter of Jan Machota, laborer in Hostouň and Kateřina neé Vojtěchovská from Středokluky, both Unhošť district, Prague region Godparents: Kateřina Černá, wife of Jan Černý, miner in Kladno no. 787, František Rosenkrac, miner in Kladno no. 719

26 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 26: Births 1870-1873,” birth of Vojtěch Ditrich, 7 Sep 1872, fol. 259. DOCUMENT 18. 27 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 26: Births 1870-1873,” birth of Kateřina Veselá, 29 Nov 1872, fol. 285. DOCUMENT 19. 23

Birth record of Josef Tydrych28 Child: Josef Tydrych, Catholic, male, legitimate Birth: 4 Jan 1871 Baptism: 5 Jan 1871 Place: Kladno no. 323 Midwife: Alžběta Bra___perger from Kladno Father: Antonín Tydrych, miner in Kladno no. 323, son of Václav Tydrych, master joiner from Doksy no. 5 and Františka neé Váchová from Buštěhrad, both Unhošť district, Prague region Mother: Dorota Mikovcová, daughter of František Mikovec, peasant cottager (domkař) in Kladno no. 223 and deceased Barbora neé Procházková from Petrovice, Rakovník district, Prague region Godparents: Josef Otcovský, miner in Kladno, Marie Zíková, wife of František Zíka, miner in Kladno no. 426

The ancestral hometowns described above, in relation to each other. Image courtesy of http://mapy.cz.

In addition to those, there was one more listing in the index –the birth of a Marie Ditrich on 14 Jun 1865 in Kladno, fol. 285. She is a possible sister of Antonín; however confirming that would require another register book Kladno 13: Births 1862-1865. This book should be searched during the next onsite research session.

28 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 26: Births 1870-1873,” birth of Josef Tydrych, 4 Jan 1871, fol. 60. DOCUMENT 20. 24

The death records in Kladno were next searched, in Kladno 65: Deaths Index 1883-1912 and we wrote down all possible Dytrich and Tydrich entries. The original records were found next in Kladno 58: Deaths 1889-1904 and Kladno 69: Deaths 1904-1913 and all relevant death records were obtained. By doing this, we discovered the death records of Antonín Dittrich's parents Josef Dittrich and Barbora Dittrich neé Šlosarová and the death record of one of Antonin's previously unknown children, (Barbora’s brother) also named Antonín.

Death record of Josef Dittrich29 Died: 21 October 1893 Buried: 23 October 1893 Residence: Kladno no. 839 Name of deceased: Josef Dittrich, married pensioner in Kladno no. 839, born in Doksy Marital status: married Religion: Catholic Gender: Male Age: 60 Place of burial: Kladno Cause of death: lung emphysema (rozedma plic) Buried by: Václav Placec, chaplain note: provided for in 21 September 1893 by Vendelín Engler, chaplain

Death record of Barbora Ditrichová30 Died: 15 October 1894 Buried: 17 October 1894 Residence: Kladno no. 486 Name of deceased: Barbora Ditrichová, widow of deceased Josef Ditrich, miner, neé Šlosarová Marital status: widow Religion: Catholic Gender: Female Age: 60 Place of burial: Kladno Cause of death: lung emphysema (rozedma plic) Buried by: Vendelín Engler, chaplain note: provided for on 12 June 1894 by Josef Tomšů, admin.

29 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 58: Deaths 1889-1904,” death of Josef Dittrich, 21 Oct 1893, fol. 201. DOCUMENT 21. 30 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 58: Deaths 1889-1904,” death of Barbora Ditrichová, 15 Oct 1894, fol. 243. DOCUMENT 22. 25

Death record of Antonín Ditrich31 Died: 25 March 1897 Buried: 27 March 1897 Residence: Kladno no. 595 Name of deceased: Antonín Ditrich, born in Libušín, son of Antonín Ditrich, miner in Kladno, and Anna neé Veselá from Kladno Marital status: single Religion: Catholic Gender: Male Age: 1 year 4 months 16 days Birth: 9 Nov 1895 Place of burial: Kladno Cause of death: bronchitis/pneumonia (zánět průdušek) Buried by: Vojtěch Šíma, chaplain

We also conducted another search for the marriage record of Václav Veselý and Antonie Bryndáčková. As the previous online search did not find it in the Hluboš 07: Marriages 1844-1880 index, we checked Čenkov records in Jince 14: Marriages 1857-1876, also with no success. Since the marriage record was not found in Kladno registers as well, it seems that the marriage probably occurred in Čenkov before 1857 or elsewhere.

The rest of the research session consisted of searching death registers from the Smečno parish, namely Smečno 49: Deaths 1875-1898, Smečno 50: Deaths 1875-1894 and Smečno 56: Deaths 1899-1911. While no death record was found for Anežka or her father, we did find the death record of another of Barbora's previously unknown siblings, Antonie Dittrich, and quite unexpectedly the death record of Antonie (Bryndáčova) Veselá, the grandmother of Barbora Dittrich.

Death record of Antonie Ditrichová32 Died: 22 Jul 1900 Buried: 24 Jul 1900 Residence: Libušín no. 75, Slaný district

31 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Kladno, “Kladno 58: Deaths 1889-1904,” death of Antonín Ditrich, 25 Mar 1897, fol. 323. DOCUMENT 23. 32 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Smečno, “Smečno 56: Deaths 1899-1911,” death of Antonie Ditrichová, 22 Jul 1900, fol. 37. DOCUMENT 24. 26

Name of deceased: Antonie Ditrichová, daughter of Antonín Ditrich, miner in Libušín no. 75 and Anna neé Veselá from Kladno no. 726 Religion: Catholic Gender: Female Marital status: single Age: 2 years, 2 months, 5 days Born: 17 May 1898 Place of burial: Libušín Cause of death: measles Buried by: Vincenc Papeš, chaplain

Death record of Antonie Veselá33 Died: 1 Sep 1907 Buried: 3 Sep 1907 Residence: Svinařov no. 8, Slaný district Name of deceased: Antonie Veselá, residing in Svinařov no. 8, widow of deceased Václav Veselý, miner in Kladno, neé Bryndáček from Drahlín, Příbram district Religion: Catholic Gender: Female Age: 67 Born: 1840 Place of burial: Libušín Cause of death: old age Buried by: Ignác Tomášek, chaplain note: not provided for, died suddenly

Despite finding multiple ancestral records, we had not yet found the answer to what happened to Anežka/Agnes. A brief internet search revealed the truth. Anežka/Agnes Ditrich married Anthony Kraus in Michel, East Kootenay, British Columbia on 25 January 1913.34 We also discovered her death certificate—she died in Fernie, East Kootenay, British Columbia in 1968.35 From her death certificate, we learned that she was indeed a younger sister of Barbora – she was reportedly born in Libušín on 28 August 1894. This places her

33 State Regional Archives in Prague, Roman Catholic, Kladno, Czech Republic, Parish Church of Smečno, “Smečno 56: Deaths 1899-1911,” death of Antonie Veselá, 1 Sep 1907, fol. 211. DOCUMENT 25. 34 British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938 (images), marriage of Anthony Kraus and Agnes Ditrich, 25 Jan 1913, image 1286 of 2924, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria, https://familysearch.org, accessed January 2017. DOCUMENT 26. 35 British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993, death of Agnes Kumorek, 14 December 1968, image 2075, http://familysearch.org, accessed January 2017. DOCUMENT 27. 27

family’s move sometime after Barbora’s birth in 1892 and before Agnes/Anežka’s in 1894. The death certificate also provided the information that she died as the widow of Michael Kumorek, her second husband. Agnes was buried at St. Margaret's Cemetery in Fernie, East Kootenay, British Columbia.36

Portion of Agnes/Anežka’s death certificate showing her birthdate and parents’ names. DOCUMENT 27.

Agnes had at least two children according to her FindaGrave memorial – Joseph Charles Kraus (born 1916, died 1950) and Agnes Phoebe Wildman (born 1913, died 1991).37 In the same cemetery as her children, we also discovered the gravestone of Barbora and Agnes,’ father, Antonín Dittrich who died in 1940. The three of them were buried in the Elk Valley Cemetery in Sparwood, British Columbia.38

36 FindAGrave, St. Margaret’s Cemetery, Fernie, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada (image and transcription), Agnes Kumorek headstone, 1894-1968, memorial no. 119405379, http://findagrave.com, accessed January 2017. DOCUMENT 28. 37 FindAGrave, Elk Valley Cemetery, Sparwood, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada (image and transcription), Joseph Charles Kraus headstone, 1916-1950, memorial no. 102765052, http://findagrave.com, accessed January 2017. DOCUMENT 29; and FindAGrave, Elk Valley Cemetery, Sparwood, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada (image and transcription), Agnes Phoebe Wildman headstone, 1913-1991, memorial no. 102921685, http://findagrave.com, accessed January 2017. DOCUMENT 30. 38 FindAGrave, Elk Valley Cemetery, Sparwood, East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada (image and transcription), Antonín Dittrich headstone, 1913-1940, memorial no. 95630380, http://findagrave.com, accessed January 2017. DOCUMENT 31. 28

Conclusion

This was a very productive research session, despite having to work around several record sets that were only available onsite. We narrowed down the locations of the births of Barbora’s siblings and discovered the identities of several more that were previously unknown. We also proved that Barbora was likely not a twin, and discovered that her sister Anežka/Agnes was two years younger than her. We discovered the marriage of Barbora’s parents, Antonín Dittrich and Anna Veselá, as well as their birth records, and more of their siblings. We discovered the marriage of Antonín’s parents, Josef Dittrich and Barbora Šlosarová, and grandparents: Václav Dittrich and Františka Váchová, which extended that line back another two generations and gave us approximate birth years to look for more records in the future.

Finally, we identified the marriage indexes in each parish where the Dittrich and Veselý grandparents’ lines can be extended in the future. Because there are so many individuals at this point, and most are from different towns, we suggest choosing which two lines to focus on, i.e. the Dittrich line: Dittrich/Vácha or Šlosar/Tábor, or the Veselý line: Veselý/Lukáš or Bryndač/Sklenár. It was a pleasure to continue building your family tree and we look forward to more success in the future.