Re: searching for John Kalista born 1835, New York City
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searching for John Kalista born 1835, New York City
Gerry Kalista 7/23/03
Gerry
A map of Austria of old where your ancestor was born
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htmhttp://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm
Vaclare most likely Vaclav. I suppose he took a first name John in USA as most of Vaclavs became James.
Kalista, VaclavHvoidany2418791903 [Hvoz'dany]
source: www.ellisislandrecords.org
2 towns named Hovzdany in Czech Republic.
OVA is a female ending used in Czech Republic and Slovak Republic [former Czechoslovakia]
CERNEY would be C^ERNY
Vaclav's and Katerina's church marriage record, arrival manifest, naturalization intent and petition should have a place of birth and parents names.
William Patrick would not be found in "Austria's" church record. Someone americanized the name.
In Czech Republic's phone book:
http://seznam.1188.cz/s?q=kalista&x=58&y=21http://seznam.1188.cz/s?q=kalista&x=58&y=21
http://seznam.1188.cz/s?q=zvonik&x=61&y=22http://seznam.1188.cz/s?q=zvonik&x=61&y=22
http://seznam.1188.cz/s?q=cerny&x=36&y=19http://seznam.1188.cz/s?q=cerny&x=36&y=19
http://seznam.1188.cz/s?q=rosak&x=39&y=17http://seznam.1188.cz/s?q=rosak&x=39&y=17
www.iarelative.com
www.cgsi.org
www.csagsi.org
www.genea.cz
http://feefhs.org/links/czech.htmlhttp://feefhs.org/links/czech.html
www.surnamenavigator.org