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"Amano's director-generalship began under a bad star."
That's Julian Borger at the Guardian quoting Mark Hibbs, the journalist who helped take down the AQ Khan nuclear-weapons black market and is now with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Yukio Amano, the "head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the nuclear watchdog at the heart of the growing Iranian crisis," Borger explains, "has been accused by several former senior officials of pro-western bias, over-reliance on unverified intelligence and of sidelining sceptics."
Some of the controversy around Amano's management dates to his election in 2009, when he narrowly beat Abdul Minty, a South African diplomat. [Hibbs said] "The election was extremely polarised and bitter. Minty clearly appealed to states who see themselves as underdogs and have-nots. Amano was supported by the US and others who saw him as rolling back the IAEA's political aspirations under ElBaradei to a more technical agency."
Previous director Mohamed ElBaradei was noted for his objections to IAEA findings being used as a pretext for ultimatums and/or war with Iran. Borger also reminds us of those WikiLeaks cables that confirmed suspicions about Amano almost too perfectly.
[They] revealed Amano's assiduous courting of American support. In an October 2009 cable, the US charge d'affaires, Geoffrey Pyatt, wrote: "Amano reminded [the] ambassador on several occasions that he would need to make concessions to the G-77 [the developing countries group], which correctly required him to be fair-minded and independent, but that he was solidly in the US court on every key strategic decision, from high-level personnel appointments to the handling of Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program."
Not sure of the exact motivations for Amano's bootlicking, but there it is for the world to see. Confirming Amano's toadyism toward the United States
… the IAEA's reports on Iranian behaviour have become steadily more critical. In November, it published an unprecedented volume of intelligence pointing towards past Iranian work on developing a nuclear weapon, deeming it credible.
However, some former IAEA officials are saying that the agency has gone too far. Robert Kelley, a former US weapons scientists who ran the IAEA action team on Iraq at the time of the US-led invasion, said. … "Amano is falling into the Cheney trap. What we learned back in 2002 and 2003, when we were in the runup to the war, was that peer review was very important, and that the analysis should not be left to a small group of people," Kelley said. "… Just like [former US vice-president] Dick Cheney, Amano is relying on a very small group of people and those opinions are not being checked."
Meanwhile …
Joseph Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund [said]: "On Iran, the difference is like night and day. ElBaradei constantly sought a diplomatic solution, while Amano wields a big stick and has hit Iran hard and repeatedly."
And …
Jim Walsh, an expert on the Iranian nuclear programme at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said. … "Amano has been way out in front of the US on [holding Iran's feet to the fire]. … I think if the agency is going to be a neutral player in this — and we need a neutral player to make the sort of judgements that have to be made — it will have to be more conservative [than] the national governments on this."
And …
Laban Coblentz, ElBaradei's former speechwriter and a collaborator on [his book] The Age of Deception, said that huge stakes could rest on the nuances with which the IAEA director-general interprets the evidence. … "Amano and ElBaradei were looking at the same allegations. … The other thing that is the same is that so far the most substantial allegations have not been verified. What has changed is the willingness to publish those allegations that have not been verified as a tool to pressure the Iranians to come to the table."
Compared to Dick Cheney, shamed by WikiLeaks, Yukio Amano is the wrong man for the wrong job at the wrong time. ElBaradei won the Nobel Prize; Amano is angling for the Ignoble Prize.


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Saturday, September 22, 2012
Czech surnames - origins
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i have read and been told that our surname, Kučera, means "curly hair". Is this correct? ThanksReplyDelete
Some of my favorites are Kratochvil and Stiastny--I love that people were known for their humor or happiness! I also have a Kleinhampl back there (little jumping man??) I'm told that Čubr is Old Czech for Satureja hortensis (the herb summer savory in English)--is that true?ReplyDelete
As to double surnames, yes, they are making me crazy. Some people have too many, and some don't have any at all. I think Josef II is my hero for making everyone pick one and stick with it!
- AnonymousSeptember 22, 2012 at 8:32 PM
Hi Blanka! Where would the surnames Mikus and Svehla originated? What do they mean? Judy from CanadaReplyDeleteReplies
Mikus is from first name Mikuláš (Nicholas), Švehla is from old Czech word švehlat which means to chirp.Delete
Mikuš is a short form of Mikuláš (Nicolas), probably of Slovak origin, it is quite common in areas close to Czecho-slovak border.Delete
Švehla seems to originate in a verb "švehlat" (old word meaning "speaking uselessly"). This surname is most common in South Bohemia.
You can use www.kdejsme.cz to see, how many people with this name live in Czech republic and where. (It gives different results for Mikus and Mikuš and also for woman forms with -ová in the end).
- AnonymousSeptember 24, 2012 at 10:47 AM
Thank you both!! Will check out the websites. I'm sure enjoying finding out more about my Czech side along with the culture, food and places. Hope one day to come visit but till then the computer will be my guide. Thanks for the the informative blog!! Judy from CanadaDelete
Thank you for your continually great posts, I find them incredibly interesting and very helpful in my personal research. So glad I found your blog! All my best, Jen Baldwin, ColoradoReplyDelete
- Petr PavlíčekSeptember 23, 2012 at 7:29 AM
Hi Blanka,ReplyDelete
In my extended Czech family, (from the small village of Stáj in Okres Jihlava) we have the names Bambulá, Chvátal, and Pavlíček. In the past I had tried to search for the origins of these surnames. Would you have any Clues on their origin or meaning?
Hi BlankaReplyDelete
I have easy Czech names (Kovar, Nemec, Sedlak). But what about Sirovatka? That one is not so common...
- AnonymousSeptember 23, 2012 at 4:53 PM
Hi Blanka,ReplyDelete
I have found your blog very helpful. My surname is Čouza from Southern Bohemia. It seems to be a very uncommon name. What does it mean? Thank you, Marian from Massachusetts.Replies
Hi Marian, well, it's tough one. I think it has the same origin as Jouza which is from first name Josef, but I'm not too sure about it. I will try to find more.Delete
As I found here (Delete
http://kramerius.nkp.cz/kramerius/handle/ABA001/10376752 ) Čouza is or was a hamlet sowhere around České Budějovice, but I haven't found it on any historical map.
But I still see this possible, because this surname is common in Ledenice in the same area. (Well, that still doesn't explain the origin of the name itself.)
- AnonymousSeptember 24, 2012 at 4:58 PM
I checked the above site. Čouza means samota - solitude or loneliness. In the church records in the 1770s Thomas Czouza the oldest son of Vaslav Czouza lived at #26 at the house named Czouza. The house is located on the east side of Ledenice about 500m from the village square. On the 1st Military Survey map there is a group of buildings outside of Ledenice at that location with no other houses nearby. Maybe that's how they were named. Thank you for your help. Marian from Massachusetts.Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 23, 2012 at 8:38 PM
Hi Blanka,any idea about Balik surname?ReplyDelete
i understand that many years ago was Balak or Balka.
Greetings Blanka, All my Czech ancestors come from the Southern Bohemia region and almost all of them seem to have 2 names. Here are some of the more unique names in my family tree:ReplyDelete
Lapice (house name, originally Barta) from Jednoty #59, Novosedly nad Nežárkou
Trenda from Třitim #18, Týn nad Vltavou
Bastyř from Ponědraž #16, Lomnice nad Lužnicí
Štícha originally from Ratiboř #16, Roseč and later from Novosedly nad Nežárkou became Bicek (house name). any clues on these 4 names would be appreciated. Thanks! MichaelReplies
Hi, Michael. I don't know, whether you already know it, but I found someone, who has the same names and places in his family tree ( http://xtree.cz/se_vizitka.php?osoba=723220 ). If you would like to contact him, his e-mail adress is robon(et)inbox.comDelete
Lapice is weird, I tried to search it, but still no clues. The same with Bicek.
Baštýř was a person taking care of fishponds.
Štícha derives from a first name Štěpán (Stephan).
- AnonymousOctober 8, 2012 at 5:52 PM
Hi Blanka,ReplyDelete
The family story handed down is that our surname Brusak comes from a creek named Brusse. My father's family comes from Steken and Cejetice in Southern Bohemia. I have noticed there is a village near by named Brusy. In some family records from the mid-1800's the surname is spelled with a double "s." Could there be a nearby creek with a similar name? Are we really named for a creek?Replies
Hi, according to bellow-mentioned book, the surname Brusák and Brušák are derived by adding a common Czech suffix -ák to a place-name Brusy or Brusnice, so I suppose there is no need to search for a creek, it is quite logical that a family has been named after a village they lived in or immigrated from (and a village after a nearby creek or vice versa).Delete
A doubled letter in Czech name written in German or Latin can suggest a need of a graphical record of a consonant this languages haven't or considered different from their own, quite similar consonants. So written with ss, Brussak was possibly a try to write a later š, that is pronounced the same way as e.g. sh- in "should".
As you can see here (http://www.kdejsme.cz/prijmeni/Brušák/hustota/ X http://www.kdejsme.cz/prijmeni/Brusák/hustota/ ) my interpretation seems to be validated by the localisations of these variants of the surname.
A link for a book I mentioned above: http://www.archive.org/stream/naepijmenstudie00kotgoog/naepijmenstudie00kotgoog_djvu.txt
I hope this helped you to enlighten your familiar surname orgin.
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2012 at 6:33 PM
Hi Gehenna,Delete
Thank you so much for your information. I am sorry I could not include the diacritical marks, but they are as you noted in your first link; the "s" is pronouced as "sh." My knowledge of the Czech language is minimal, but my sister's is better. When I mentioned the double "s" in the mid-1800's document, she told me it was impossible because the Czech language does not contain double consonants. Your explanation settles our dispute. We can both be right. This is a wonderful website filled with so much and such a variety of information. Many thanks to you and Blanka for all the work you do and the information you share.
Thank you so much for your blog! We have been working non-stop on our Bohemian genealogy ever since we found out that our ancestors are in the online registries from the Pilsen and Litomerice archives. We have found so much useful info on your blog, so thank you so much for taking the time to do it!ReplyDelete
Most recently we have been working on our Panowitz/Panovecz line. I believe '-itz' means 'son of', but we don't know what Pano might mean, or where the name may have originated. Two other surnames we would be interested in finding out about are Moris/Moras/Mras/Mraz and Kohl/Khol -- I thought khol meant coal miner, but my sister found khol translated as cabbage, so not sure which is correct. Thanks!Replies
Hi Stephanie - you know what is interesting? I'm working on Panovec line too. This line originates most probably in Prcice in Central Bohemia - what about yours? Surname probably comes from first name Pankrác.Delete
Kohl is from coal, but Khol comes from German first name Karl - it's diminutive is Khodl which was transformed to Khol.
Dear Blanka,ReplyDelete
the name Wawrinsky or Vavrinsky means they came from Vavrinec?
My great-grandmother was from this family (Wawrinsky), they lived in North-Hungary (now Slovakia).
Many thanks.Replies
Yes, it is very possible that they came from a village called Vavrinec (http://goo.gl/maps/6c8hb), and that this village was named after a saint, whom a local church or chapel was consacrated, in this case Saint Laurence.Delete
Interesting is, that this church is Greek-Catholic, as well as 97% of inhabitants of this village.
You can even see the interior of the church: http://panoramy.sme.sk/panorama/1571/vavrinec-greckokatolicky-kostol-interier-po-rekonstrukcii/?pr=1574&p=1578
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- AnonymousOctober 21, 2012 at 6:20 PM
Hello I was wondering if you could help me? I have a friend whose father came to america from Bohemia and she states they were known as gypsies, so is there truth to this? His name i belive was Joseph Edl. I have had difficulty finding info on the Edl last name. ThanksReplyDeleteReplies
Edl is a Czech form of German word Edel (http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Edel).Delete
I found no evidence of gipsies with this name, but as their lifestyle was quite untraceable, it is not impossible. But I personally doubt it: our ancestors were "a bit" xenophobic and I cannot believe that they would allow the people they liked even less then Jews to use a name meaning noble and especially in German (considered superior language, those days).
Isn't it possible, that your friend misunderstood the "joke"? Because what certainly can be used for naming gipsies, is the word Bohemian :)
(And, I just want to clarify, that what is called gipsies or bohemians in English, is a chosen migrating lifestyle, often connected with some kind of show; but what is meant by gipsies in our country - especially in old registers - are (in past also migrating) people from Indian origin, with darker complexion, so if your friend have old photographs, she very possibly could tell herself, whether or not they were of this origin. More information can be find here http://romove.radio.cz/en/article/18913 .)
- AnonymousNovember 11, 2012 at 11:47 PM
NO I believe her father came from Bohemia or what is now Czech-Republic. She still has family living there. Her father came over on the boat to Ellis Island and not sure if they stayed on the east coast but do know he went to Chicago but left as he felt he was not treated well especially for his clothes and eventually settled in the southern part of the state of Wisconsin. She says that she is definitely Bohemian(gipsy, gypsy) but that she does not know alot of the history as they didnt tell people they were gypsy because it was looked as a derogatory group of people so they didnt talk about it to anyone and she could not even get her mother or father to tell her much. She did say that her father could speak Bohemian but she only knew certain words but that she is not fluent in it. She is about 87 years old and I know that her father met her mother while on the boat coming to America and i dont know how long he was here before they married and started having children? I know she has told me that she knows she also has Cirny(sp?) somewhere in her family genealogy. She is one of my most beloved clients(a friend) that i have and I am trying to find information for her to give to her this Friday as a gift so whatever you could help me with would be greatly appreciated! ThanksDelete
Would it be possible to try to get any further information (at least any name of village, any date of birth or whatever?). Edl/Edel is in Bohemia quite wide-spread name and this would help us to find, what is true.Delete
I really din't want to tell you she is not from our country :)
Ellis Island knows one Josef Edl:Delete
First Name: Josef
Last Name: Edl
Ethnicity: Austria, Bohemian
Last Place of Residence: Tynee, Austria
Date of Arrival: Jan 25, 1908
Age at Arrival: 20y Gender: M Marital Status: S
Ship of Travel: Amerika
Port of Departure: Hamburg
Manifest Line Number: 0030
I think it is possible that this is her father, because I found no other Josef Edl (or other alternative spellings) from Bohemia among immigrants.
I will try to find something more, but further research has to be arranged with Blanka.
- AnonymousNovember 9, 2012 at 6:37 PM
My great great grandparents were from Ksice. Their names were Roehlig and Christl. Is there a meaning for these names? Thank you.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2012 at 5:51 PM
Your ancestors with names Roehlig and Christl should be from German ethnics in Czech who had lived for centuries in Ksice before migrated to America. Both surnames are German surnames with no special meaning in Czech or other Slavic languages.Delete
Christl was derived from the first name Christoph or Christian.Delete
Röhlig (Roehlig) - here I have no explanation, tried to find, but wasn't successful.
My great-grandparent's surnames were Šestak (paternal) and Riha (or Rihava, Rihova) (maternal). I have read that Šestak is a very rare surname. On the surname map, it shows that in 2010 and 2011 there were only two people in the Czech Republic with this name. I read somewhere that the name means "sixer"- whatever that is. Google translate says it means "penny" in modern Czech. There are Rihas all over the Czech Republic. Can any of this point me in the direction of a location to start researching?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hello, the rarity of the surname Šestak depends - was it really written with "short" A? Because Šesták is not so rare surname... Šesták was a small coin, something like dime or nickel.Delete
When your family came to US? Did you locate immigration records?
My great grandmother Anna Riha supposedly met Joseph A. Krenek on the boat coming over. His petition for U.S. citizenship stated he was born in Austria in 1840 and landed in Baltimore, MD in Sept. 1869. I can not find him on any manifest. Does anyone have a clue as to name meanings and/or origins.ReplyDeleteReplies
Říha is very common surname which was created from first name Řehoř (Gregor). Křenek is derived from the word křen which means horse-radish. It's also quite common surname, most common in Eastern Moravia (area of Rožnov pod Radhoštěm) where today lives almost 1/6 of all people who has this surname, so I would start in this area.Delete
Also, Bohemia wasn't recognized by the USA so most of the census records and citizenship applications in Wisconsin listed Austria (as in Austria Hungary Empire) by default, no matter what the citizen claimed. http://history.state.gov/countries/czechoslovakiaDelete
All my Wisconsin immigrant ancestors are listed from Austria and they were all German Bohemians.
Hi, great blog!ReplyDelete
What can you tell me about the surnames Kundratek and Veseley?
- AnonymousJanuary 10, 2013 at 10:40 PM
Happy New Year !ReplyDelete
This blog was a joy to read. Very informative.
I started researching my family tree 24 years ago. In that time I have added many interesting Czech family names. All of my Czech ancestry came from East Bohemia, particularly a 25-mile radius around the city of Litomyšl. Years ago I created a family name list and have tried to find out what each surname means. But there are a few that I have had no luck. Here they are:
Brunclík =
Frodl =
Hondl =
Honl =
Kribský =
Trubař =
Umá (German spelling: Umme)
Urbele =
Vobejda =
Any translations for these family names would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Jason
Can you tell me the meaning of my gggrandparents names. Both of them were cigarmakers in New York City. Waclar Karela or Karel and Antoinette Pekarek. thanks KarenReplyDelete
Hi Blanka,ReplyDelete
Great post, I'm very interested to see what my surname would be translated to. I believe part of my family was in western Bohemia, so i'm not sure exactly the etymology of the name, (either german or czech) either way I have a few names I was wondering if you could decipher.
any information would be wonderful. I have a general idea of the first one, maybe a decendent of a jana who was a farmer or something? let me know, and once again great artical!Replies
Janachovský seems to be a typical example of a surname derived from the first name Jan (John).Delete
Ourada could be:
1) from word úrada (meaning counsel)
2) from word ouřada (a slight mockery version of úředník, meaning officer).
- AnonymousAugust 25, 2015 at 3:01 PM
Great site you have here :)Delete
I've asked some Czech people I know, and they seem to think that Ourada means "office clerk."
I just found your page today, so you may have covered the following question. To what degree were Czech names changed at the port of entry into the US? Would such changes have been based on pronunciation? Was there a particular port of entry more popular for Czech immigrants? (ok, 3 questions.....I had to restrain myself)
- AnonymousMarch 27, 2013 at 11:21 AM
Thus far, I have traced my family back to the village of Libakovice as far back as the mid-1700s. The surname is Rajchart. I've found three different households, but have yet to find a common relative between them. Any thoughts as to the meaning of Rajchart?ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for all of the interesting information on your blog! It has helped me a great deal!
- AnonymousMarch 27, 2013 at 4:54 PM
Can you tell me anything about the surname Duczek. Family history suggests Bohemian origin in the 1800's.ReplyDelete
Hi, this surname is today in Silesia ( http://www.kdejsme.cz/prijmeni/Du%C4%8Dek/hustota/ ), so it suggest a Polish origin. And the Polisk surname Duczek is:Delete
1) from duczeć (to moan)
2) dialectal ducza (hole; tube; basket)
3) Deutscher (German, Prussian)
I like the third one most, because Němec (Czech form of German) is a quite common surname.
The reasons, why Germans occured in otherwise Czech, Moravian or Silesian villages were many: it could be a specialist of a new industry, that the owner of manor wanted to grow there; also it could be a steward appointed by German nobility; it could be a soldier; or the borderline (or other unpleasant places to live, like mountains) was also a place, where concentrated the suddenly unwelcomed protestants... I think these are the most common ones.
- AnonymousApril 30, 2013 at 8:58 PM
Thank you for you insight. I too feel the third scenario fits well, since much of the family married spouses with German sounding surnames, eg Hering or Nering, Blas, Ruhr, Dietrich, and Ludwar. But I don't claim to know any name origins. The furthest back was found to be Anton Duczek who married Christina Hering/Nering in Rosch Bukowina Austria circa 1793. Christina was born in Rosch in 1767. Rosch being near Czernowitz. My dad, grandparents and great grandparents all spoke a form of german. Dad did say it was a little different than some other german speaking new Canadians, when as a young man he was asked to translate into english. Does this support the third idea? Thanks again.Delete
Ken Duczek
- AnonymousMarch 29, 2013 at 1:32 AM
Hello, I am wondering about surnames for Bohemian, Moravian and Slovak gypsy families. Are there certain names that signify this?ReplyDelete
Hi, by coincidence, I am working on the overview of Moravian Gypsy families. There are 5 different groups of Gypsies living in Czech republic (Czech, Moravian, Slovak, Hungarian and "Olachian" - this is a word from Walachian, originally from Romania), if we do not consider also strolling companies as gypsies, which is common in English meaning of this word.Delete
But the most common surnames can be found on wikipedia ( http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romov%C3%A9#Tradi.C4.8Dn.C3.AD_p.C5.99.C3.ADjmen.C3.AD ).
As examples, there are quoted:
"Olachian" surnames Horváth, Oláh, Balog and Lakatoš
Slovak and Hungarian Demeter, Sivák, Žiga a Németh.
Czech, mostly vagant families Růžička, Vrba, Janeček, Procházka, Charvát, Petržilka.
Moravian, during the time settled commonly on the borderlines of former manors, Daniel, Ištván, Herák, Holomek, Malík, Kýr, Murka.
There is mentioned a group of German speaking Gypsies living close to the Czech-German borders with names Bamberger, Richter, Klimt, Lagryn.
Also there is a remark of typical Gipsy first names: Erika, Koloman, Etela, Gizela, Eržika, Sandra, Gejza, Imrich, Zoltán, Tibor, Margita, Elemír, Dezider, Marika, Attila or Aladár - those are all common names in Hungary or Slovakia, but special in Bohemia and Moravia.
But it has to be said, that in past, they preferred their children being christened by the most common names of catholic tradition like Marie, Anna, Josef, Jan, which makes it a bit confusing, whilst they also have only two or three surnames in one settlement.
My mother's maiden name is Pechousek, and I've wondered about it's meaning. Is it related to the Latin/Roman root Pesc? Another family names is Krucek. I believe they lived in the area of Moravia. They emigrated to the USA in the late 1800's, before Ellis Island.ReplyDeleteReplies
All the names beginning with Pech- have two possible sources:Delete
1) a first name Peter, with original meaning rock
2) originally German word "pecher", i.e. someone working with pitch. (I think, that the oldgermanic original root-word for pitch and pech was the same one, but I am too lazy to search for a proof :D). I have to mention that Czech synonyms for pitch are pech and smůla, both meaning also bad luck. (So you can consider this a "third" possible origin).
Krůček is a deminutive from krok, so it means "small step".
First, thank you for all the help you are giving to family historians.ReplyDelete
I wonder if you can give me any information at all on my mother's maiden name, Kotchka. I don't know if this is anything close the original spelling (on various US documents, it's also spelled "Katchka" and "Kotski"). My great-grandfather was Joseph Kotchka; my great-grandmother was Louise Bista (again, not sure about the spelling). I believe they immigrated to the US in the early 1890s, but I can't find any immigration records to support this. On death certificates and Census records, their places of birth are given variously as Bohemia, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. I'm at a dead end, so any insight at all would be much appreciated!
- AnonymousApril 6, 2013 at 1:23 PM
I've recently discovered that my gradmother was Czech, daughter of Czech immigrants. She was apparently orphaned at a young age, so though her adoptive family kept her original family surname, Rostochil/Rostocil/Rostozil,the family, including my father, did not know her parents' country of origin. Do you have any information about the Rostochil surname? I'm still trying to find out when my great-grandfather, Frantisek Rostochil, came to the U.S., but any information about the family name you might have would be much appreciated.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your excellent site. I've already learned so much about my ancestors homeland.
- AnonymousApril 12, 2013 at 10:13 AM
I'm looking for any information of the surname Pavelka. It's my grandmother's maiden name, but I know nothing more than that. Anything you can offer would be GREATLY appreciated!!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousMay 3, 2013 at 9:59 AM
I'm specifically looking for a Frank Pavelka. I found him on the Ellis Island Manifest and it says that he was from Kutna; Bohemia, Austria. I know that borders have changed a lot since he came over about 100years ago, but I'm trying to nail down an exact location. The only thing I could find on a map was Kutna Hora, Czech Republic. But I'm not sure if that's the right place. Do you know where/how I can look for where specific people may have lived? If it helps, I know a few more names of Frank's brothers. I believe they all came to the states.Delete
- AnonymousApril 13, 2013 at 9:14 PM
Would you be able to help me out with the name Pauček? My husband's grandfather (August Pauček) immigrated to the US in the first half of the 20th century. I'm trying to put together a family tree and really struggling with finding any information.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 16, 2013 at 4:40 AM
I'm trying to find out the origin and meaning of the name Maicum. I've went through several countries and can find nothing definitive. I came across another site that stated it had probably Czech origins. The name occurs in my tree in the early-mid 1600's and with a change to machaan right before or right after immigration to the US. Is it one of the first name's as a last name? Any information that you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thank youReplyDelete
This is a wonderful blog! Thank you so much for all of the wonderful resources. My surname is Titera. The earliest ancestor we know of on that line was Šimon Titíra (I have seen a number of different spellings through the generations) who lived near Mělník in the late 1500s. I know it is a very uncommon surname. Do you have any idea of the origins? Some of the other surnames I have not been able to find the origins of (also from Bohemia) are Hostak and Šubr. Thank you so much for your help!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Linda, thanks for your appreciation. Titera? My schoolmate from high school has the same surname and he is also researching his ancestors - if you are interested, I can contact him to connect you two.Delete
Titera comes from word "titěrný" which means someone or something small, ie. first Titera could have subtle stature or he was just short.
Šubr comes from šubrat which means to make dirty. Hostak comes from first name beginning with Host- (Hostibor, Hostivoj and so on).
Thank you this is a very interesting blog! I have a couple of different family lines with Bohemian ancestors. I found your blog trying to research them. Do you know anything about Sneida or perhaps Snejda? The other line I am trying to research is Drudik. The surnames look somewhat different from the names people have listed in the comments here perhaps due to all the changes that happened in that region before my family left in the late 1800's. The Snejda line became Snyder once they arrived in the US in the late 1890's. The Drudik became Drudick and they arrived in the US in 1891. There is no information for any of them from before they came to the US. If you have any thoughts or information on these names it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!ReplyDelete
Hello Blanka,ReplyDelete
Do you know the meaning and origin of the last name Hamak? I was always told that my ancestors were from Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, and Austria. I have spent many hours online trying to find out what my last name means and it's origin, but cannot find anything. Hope you can help. Thanks!
- AnonymousMay 30, 2013 at 6:33 PM
Any possibility that Krucik could be Czech? I can't, for the life of me, figure out where it originated from.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 13, 2013 at 2:51 AM
Hi. Thank you for this article. Does anyone know of the surnames kletchka or kletcka , sabatka, or prokop. From bohemia, marovia, and austrian areas?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 30, 2013 at 5:44 PM
Any information on the surname Derle, Drla, Dela, Dele, Born in Austria and lists mother tongue as Bohemian.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2013 at 7:38 PM
The saddest name is one that a relative had "Smutny" = sad. The poor chap immigrated to America and learned that his name was nearly as bad in English "smut", as it was in Czech. So, since he was a tailor, he changed his name to Schneider.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2013 at 6:09 AM
Hi, im publishing a book and I need help with Czech surnames. can you give me at least two examples of surnames of wealthy or classy people. otherwise just give me some rare Czech surnames. thank youReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2013 at 5:20 PM
My maiden name was PONEC....I have many with the surname via
Actapublica...I have been told the origin may have been Spain
and/or France. Do you have any idea what it means?
Also do you have any information regarding DRZKOV...NE of Prague
about 50 miles. I am interested in the name of the church, school
and cemetery in that town. I cannot get a reply from them.
- AnonymousJuly 21, 2013 at 1:06 PM
Hello, I am interested in the origin of the surname Strokal. Can it be of Czech origin? Would appreciate your anwer.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 25, 2013 at 4:53 PM
Do you have any information on the name Zatloukal? It was my mother in-laws name. She came from Moravia & came here in 1953 with her husband Karel Kopecky from Prague & their son Karl.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for putting this great resource together. It is so interesting and so full of great information.ReplyDelete
I am having terrible trouble researching the surname HOLY. As you may guess, I get church names when I try to search anywhere. I think Holy means bare..?
I also strike out with Sirocka, and Drgac.
Thanks for any help you can give!
Hi, I am curious to know if anyone can tell me more about my ancestors name. I was told they came from Moravia and their surname was something like Bullitschek not sure of exact spelling it was changed to Bolerjack upon coming to america any help would be greatly appreciated.ReplyDelete
My given name is Pizinger. In Trebon records I am able to find birth records for my great-great-great grandfather, Jozef Pizinger and I know from talking to Czech relatives with the same surname that we come from Albretrice nad Vlatvou, Vodnany and Temelin. I was there last summer and visited Temelin, then hiked to Tyn nad Vlatvou, but was not able to make it to the other places as I was in school in Prague at the time.ReplyDelete
No one seems to know what the surname Pizinger is from or what it means. I have seen it spelled Pisinger (with the accent above the s that makes it a sh sound) and I've heard the Pisinger cake mentioned a few times, which is ironic since my grandfather was 100% Czech-American and a baker, as was my father....and I have strong inclinations towards baking as well. We also have Kudlata/y, Bartos, Holka and my great grandmother was a Krchmar.
I am also wondering if any of these are traditionally Jewish surnames. I had some DNA testing done and it shows that I am approximately 6% Jewish (can't remember the name of the type, starts with an A) and I have been told that means that I have a great or great great grandparent who was Jewish. I did find Pisinger on the wall at Terezin and some survivors with the same name, but our line was Catholic.
The surnames of Pizinger, or Pisinger is really a strong German surnames patrons. I can not find the words or even the meaning of the words in our Czech language. It is not the word of Slavic root languages.Delete
Your ancestor should be of a German minority ethnics in Czech before migrated to US.
Or from Czech people who had an ancestors of German ethnics with this surname, but had assimilated into Czech community for generations.
This cases are common in Czech. Some of them still retain their original Germanic ancestor surnames, i.e Pizinger (or Pisinger), Klaus, Dientsbier, Berger, etc.
- Dolores1October 5, 2013 at 5:03 PM
Is the surname "Conczella" possibly to Czeck name? Have been looking for years.ReplyDelete
If so, where in the country might it have come from? Thanks.
How wonderful a blog! I will definitely be following you. My G.Grandmother was from a small village outside of Prague. Her married name was Duffek. I have seen the name with only one "f". Do you know if it is the same or why? Also her maiden name was Fiana or Faina. Could you tell me anything about these names? Much appreciated for your time and effort. CZ information is so hard to come by!ReplyDelete
Hello! My grandmother's father's name was Joseph Libecajt or Liebzeit depending on who was telling the story! Her mother's name was Maria Vonesova. I believe they came from near Prague. Any info on those names? We've been told that Libecajt means love/joy! Thanks for your time! KarolReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 9, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Hi there, I have a quick question. A few years ago before her death I had met my estranged great aunt who told me that my mothers name was shortened to kapika upon entering the country. This woman was "losing it" to be honest near the end so I'm not sure about the truth to that statement and mother is unsure of it either. Could anyone tell me if the name kapika is an actual czech surname or if i should be looking for another name (a longer or varied version) to trace our lineageReplyDelete
Do you have any information on the surname Hudrlik? Our 2nd Great Grandfathers death certificate from chicago Illinois says that he was born July 1871 in Chrudim Bohemia. Also his mother was Katerina Kroulik. Do you know the meaning and origan on the Kroulik surname? Thanks!! By the way, I LOVE your blog!ReplyDelete
Do people have the last name Czech? I received an email and their last name was Czech. I think it was a spoof email. I searched the web and couldnt find anything to confirm it either way.ReplyDelete
Thank you
I've been reading around and I haven't had any luck in trying to find out what exactly Varejcka means. It's not a very common last name in American, my family is the only family that I know of that has this last name. If anyone can help me out, I would be indebted to you. Thanks much.ReplyDelete
Before a recent trip to Europe, I tried to research possible relatives of my grandmother, who was Bohemian. I have struggled to find a meaning for the name Talich. The only information I could find was on a string quartet by that name. Would anyone be able to tell me what the name means, and how common of a name it is? Thanks.ReplyDelete
Hi Blanka! I just happened to stumble upon your blog this morning!ReplyDelete
I'm not super great at studying genealogy and keeping a family tree like some other people are. :/
I know my dad's side of the family is Czech and German and the maternal side of the family are Germans from Russia.
My last name is Holkup. I heard a sort of rumor at a family reunion that it was possibly shortened when my ancestors arrived at Ellis Island. From my research, I think It was Holkupova. But there are Holkup's in Czech Republic (I read through all the comments on this post and visited the websites mentioned... I didn't know my ancestors possibly came from southern Czech Republic... awesome!) so I'm not sure.
Holkup isn't a common last name in the USA, so if someone runs into a Holkup, I'm related to them somehow! :)
The 100-or-so comments on this post shows that you're very busy answering other people's questions about their genealogy and doing your own research. You are one busy lady! :)
May I ask what Holkup or Holkupova means in Czech?
My great grandmother's maiden name was Ferderer. I think that's German, but if it's Czech, is it okay if you (or others) translate that too?
Thank you SO MUCH for running this blog and having resources available for people who are researching their family histories!
Valentine <3
Hi Blanka,ReplyDelete
I am very new to this and recently found out that my biological father's family immigrated to the US in the early 30's. The ancestor was Rudolph John Buday. Immigration paperwork lists his birthplace as Prusland, Czechoslovakia. Was hoping to find out more and with adoption there is no family stories or background to fall back on. Thanks, Julia.
Hello there. I'm hoping you can help me. I seemed to be the only one in my family interested in our history. No one really knows the true origins of our last name and it is rather uncommon. I translated Dobeš into Dobe which is time. My father makes and sells grandfather clocks for a living, go figure. Do you have any idea about the Dobeš origins or know where I can find out.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2014 at 5:21 PM
I need help locating the village of my ancestors. Kaplan (meaning chaplain) was the surname of my 2x great grandfather and 2x great grandmother maiden name was Jenista. All I know is that she came from a town/village in "Bohemia S E" called something like Okratz Bohemia or Okraty or Okratz. Also the surname if Zeman may have been a friend to them here in the states. Can you help me figure this mystery out?ReplyDelete
Hello I'm wondering if anyone could help me out with this. My opa came over from Czech in the 40's/50's and upon immigrating our last name was shortened...I don't know what it was before but that's what I'm hoping to find out. My opa passed away a few years ago so I have a lot of unanswered questions. Our last name is Olmr I'm pretty sure but not certain that prior to coming to canada it was Olmrová? Does that make sense? I just want to try and trace my family history so any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated :) thanks in advanceReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 14, 2014 at 9:28 AM
Interesting article!. My ancestors (Zbytovsky) originated in the small village of Zbytov, located between Jimramov and Dalecin - thus the surname Zbytovsky.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for all the work you do and information that you provide.
- AnonymousJuly 30, 2014 at 10:42 PM
My grandfather came from Bohemia when he was very young, with his parents. The name on the ship's passenger list is spelled Cisar. I think I've located the Kamen they may have originated from, maybe. Is there anything you can tell me about this Czech last name?ReplyDeleteReplies
Hello, Císař means Emperor in Czech. But don't suppose some of your ancestors was an emperor please. :) It most usually derived from the fact that the person was a subject to imperial domain.Delete
Or - first one to receive this surname acted as if he was an emperor and the surname was a bit pejorative. :)
- Melissa ShupakAugust 25, 2014 at 5:08 AM
I'm having trouble finding my surname anywhere. The original spelling is Šupak I think. I havent even found it on any ship logs, but I've narrowed down that they immigrated to Texas, United States in the 1860s. This site has fabulous info, if you can find anything, that would be great! Thanks!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Melissa ShupakAugust 25, 2014 at 5:10 AM
Oh, and census info says they came from Bohemia if that helps.Delete
Hi Melissa, surname Shupak was most probably written Šupák in Bohemia. Maybe it helps to find more information about it.Delete
Šupák is translated as galoot or vagabond.
- AnonymousSeptember 6, 2014 at 12:28 PM
Hi Blanka,ReplyDelete
I know my grandmother's family was originally from Vienna (I think), but the surname is Kurdal, is that by any chance bohemian czech? I cannot find any information anywhere, but I know she grew up in Odry (they moved there). Thanks!
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2014 at 7:38 AM
Looking for the meaning of the last name Pokornik.ReplyDelete
- Gayle VelebilSeptember 23, 2014 at 11:27 AM
My surname is Velebil, do you know the origin of this?ReplyDelete
Hello, Could you tell me the origin or meaning of the surname Provaznik?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 12, 2014 at 5:56 AM
Blanka, could you tell me the origin or meaning of the surname Komrska?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 8, 2014 at 3:14 AM
My Grandparents which I never knew came here and settled in Illinois. Ellis Island records show Woykofka but I suspect it was originally Vojkovka. I found a city called Vojkov. I hope I'm not going in circles haha. If you can help I would greatly appreciate it. Thank youReplyDelete
Good morning. My Great-Grands came to America and eventually settled in MI. I finally found a marriage license that gave parent names but still have no ideal how to find where they are from. The names are Josef Stanek who married Anna Kandl. His parents were Vaclav Stanek and Fannie Muller or Miller. Her parents were Frantz Kandl and Annie (no last name given). I think that the Kandl family might be from Stepanovice. Any insight about the surnames would maybe help. Thank You!ReplyDeleteReplies
Staněk is very common Czech surname so it's hard to tell where the family was from. But Kandl is not so common, most people with this surname live in Southern Bohemia - http://www.kdejsme.cz/prijmeni/Kandl/hustota/Delete
Have you tried to obtain church marriage record, not only marriage license? The church records contain much more information than civil ones.
- AnonymousNovember 10, 2014 at 12:18 PM
I'm not expert just another customer but I found info for you on Vaclav Stanek.ReplyDelete
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Thank you for the response. Unfortunately the birth date is off. Josef Stanek was born 1866 so his father would have been born 1840 (?).Delete
- AnonymousDecember 4, 2014 at 10:34 PM
Please if any one knows anything about these surnames kletchka or kletcka , sabatka, or prokop. From bohemia, and Monrovia. Please share..i feel like I'm hitting a brick wall. Thank you. ��ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi, have you tried to obtain church records for your family? They contain much more information than civil records...Delete
- AnonymousDecember 17, 2014 at 6:13 PM
Hmm I didnt think of that. ill give it a shot. my grandparent were catholic not sure how often they attended but its worth a shot. thank you.Delete
It's definitely worth a try, because our ancestors, even if they were not attending church too often, got married in church because of tradition. Good luck!Delete
My great-great grandparents were Uhler and Houska from Ledenice. Not sure if Uhler was originally Uhlir or Uhlirova. Would you have any insight about these names? Thanks! LizReplyDelete
I'm researching the name Polacek. Other spellings could be Poláček and Polascek.
I was wondering if this is a Czech name.
- AnonymousDecember 18, 2014 at 9:35 PM
I am looking for information for the surname Oktabetz. I have been told that its from Moravia, that it came from the name Oktabacova (not quite sure of spelling) and it is a royal name. That's all I've ever been able to find out. And there are not many with that surname left in the world. Any info you can give me is greatly appreciated!Replies
Hello, current form is Oktábec - as seen on KdeJsme.cz - http://www.kdejsme.cz/prijmeni/Okt%C3%A1bec/hustota/Delete
It's not a royal name, it comes from a church feast "oktáv" (octave) - see wikipedia for explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave_%28liturgical%29
The surname was created by common replacement of V by B and by addition of suffix -ec, which means a person doing something, in this case person celebration octave.
- AnonymousDecember 27, 2014 at 10:51 AM
Thank you so much!Delete
Hi! I would like to ask you about the possible meaning of my surname, which is Hromek. I am from Argentina, and I have ancestors from Prušánky (a town located in the South Moravian Region, where it seems that it is common). I know that "hrom" means thunder and the -ek suffix is a diminutive, and I have asked about it in a forum, but I am not fully convinced by the answers. Someone answered that it could be a surname for someone who used the word "hrome" frequently (which in English can be translated as "damn it"). Another person answered that it could be a surname for someone who was harmful to others like a thunder (I see that the word hromotluk means clumsy person or lummox).ReplyDelete
I would appreciate your answer. Thank you in advance!Replies
Hi Emil, you have it correct - it's dimunition from "hrom". And the person who first held Hromek surname was most probably younger or smaller Hrom (younger brother, youngest son of man called Hrom). Hrom could come from those explanations you provided - someone often swearing, someone clumsy etc.).Delete
Thank you very much for your answer!Delete
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2014 at 8:47 PM
Hello, I really like your site and am wondering if you can help with with any information on the name Srp. Anything would be greatly appreciated as the meaning, origin, if it was shortened, anything. It was very difficult to find any information and I would really appreciate some help, thank you.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hello, Srp means crescent or reaping-hook - http://zahradkar.bastler.cz/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/zn-srp.pngDelete
It most probably meant in the beginning a person who worked as a reaper, harvestman, the one who reaped or cut crops.
- AnonymousDecember 26, 2014 at 12:14 PM
Thank you, I was told that it meant sickle but I wasn't quite so sure.Delete
Hi Blanka, wonderful work! My ancestors are from South Bohemia, specifically the villages of Dmystice, Olsi, and Jestrebice. Do you know the origin or meaning of the surname Velik. I also have relative from the Ceske Budejovice area that I am trying to research and they have the last name Malek. Do you know the origin or meaning of that name? Thanks in advance!ReplyDelete
Very interesting article. I have been researching for a couple of years and going has been slow amongst my Czech side. I can understand why now.ReplyDelete
We have been told that our surname, Srda, originates from the Czech word for "heart". Is this true? Also we have the surname Zaruba in our family. Does that have a meaning?
If anyone is from either of those surnames, I would love to hear from you. We are most likely related.
- AnonymousJanuary 25, 2015 at 10:57 PM
Hi Blanka, my surname is Pivoda, i am Romanian,of course my surname comes from my father's side...I have been searching desperately , trying to shed some light in,where my name comes from,and where my ancestors come from...My searches in Romania did not yield much luck!ReplyDelete
Any light you can shed on the matter would be extremely appreciated!
Looking for information on the surnames Pelan and Hottovy or Hotovy..ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJanuary 31, 2015 at 2:50 AM
is antonić a czech surname?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 1, 2015 at 5:56 PM
Hi Blanka - Just found your blog. I am researching my family from Moravia. Can you help me with the meaning of TKadlecek (Kadlecek)? Also, do you know if Baron is a Czech name? I haven't had much luck finding anything on it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2015 at 9:52 PM
Been researching my family "Markvart", which from what I've found comes from from the Turnov area or Northern Bohemia. The earliest mention I've found dates back to the 1140s. Does anyone have a good source on meaning of the name?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 14, 2015 at 3:27 AM
I have been researching the names Jenicek, Bilek, Dedera all from Bohemia/Moravia. Any idea on the meanings?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 17, 2015 at 5:23 PM
Looking for the Bohemian name Nosil and Moravian Gazdik. Any help would be appreciated. My Nosil family settled in Wilber, Friend and Crete Nebraska with a large Bohemian / German population.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 19, 2015 at 12:24 PM
My grandmother's surname is Ledvina or Ledwina as originally spelled. Her grandparents surnames were Benda and Maxa. Do you know the origins and meanings of these names?ReplyDeleteReplies
My grandmother's name was Ledvinka, which means a little kidney, so a Ledvina would be just a kidney. Czechs do have funny names. Also, throughout our family tree this name kept changing from Ledvinka to Ledwinka, depending on the situation. If a German influence prevailed, then it started to be written with a "W". One uncle took a German wife and his family living in Germany became Ledwinka.Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 20, 2015 at 1:04 PM
My wife is from Prague. Her fathers surname is Holas. Do you have any information on the origins of this surname and it's history? Would also love to find a website that would help trace my wife's geneology. Many thanks.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2015 at 3:06 PM
Hello, I've read all the previous posts and haven't seen any surnames of FINKES or DENK. Both lines of my family that came from Bohemia. I've searched for years for information prior to them coming to America. Any help you can offer about origins or meanings, alternate spellings would be great. Thank you!!!ReplyDelete
I was born Chmelova, and I know Chmel means hops. Does that mean a person grew hops, or that he liked beer? Also, my husband's surname was Vizner (Europeans insist on writing it as Wiesner) but there is no trace of any German blood in his family. How did this name evolve?ReplyDelete
Can you tell me anything about the origins the the surname Marouchoc?ReplyDelete
Hello- Our name is Brdlík and comes from Počatky. I have researched our history and would like to know the meaning of the name.ReplyDelete
One of my wife's relative's agrees that the name could come from "brdlo", a part of a loom. As the family was in the textile industry, it would make sense.
One question is that "brdlo" is neuter (to) and Brdllik would be masculine (ten).
Would the name necessarily be the same gender as the word they named it from?
Thanks you!!
- AnonymousApril 17, 2015 at 5:57 PM
Hi, no idea if you're still active but I'd like to find out about the origin/meaning of the name Martinka? My family is the Zlin region of Moravia and I've never heard the surname outside of my family.ReplyDelete
It doesn't seem to be structurally similar to most Czech names, so I'm wondering if it's an evolution of another surname?
Also, the names Patlovany and Strmiska have always been a mystery to me as well. Thank you so much!Replies
Martinka comes from first name Martin, it's its female version. It's possible that first male Martinka was husband of widow after some Martin and therefor he was called "husband of Martinka", shortly just Martinka.Delete
Strmiska comes from word strniště, stubble-field/eddish. Patlovaný comes from word patlat, to lisp (first bearer had most probably wrong pronunciation when talking).
My husband's last name is Satava, and his family says it's Bohemian in origin. I'm trying to find out what it means....does anyone have any ideas?
- AnonymousJune 2, 2015 at 11:32 AM
I would like to find out about the surname Buschek. Is it Bohemian in origin?
- AnonymousJune 22, 2015 at 3:16 PM
Hello. . . I know that the surname Svec is a shoemaker, but what if it was originally SVECZ? Does that mean that it is not of Czech origin?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 8, 2015 at 7:33 PM
My mom came here on September of 1981 and her name she had coming to Ellis island was Jelena sklenickova or sklenicka. She was a refugee that ended up in salt lake city Utah and I want to find everything I can about it. Her maiden name is spatenka. I am so curious about my genealogy and my mother gives me named that I don't understand cause we weren't able to learn Czech in our home because they worked a lot. If like to just know who I am where I came from.... Anything I can be proud of that they are my family. In Prague it's a very old historical place and wonder if I can find ppl from as far back as maybe dark ages and if I had any noble or knights or hero's to the country. Idk I'm curiousReplyDelete
Hello Blanka, i don't know if you still activeReplyDelete
I was wondering if you could help me?
My grandfather Josef Morys came to South America from Brno many years ago and we don't know anything about our past...i couldn't find anything about birth records
I''l appreciate the info
Montse Morys from Paraguay
- AnonymousSeptember 1, 2015 at 2:26 PM
Hello Blanka, Thanks for your site. My grandfather was born in Podlusky near Roudnice nad Labem. The surname was POC. Any idea what it could mean? Could it be a shortened name? In my searching I have seen the (unrelated) surname of Pocepka from the village of Horni Pocaply just east of Roudnice nad Labem. I'm wondering if all those POC's could be connected. Thanks, DonnaReplyDeleteReplies
Poc comes most probably from German language where it was written as Potz. The meaning here is not too clear, while words beginning with Potz- are often curses... :)Delete
- AnonymousDecember 4, 2015 at 12:02 PM
Thank you for the information, Blanka.Delete
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My surname is Mras. Is this the correct spelling?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 3, 2015 at 4:26 AM
- AnonymousOctober 10, 2015 at 11:02 AM
My grandparents' name was Komorous. Th and they were Bohemian. Anything you can tell me about the origins of this name would be appreciated. I Googled the name and found that it is the name of a political figure and also the name of a composer in the Czech Republic. Thank you so much for providing this wonderful service.ReplyDelete
Would that be why a relative in my tree Pavlis has record of being married three times, but wives' first name always the same. Maybe all along one person but for what ever reason last name changed three times? BERANOVA, DVORAKOVA,ReplyDelete
Zalud were the names of "three" Anna
- AnonymousNovember 2, 2015 at 7:09 AM
My G-Grandfather was Vaclav Jisa. My Grandmother was Magdalena Jisa (Lenka). I know they were from Rokycany, Klabava, Bohemia. I know there is a family cemetary plot there also. What is the meaning of Jisa?ReplyDelete
Do you have any information on the surname Lisak from Carpathian mountain area and his wife was Anna Benca from VisneRemety, Slovakia near the Ukrainian border? Grandma was also Greek Orthodox Catholic and we've wondered where this church evolved from. Thank you for this site- so interesting and helpful.ReplyDelete
I tried to see if I could see my family name, Vondra, also Wondra here. Does anyone know the meaning of this name?ReplyDelete
Thank you very much Blanka!!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 25, 2015 at 12:27 AM
Researching has brought me to both Poland, around Poznan( Posen) I believe, and Bohemia (Czech Republic) in Plzen ( Pilsen) but I am not sure which country (if either) to place a few family names in order to continue my research. Can you advise on Scawinski, Silinsky, Teidol, and I am unable to find Pulkahn at all. I am not sure if the family line continues at all and/or where it stopped.ReplyDelete
Dear Blanka, Can you tell me where the last name Bullitschek came from? according to records from the Lititz Pennsylvania Perpetual Soul Register, 1745. Joseph Ferdinand was born in Austria in 1729, a few days old his parents moved to Bohemia, the town listed never existed, no records I can't find who his parents were., was wondering if you can help me, because stories in my family says we came from the lineage of Ferdinand of Austria, who was a king?ReplyDelete
Hi Blanka, Are you able to tell me about the meaning of my surname Machala? We are from Valašské Klobouky, South Moravia. Thanks!ReplyDelete
My great grandparents surname was Hisek and they were from Bohemia. I don't know which village or town they were from. Would you have any information on this name? thank you so much,Mariana
- AnonymousDecember 25, 2015 at 10:36 PM
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It also includes declarations from three NSA whistleblowers along with a mountain of other evidence, including secret government documents recently published in the Guardian and Washington Post that confirm our allegations. Two of the most critical documents directly reference the "upstream" collection of communications from fiber optic cables and the domestic telephone records collection program, which was subsequently confirmed by the government in June 2013.
In addition to suing the government agencies involved in the domestic dragnet, Jewel v. NSA also targets the individuals responsible for creating authorizing and implementing the illegal program including DIRNSA Keith Alexander and former Vice President Dick Cheney, Cheney's former chief of staff David Addington, former Attorney General and White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, and other individuals who ordered or participated in the warrantless domestic surveillance.
The Obama administration moved to dismiss Jewel in 2009, claiming that litigation over the wiretapping program would require the government to disclose privileged "state secrets" and that it was immune from suit. The court instead ruled that the case should be dismissed on standing grounds. Fortunately, in December of 2011, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Plaintiffs' allegations were sufficient to provide standing and Jewel could proceed in district court.
In July 2012, EFF moved to have the court declare that the FISA law applies instead of the state secrets privilege; in September, 2012 the government renewed its "state secrets" claims and the matter was heard by the federal district court in San Francisco on Dec. 14, 2012.
In July 2013, the court rejected the government's "state secrets" argument, ruling that any properly classified details can be litigated under the procedures of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The court did dismiss some of our statutory claims, but the other claims, including that the program violates the First and Fourth Amendments of the Constitution, continue.
For the full complaint in Jewel v. NSA and the RECAP archive of the full Jewel case docket at the District Court.
Watch video of the Dec. 14, 2012 Hearing here and read the most recent court ruling rejecting the government's "state secrets" argument here.
Oral argument on the Government's Motion to Dismiss the Appeal was held on October 28, 2015 at 2:00 in Courtroom 1 of the Richard H. Chambers US Court of Appeals, Pasadena, CA. You can watch the oral argument here.


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What better way to spend a sunny Sunday. It's mid summer and we live in Australia's tourist mecca. The beach is crowded with beautiful tanned bodies and the ocean is the perfect place to cool down.
The Gold Coast has 40 kilometres of pristine beaches and it's not often we come to Surfer's Paradise, preferring our own, usually, less crowded beach at Burleigh, but this weekend we have been drawn here to see the annual sand sculpting competition.
We first pass Peter Pan and Tinkerbell who are sheltering inside the Paradise Centre. Then it is out into the heat to join the crowds admiring the rest of the displays.
AFTER three days of battle, a New South Wales person has been crowned the 2015 Australian Sand Sculpting Champion.
Jino van Bruinessen was awarded the title on the Surfers Paradise Foreshore yesterday for his sculpture of Winnie the Pooh and friends.
Interpreting this year's theme of 'Magical Friendships' featuring Disney, the winning sculpture weighed in at more than 10 tonnes and took around 26 hours to create.
Bruinessen pocketed $2500 and also won a second trophy for the People's Choice Award.
Here are some of the other entries.
One of the sculptors is still putting her finishing touches to her creation.
No additives are put into the sand, only water. The sand is a heavy grade, also known as "brickies sand" and it comes from the mouth of rivers. It has more squarish grains and will stick together better than the fine sand found on the beaches.
The finished sculpture is sprayed with an environmentally-friendly biodegradable spray that gives them a water resistant coating.
This little fairy is fascinated with them.
I took this photo of the beach and when I downloaded onto the computer I discovered more sand creations. Can you see them?
I can't make out what the one on the right is. Any suggestions?
These young Asian girls have just been out for a surfing lesson. Those are big boards for them to handle.
Late afternoon and the sun slowly sinks behind the hi-rise buildings giving some welcome relief in the shade.
It has been an interesting afternoon but I can see the golden arches of Macdonald's tucked in among the hi-rise buildings.
Time for a coffee and an ice cream sundae before heading home.


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The ensemble (4 of them) performs on an aluminium strip suspended from a rubber band (for subtle pitch shifting). As with Stockausen's Mikrophonie 1 this single source is bowed, scraped, beaten, tapped, stroked and so on. The Kanary Grand band comprises some 40 birds of various breeds who, sing along. N sum, varieties of interesting gong like drones with realtime fully interactive birds. A must. 3-way gatefold digipack, 12pp booklet with thoughtful essay. Limited art edition of 1000 copies.
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Visualizing Change: Training and Tools to Support Informal Educators
A consortium of Aquarium of the Pacific, National Aquarium in Baltimore, New England Aquarium and Seattle Aquarium will build educator capacity in the aquarium community and informal science education field to more effectively communicate about climate change and its impact on coastal zones and marine life. The project will utilize NOAA datasets and visualizations in providing interpreters with training and strategic framing communication tools based on the best available social and cognitive research. The objectives of the project are to: (1) develop and test four exemplary interpretive "visual narratives" that integrate research-based strategic communication with NOAA data visualization resources; (2) test the application of the visual narratives in a variety of geographic regions and institution types (aquarium, science center, etc.) using multiple technology platforms; (3) build a professional development program for climate change interpretation with data visualization; and (4) leverage existing networks for dissemination and peer support. Other key partners include the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory (VisLab), the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Ocean Explorium in southern Massachusetts, FrameWorks Institute and New Knowledge Organization.


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The recently-announced Nationals Promotion Schedule features three bobblehead giveaway nights for 2010, including a free Ryan Zimmerman bobblehead in June, a free Nyjer Morgan bobblehead in July, and a "fan's choice" bobblehead in August.
This week the team opened voting for that "fans choice" game with a Nationals Bobblehead Sweepstakes. Nats fans can place your votes online to create a bobblehead for Pudge Rodriguez, John Lannan, Jim Riggleman, Jesus Flores, or Teddy Roosevelt. A write-in option is available as well. One voter will be selected to win a bobblehead autographed by the winner.
Not that we have a bias or anything, but if Teddy wins, we'll definitely be having a party at Nationals Park for our favorite racing president on August 28. To vote, just visit the site and check the box next to the photo of Teddy holding up one of our Let Teddy Win campaign signs.
As this is a sweepstakes with a prize, the terms limit entries to one per person/email address/household.


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As Sal Rizzo (Owner/Director of De Gustibus) so succinctly stated, "Levana, you're very Zen in the kitchen." He totally 'got it'! What makes Lévana's recipes so magnificent is their utter simplicity; like her un-garnished use of wholesome fresh healthy ingredients – roots and all – or opting for basic easy tools like food processors and shallow pots and bowls – that facilitate expedience and functionality in prep, or not overwhelming a dish with too many ingredients, thus silhouetting the key flavors, allowing their fine characteristics to fully emerge. It's a style of cooking where less really is more.
"The sign of a good cook is a good plan", said the very 'present,' in control, Lévana, as she demonstrably zipped through five delicious dishes in well under two hours, all the while providing a virtual wellspring of food tips. ("Peel the back of the celery stalks – then they won't be stringy and you'll lose the bitterness." "Add pepper to your recipe at the very end of the cooking process, – pepper that's cooked gives off an acrid flavor" ) Lévana's immeasurable kitchen wisdom is rooted in 35 years of passion for excellence, unstinting experience and relentless experimenting until utter perfection was achieved; available now in her magnum opus, her new cookbook The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen. "The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen is the culmination of a whole life's work!". "It's about cutting corners on steps, not ingredients… Everything about cooking is about the mindset." How Zen is that!?!
Lévana demonstrated six dishes, contemporary versions of traditional Morrocan cuisine: Chickpea Soup, Fishballs in Lemon Mustard Sauce, Spicy Lettuce Salad with Chick Peas and Preserved Lemon, Hot and Sweet Parsnips, Lamb Stew with Artichokes and Mushrooms, Almond Shortbread Cescents. Each was perfectly balanced, a virtuoso performance of a symphony of flavors. As you can see, the lamb shank recipe below uses onlythree main ingredients and two spices to achieve it's desired simply delicious outcome.
Lamb Shanks with Artichokes and Mushrooms
- 8 lamb shanks, or 3 1/2 pounds cubed lean lamb stew
- 2 good pinches saffron
- 2 teaspoons turmeric
- 2 pounds button mushrooms
- 2 10 ounce boxes frozen artichoke hearts, thawed
Put the lamb shanks or cubes in a heavy pot with water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce to medium, cover and cook 2 hours. Add safron, turmeric and mushrooms and cook for another 15 minutes. Make sure you don't bruise the artichokes. The liquid in the pot should look thick and creamy. If it is too thin, transfer the meal and vegetables to a serving platter with a slotted spoon, and reduce the sauce on a big flame until it reaches the consistency of maple syrup. Pour the sauce over all. Serve hot alone or with roasted potatoes.
Sal Rizzo is an extraordinary moderator and host. He asks good questions that bring out the best in the great chefs appearing at the various De Gustibus' series. It is no small feat to figure out the logistics of featuring kosher chefs and providing kosher food to attendees under strict kashrut standards. Yet Sal and his terrific staff make it look easy, as they provide a stage that features kosher cuisine as an integral component of the best of the international gourmet scene.


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Analysis of Apple's A4 didn't stop in the month after the iPad's launch—a number of groups have continued to poke, prod, and photograph Apple's chip, looking for insight into a question that will be familiar to longtime Apple watchers who remember the 68K and PowerPC eras. That question is this: what, exactly, is Apple's processor strategy?
In the current mobile space, just as in the desktop PC space of the pre-Intel era, that larger question of strategy implies a host of smaller questions, like just how much influence do Apple's in-house hardware teams exert over the designs, and where is that influence manifested? What is Apple's long-term plan for playing in the hardware market, and does the company really expect to pit its boutique, Apple-specific designs against the wider commodity market and win?
The EETimes is hosting the latest and most in-depth attempt to understand the nature of Apple's A4—the chip's origins and what it says about Apple's plans. If you're up for it, it's best to look through the whole thing, but I'll give some highlights and takeaways here.
The first takeaway is that, contrary to a popular and recent rumor that has bubbled up in Macdom, the A4 and the Samsung chip that will be used in the upcoming Galaxy S smartphone (the S5PC110) are not the same processor. The two chips are, however, very close, and have the same CPU core. Close visual inspection shows that the two parts sport identical Cortex A8 cores, a fact that should put to rest any notion that PA Semi had anything to do with designing the processor core.
Though it's not 100 percent certain (at least to my knowledge), it's widely and reasonably believed that the 1GHz, 45nm S5PC110 uses the "Hummingbird" A8 variant developed by Intrinsity. If this rumor is in fact true—and it's quite difficult to imagine that it isn't, given that Hummingbird's main claim to fame is that it gets the A8 up to 1GHz on 45nm—then the A4's core is an Intrinsity-designed Hummingbird, as well.
Of course, we already knew this to be the case, but now we really know it. To my mind, the new die shots put the question to rest definitively: Intrinsity designed the Hummingbird core for Apple and Samsung to use in their respective ARM A8 SoCs, and then got itself bought by Apple.
The second takeaway from the EET analysis is the confirmation of another widely held belief, namely that what's "custom" about the A4 is not necessarily any of the individual components, but rather the arrangement. Outside of the Intrinsity-supplied Hummingbird core, the other blocks on the die appear to be from Samsung's standard cell library. What this means is that the A4 and the S5PC110 differ only in the arrangement and mix of these noncore blocks (e.g., graphics and I/O).
The third conclusion, again merely further confirmation of what we already know, is that A4 is an evolutionary design that draws from both the S5PC110 and the iPhone 3GS SoC and makes changes by adding and subtracting blocks. And following on this, the final takeaway is that it's quite hard to see P.A. Semi's fingerprints on the A4. The P.A. Semi team, or whatever's left of it inside Apple, certainly didn't design the CPU core, but they may have had some input in assembling the larger SoC out of parts from Samsung's library.
A final bit that the EET group picked up on was the following detail, which I'll quote in full:
At the 27:30 mark of his January keynote, Steve Jobs introduced the A4, but he actually suggests it is not the first custom Apple design. "We have an incredible group that does custom silicon at Apple." He goes on to say that the A4 is, "our most advanced chip we've ever done." That's a pretty good hint they've been at it for a while.
In other words, the A4 is really sort of a coming out for Apple as an SoC designer, and not so much the start of a new era. With the A4, Apple is making a deliberate move to identify itself as a hardware design shop with plans for the ARM space, and not just another Samsung customer.
There are a few ways that Apple's increased level of involvement and visibility in the SoC design space makes sense: 1) Apple intends to sell so many products with its custom SoCs that it will easily recoup the money; 2) for whatever reason, Jobs has always had a thing for powering Apple products with boutique processors that he can talk up in keynotes; and 3) Apple has so many tens of billions in cash right now that it can drop $50 million here and there on a semi acquisition in order to indulge Jobs' quirks.
Note that one motivation that I don't ascribe to Apple is a genuine expectation that the A4 will provide some kind of real price, performance, or efficiency differentiation in the mobile space. Apple is much better positioned to gain significant, market-moving leadership in these areas via software than it is via hardware.
Sure, customization might buy it a few percentage points vs. the commodity competition in one or all of these areas, but mass-market semiconductors are one place where boutique always loses out to commodity, period. This is even more true in a market like smartphones, which are about industrial design, functionality, UI, software availability and stability, ecosystem size, and a host of other factors that are relatively far removed from the world of "we got an extra 15 minutes of battery life and a 10 percent lead in the Sunspider benchmark."
In a way, it's ironic that Apple tried so long for CPU performance leadership on the desktop by using third parties that could never maintain it (and then caved and just went with commodity x86). Now, it seems that it is actually poised to get a real and possibly durable measure of performance leadership with its custom SoCs, it doesn't matter nearly as much.


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WASHINGTON – Scientists have found a compelling clue in the quest to learn what causes age-related memory problems, and to one day be able to tell if those misplaced car keys are just a senior moment or an early warning of something worse.
Wednesday's report offers evidence that age-related memory loss really is a distinct condition from pre-Alzheimer's – and offers a hint that what we now consider the normal forgetfulness of old age might eventually be treatable.
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center examined brains, young and old ones, donated from people who died without signs of neurologic disease. They discovered that a certain gene in a specific part of the hippocampus, the brain's memory center, quits working properly in older people. It produces less of a key protein.
That section of the brain, called the dentate gyrus, has long been suspected of being especially vulnerable to aging. Importantly, it's a different neural neighborhood than where Alzheimer's begins to form.
But it's circumstantial evidence that having less of that protein, named RbAp48, affects memory loss in older adults. So the researchers took a closer look at mice, which become forgetful as they age in much the same way that people do.
Sure enough, cutting levels of the protein made healthy young rodents lose their way in mazes and perform worse on other memory tasks just like old mice naturally do.
More intriguing, the memory loss was reversible: Boosting the protein made forgetful old mice as sharp as the youngsters again, the researchers reported in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
"It's the best evidence so far" that age-related memory loss isn't the same as early Alzheimer's, said Nobel laureate Dr. Eric Kandel, who led the Columbia University team.
And since some people make it to 100 without showing much of a cognitive slowdown, the work begs another question: "Is that normal aging, or is it a deterioration that we're allowing to occur?" Kandel said.
"As we want to live longer and stay engaged in a cognitively complex world, I think even mild age-related memory decline is meaningful," added Columbia neurologist Dr. Scott Small, a senior author of the study. "It opens up a whole avenue of investigation to now try to identify interventions."
This is early-stage research that will require years of additional work to confirm, cautioned Dr. Molly Wagster of the National Institute on Aging, who wasn't involved with the report.
But Wagster said the findings add to a growing body of evidence suggesting "that we're not all on the road to Alzheimer's disease" after we pass a certain age.
For example, other researchers have found that connections between neurons in other parts of the brain weaken with normal aging, making it harder but not impossible to retrieve memories. In contrast, Alzheimer's kills neurons.
How does Wednesday's research fit? Many pathways make up a smoothly functioning memory, and that protein plays a role in turning a short-term memory – like where you left those car keys – into a longer-term one, Kandel explained.
Some good news: Scientists already know that exercise makes the dentate gyrus – that age-targeted spot in the hippocampus – function better, Small said. He's also studying if nutrition might make a difference.
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Karnataka, India, October 29 (CDN) — Police arrested Pastor Muthyalan Paul on Oct. 26 in Nelamangala, Bangalore, after Muslim radicals barged into a prayer meeting, accused him of forceful conversion, tore Bibles and damaged household items. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that police, alerted by the Muslim extremists, charged the pastor with "deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings of others." A judge sent the pastor to Nelamangala Sub-Jail, but with area Christian leaders' intervention he was released on bail the next morning.
Karnataka – Hindu nationalists on Oct. 20 burned down a house church in Bellakatte village, near Chitradurga. The Global Council of Indian Christians reported that Pastor Mallappa Hanumanthappa Andrew of Samadhana Prayer House and his brother were walking on a village road when six area extremists waylaid them and began slapping the pastor, falsely accusing him of forcible conversion. They also slapped and shoved his brother when he tried to come to Andrew's aid. Cursing, the extremists then burned down the house used for worship. Baramasagara police arrested four extremists identified only as Manjunath, Parashuram, Ramanna and Devaraj, charged them with unlawful assembly and released them after two hours.
Madhya Pradesh – Threatening to file a police complaint, Hindu nationalists in Chattarpur on Oct. 19 accused Pastor Kunal Parichha of forcibly converting people and sending them to Bible college, a source said. The pastor and the nationalists met for talks the next day, only to have the extremists threaten to kill him if he continued to lead worship meetings. At press time area Christian leaders were taking steps to resolve the conflict.
Karnataka – Police detained a pastor identified only as Surendra for more than three hours on Oct. 15 after Hindu nationalists disrupted the worship of Calvary Assemblies of God Church and beat him in Boothanhalli Kaval, near S. Bidra village, Chickmagalur district. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that at 7:30 p.m., as the pastor was leading worship in another Christian's house where 15 others had assembled, nearly 25 cursing extremists stormed in, chased them
out and repeatedly slapped and punched Pastor Surendra. A GCIC coordinator told Compass that the extremists dragged the pastor outside, ripped his shirt off, took away his mobile phone, and telephoned police that "conversion activities" were taking place. Conversion and "conversion activities" are legal in India. Police arrived at 9 p.m., arrested the pastor and interrogated him. With GCIC intervention, Surendra was released at 12:30 a.m. without being charged.
Orissa – Hard-line Hindus in Paikamara, Puri, Orissa district on Oct. 14 confined three recent converts to Christianity in a house, assaulted them and pressured them to deny their new faith. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that Aswini Sahu, Sanatana Jena and Amulya Swain became Christians six months ago after listening to Christian radio broadcasts. When the Hindu extremists learned of it, they threatened them and expelled them from the village after the Christians continued to worship Christ. The Christians took shelter in different homes, and then went back to their village after receiving word by telephone that tensions had cooled. As soon as they returned, however, the extremists caught hold of them, beat them and confined them. With GCIC and area Christian leaders' intervention, police rescued the Christians and warned the extremists not to disturb them again.
Haryana – Hindu extremists on Sept. 30 attacked a church's Christian school in Ghaziabad. A source said that the extremists showed up in a truck armed with guns and other implements of destruction at the Ingram Institute and broke a wall. Trying to occupy the church property, they started building a wall around a student hostel and other properties near the school and verbally abused director Hepesh Shepherd, staff members and students. Christians immediately filed a complaint, and police detained two extremists. They were later released without charges.
Chhattisgarh – Hindu extremists assaulted Pastor Suresh Deep of The Church of God on Sept. 28 in Rajnandgan. A source reported that the incident began the previous day when two church members, Shilembra Sahu and Raj Kumar, started quarrelling about whether Kumar was meeting standards for Christian living, and as villagers came to become involved in the conflict, Hindu extremists took Kumar's side. The extremists filed a complaint against Sahu, and police arrested him for joining an assembly likely to cause a disturbance. The next day, Pastor Deep went to submit a bail petition for Sahu, and some 20 extremists who had gathered at the court verbally abused him, beat him and dragged him to a Hindu temple. There they forced him to drink dirty water and to write that he would refrain from any conversion activity. The pastor sustained bruises all over his body. Area Christian leaders intervened, and police registered a case against the attackers, but no arrests had been made at press time. Sahu was sent to Rajnandgan district jail but was released on bail on Sept 30.
Kerala – Muslim extremists beat a Christian convert from Islam after they saw him worshipping Jesus on Sept. 22 in Vikas colony, Ambalavayal. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that a pastor identified only as Chacko had established a friendship with a Muslim man who was an alcoholic. After attending the church, the Muslim stopped drinking alcohol, led a changed life and decided to follow Jesus Christ. Enraged by the change in him, the extremists seriously injured the convert. They also damaged Pastor Chacko's pipeline, the source for water for about 10 Christian families, and pelted the pastor's home with stones, damaging the house. GCIC reported that the extremists continued to threaten the pastor by telephone daily.
Madhya Pradesh – Hindu extremists from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Sept. 16 attacked a building belonging to the Believers Church in Jabalpur, bringing it to the ground. Believers Church representative Sushant Sona reported that the RSS members arrived in a huge vehicle designed to demolish buildings and destroyed the facility, claiming that they would not allow any church to exist in the area. The Rev. Samkutty Issac and other Christian leaders pleaded with the government officials to take action against the culprits.
Karnataka – Hindu extremists attacked a church building under construction at Byappanahalli village on Sept. 12 near Bengaluru, accusing area Christians of large-scale, forcible conversion. The extremists broke into the church building and tried to pull it down, reported the All India Christian Council. Police arrived in time to stop them, but the extremists filed a complaint against Pastor John Babu and other Christians for alleged forcible conversion. Under the extremists' pressure, the police later issued a notice to the church to stop construction and issued arrest warrants against the pastor and seven others. To avoid further harassment, the Christians applied for anticipatory bails. They also filed petitions seeking court intervention to stop the extremists from further assaults. At press time the church building remained abandoned and unguarded.
Karnataka – A mob of about 100 Hindu extremists on Sept. 5 barged into the house church worship of a congregation of the Indian Pentecostal Church and beat a pastor in Doni, Gadag. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that the extremists ripped Bibles, tore the clothes of Pastor Mallikarjuna Sangalad, dragged him out of the house and beat him. Police arrived and arrested Pastor Sangalad, where they ordered him to stop leading worship meetings, according to the GCIC. Christian leaders intervened, and police released the pastor without charges.
Karnataka – Ramnagar police Sub-Inspector Babu Madhar on Sept. 3 forcefully entered a Calvary Fellowship Prayer house church meeting led by Pastor P.R. Jose and ordered him to immediately stop the service. The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that police accused the Christians of forceful conversion and ordered them to close down the house church. After area Christian leaders' intervention, according to the GCIC, the Christians were given police protection for worship.
Report from Compass Direct News