Recent Updates

Sunday February 17, 2013

     Update #1 - Added Betty Karas (daughter of James (Vaclav) Karas) to family tree. Born in 1933.
     Update #2 - Added 1940 US Census information for James (Vaclav) Karas
     Update #3 - Added 1940 US Census information for William Karas (Bohumil Soucek)
     Update #4 - Added 1940 US Census information for Joseph Karas
     Update #5 - Added 1940 US Census information for Mary Karas [Schultz]
     Update #6 - Added 1940 US Census information for James (Vaclav) Karas
     Update #7 - Added 1940 US Census information for John (Jan) Karas
     Update #8 - Added 1940 US Census information for Agnes Karas

Friday January 25, 2013

     Update #1 - Added new items to history timeline (Mike and Mary Plattsmouth Farm Transactions)

     January 3, 1928 : Mike and Mary take out mortgage on Plattsmouth Farm for $2,500 at 8% interest
     August 19, 1942 : Mike and Mary sell farm to Joseph Karas (son) for $1 and buy it back for $1
     August 16, 1955 : Mary Karas dies
     June 25, 1956 : Inheritance decree. Mike gets farm valued at $8,000 and $204.10 in Mary's checking account
     August 22, 1957 : Mike sells farm to Chester and Helen Sporer for $6,400 1940 dollars (about $53,000 2013 dollars)

     Update #2 - Added a number of Ann Karas Winters family members to the family tree
     Update #3 - Added new commentary for January 25, 2013

Thursday September 27, 2012

     Update #1 - Added Capek Family Farm tribute page

     Update #2 - Robert Karas

     Robert Karas (son of Frantisek Karas) passed away on September 13, 2012.
     Preceded in death by parents, Frank and Pauline; brother, Richard.
     Survived by sons, Kevin (Linda), David, both of Omaha, Joseph, Lincoln; daughter, Cindy Hupf (Patrick), Sartell, MN.
     Survived by brothers, Stanley (Karen), Fort Calhoun, Frank (Donna), Raymore, MO, Walter (Darlene), Las Vegas, NV.
     8 grandchildren; nieces and nephews.

     Update #3 - Added new information on the history of Olesna (definition of village name = to announce)
     Update #4 - Added new items to history timeline
     Update #5 - Added new details to the emigration story regarding why Matej and family left for the US

Tuesday September 4, 2012

     Update #1 - Added photo of Okrouhlice school house that Marie Souckova attended
     Update #2 - Added Pohled #16 sales contract by Vaclav Michal
     Update #3 - Added Jan Capek as website contributor
     Update #4 - Added photo of the Havlickuv Brod train station in 1906
     Update #5 - Added additional details on John Cerveny
     Update #6 - Updated Cerveny family tree

Sunday July 15, 2012

     Update #1 - Added a number of new Czech Republic family members as provided by Petra

Monday July 9, 2012

     Update #1 - Added new information about Ann Karas
     Update #2 - Added new information about Helen Karas and Paul Aita
     Update #3 - Added Mike Karas hospital bill for leg amputation

Monday July 2, 2012

     Update #1 - Added family members to Karas Family Tree
     Update #2 - Added three to the contributors section (Barbara, Shirley and Ruth)
     Update #3 - Added to family history timeline
     Update #4 - Added photo of Karas sisters from 1963
     Update #5 - Added photos of the Karas sisters
     Update #6 - Added new commentary for July 1, 2012
     Update #7 - Added new photos of Marie Souckova (Mary Karas)
     Update #8 - Added new photos of Matej Karas Jr (Mike Karas)
     Update #9 - Added new photo of John Karas
     Update #10 - Added new photo of Albert Warga

Friday June 15, 2012

     Update #1 - Added timeline record for first contact with Shirley Warga Dasher
     Update #2 - Added details for Mike and Mary Karas' home in East Rock Bluffs between 1925 and 1955
     Update #3 - Added vital records link for Anna Cibulkova (mother of Anna Michalova)
     Update #4 - Updated Michal family tree additional details
     Update #5 - Added new commentary for June 15, 2012
     Update #6 - Added links to the New Dreams Dairy Goats website (land where Mike and Mary lived between 1925 and 1955)

Friday June 8, 2012

     Update #1 - Added vital records (birth, marriage, death) for Marie Souckova's parents (Josef Soucek and Anna Michalova)

Sunday May 20, 2012

     Update #1 - Added info on Rock Bluffs (Cass County), Nebraska

Sunday May 6, 2012

     Update #1 - Added 1940 Census record for Mike (Matej) and Mary (Marie) Karas
     Update #2 - Added 1940 Map of Plattsmouth, Nebraska
     Update #3 - Added photo and link to Zamrsk Archive
Friday March 30, 2012

     Update #1 - Added new section called The Karas Eyes

Saturday March 24, 2012

     Update #1 - Added images of ancient Olesna maps (provided by Petra)
     Update #2 - Added photo of Petra under the contributors section
     Update #3 - Added photos of the Vaclav Karas Family
     Update #4 - Added new family members to the Soucek Family Tree
     Update #5 - Added new family members to the Michal Family Tree
     Update #6 - Added birth records and details for Anna Michalova (Marie Souckova's mother)
     Update #7 - Added additional villages where Karas, Soucek and Michal ancestors originated
     Update #8 - Added new section for Michal Family Farm in Pohled
     Update #9 - Added link to Family Relationship Chart website
     Update #10 - Added link to 360 degree view of Pohled and Michal Farm

Sunday March 4, 2012

     Update #1 - Added photos of Frantiska Krajickova Souckova, daughters Katerina and Frantiska and son Vaclav
     Update #2 - Added photo of the Karas sister's husbands
     Update #3 - Added new photo of Marie Souckova
     Update #4 - Added Barbara Stobbe Fuller to the list of website contributors

Saturday February 4, 2012

     Update #1 - Added new Olesna House #38 photos from Frank Karas (taken 1997 before remodel)
     Update #2 - Added new history line item for first contact with Ondřej Míchal

Monday January 30, 2012

     Update #1 - Added line item to the history timeline (first contact with Frank Karas)
     Update #2 - Added additional detail and removed redundant comments from Bohumil Soucek section
     Update #3 - Added some great Soucek family photos from Lenka
     Update #4 - Added coat of arms images for the Karas and Soucek villages

Saturday January 28, 2012

     Update #1 - Created new More Commentary link to roll off old commentary to new web page
     Update #2 - Corrected some information in the Karas Family Tree
     Update #3 - Corrected some information in the Immigration Story
     Update #4 - Clarified Matej and Marie's Nebraska dugout house story

Tuesday January 24, 2012

     Update #1 - Added new commentary for January 24, 2012

Sunday January 22, 2012

     Update #1 - Added guardianship records for Josef Soucek's orphaned children
     Update #2 - Added photo to Frantisek Karas' descendents link

Monday January 16, 2012

     Update #1 - Added new commentary for January 14, 2012
     Update #2 - Add information for Ruzenka Karas (daughter of Marie and Matej Karas Jr)
     Update #3 - Added photo of Vaclav Karas Jr (Petra's father) and Josef Karas (Petra's brother)
     Update #4 - Added additional immigration documents and corrected some information

Thursday January 12, 2012

     Update #1 - Changed the website header to include the Souček family name
     Update #2 - Moved Petra's letters to the "more about Petra" link
     Update #3 - Added a "more about Lenka" link

Saturday January 7, 2012

     Update #1 - Added several Soucek family members to the family tree
     Update #2 - Added Lenka Říhová (descendent of Josef Soucek) to the list of web site contributors
     Update #3 - Added new entry to history/family timeline
     Update #4 - Added new commentary for January 7, 2012
     Update #5 - Added William Karas (Bohumil Soucek) and Etta Lucretia Moyer Wedding Photo from 1928

Thursday January 5, 2012

     Update #1 - Added photos for web site contributors

Wednesday January 4, 2012

     Update #1 - Added new commentary for January 4, 2012

Tuesday January 3, 2012

     Update #1 - Added new section for the history of Babice (from Karel Milichovský and Svatava Milichovská)
     Update #2 - Added new link for The Norddeutscher Lloyd Company (Passenger Ships)
     Update #3 - Added new commentary for January 3, 2012

Thursday December 29, 2011

     Update #1 - Added new section for Latest Commentary
     Update #2 - Bohumil Soucek's School Records
     Update #3 - Bohumil Soucek's Guardianship Record

Sunday December 25, 2011

     Update #1 - Christmas Cards from friends in the Czech Republic

Sunday December 18, 2011

     Update #1 - Added image of Nebraska dugout house
     Update #2 - Vaclav Havel (first Czech Republic President) dies at age 75 today   (Prague Post)

Friday December 16, 2011

     Update #1 - Added Czech Language Surname Wiki Link

Thursday December 15, 2011

     Update #1 - Míchal Family Notes (from Svatava Milichovská)

Tuesday December 13, 2011

     Update #1 - Added December 7th email from Petra
     Update #2 - Antonin Karas Sr Family Clarification (from Petra)
     Update #3 - Bohumil Soucek's Original Birth Certificate
     Update #4 - Marie Souckova's Original Birth Certificate
     Update #5 - Scott Karas Family Photos (November 2011)