the czech republic

From Ancestry.com (circa 2000):

The city of Falkowitz is now located in Poland and is known as Falkowice.

As for the baptismal record, the word Katholisch means that your family member was baptized into the Catholic religion and is not the name of a town.

It appears that you have probably located the FHL microfilm records but just in case you haven't there are 6 reels of film which give the Catholic Church records for Falkowitz from the period 1765 to 1870.

thank you..need to do more exploration....background is bohemia and the wife from saxony.....interesting distance for those days

If truly interested in visiting the old family, you may want to engage a local genealogist for assistance. In that time period most of the church records will probably be in German and the script of that day is difficult to read without a lot of practice. There was a posting here a couple years from someone who hired a genealogist for such assistance. You might use the search function to see if you can find the posting. To make your trip worthwhile you will need the assistance.

PS Wife is current running a Czech line running through that huge Czech population in Wisc. It is difficult given how badly English speakers misspelled Czech names.

Hi,

If the wife's background is Saxony and yours is Bohemia, then, if I may ask, what is the connection to Falkowitz in Schlesien, that town is ca southeast from present day Wroclaw.

Clarification....The great.....grandfather lists Katholisch, Falkowitz, Sclesien as birth area......His wife is listed as being born in Saxony. I find the possible distance between these areas as less than likely..thus the headscratching. Several generations of ancestors lived in the US and only spoke czech. They settled in the prairie du chien/eastman wi area. Heavy German and Czech history in the area

On a practical note...I would think Nuremburg to Pilzen (by bus) Pilzen home base with trip to prague from there. Reactions??? other suggestions???Looking at two night in Pilzen....possible third.

Thanks for the clarification...interesting. Schlesien (Silesia) was historically Catholic as were certain other areas in central Europe. That fact that he was from Falkowitz and Catholic stands to reason historically.

I jump around a bit as I plan my next european adventure. Back to Czech Republic. I am led to believe that on a german train ticket..To Nuremberg (for example} you can use the same ticket for a bus to Prague at the Nuremberg hbf. Is the same true to Pilzen?? I plan to use Pilzen as a point to do Prague and Cesky daytrips...Reactions???

Hi,

I'll comment on Pilsen. A day trip there is worth your time. In the Zentrum is the American Memorial dedicated to Patton and the US troops who participated in the liberation of the city in 1945. After reaching Pilsen they were order to stop from advancing further into Czechoslovkia, the Linz-Pilsen line. The truth only came out after the fall of the commie government that the Americans liberated the city. I went there in 2001.