The Czech Rozmberk Society and its US arm Friends of the Rozmberk Society (FORS) have several ongoing and worthwhile projects on preserving the shared Czech-US heritage and on regional development in rural areas. Their important work is adding to the historic and genealogical material available to researchers around the world. The Society’s founders have contributed many hours of work for these good causes.
Now it is time for us to contribute (money) to help keep the projects going. FORS is a registered charity with 501 c 3 status. This means that donations given to FORS are tax-deductible. You can donate by sending a check payable to Friends of the Rozmberk Society Inc.(or FORS), c/o Marlene Flory, President, 6105 Fox Rd., Oxford Jct. IA 52323. You can also donate online on the FORS donation page www.czechfriends.org/donate and find more information there. In any case, you will receive a receipt acknowledging your donation, which can be used with your tax return.
Drs. Dulfer’s essay on historic migration is worth reading. It explains how historic migration was used in a large EU school project to help explain today’s migration. He also explains project EMILE, which collects letters to and from 19th century emigrants. If you have such a letter, regardless of its ethnicity and language, please share it by scanning and e-mailing or mailing a photocopy to the Rozmberk Society or to me. I will forward the letter, if necessary after translating if it is in old German script and return a free translation to you. The EMILE website offers more detail on this project.
Ms. Cerna’s informative essay is on emigration and the database of “permission to leave” records that she is preparing that will become available online. More information on the Rozmberk Society can be found on their website. More information on genealogical research by its founders can be found at the Czech Ancestry website. JN Addresses:
For genealogical research http://www.czechancestry.com
For Friends of the Rozmberk Society http://www.czechfriends.org
Directly to the Peasant & Emgiration Museum http://www.CzechEmigrationMuseum.com
Rozmberk’s other projects http://ruze.ekomuzeum.cz/en/index.php