::Ancestor Charts:: :: Dad :: :: Mom :: :: Bob :: :: Bob2 :: :: Mystery ::
:: Rudy :: :: Rudy2 :: :: Rudy Navy :: :: In Memory :: :: Military :: :: Jimmy (please read) :: :: Patty :: :: My Awards ::
Betlach, Betlack, Betlock, Betloch AND now even Bettlach
"No matter how you spell it, it's all relative"!
**BETLACH**
Czech and German metonymic, occupational name for a weaver or
seller of bedsheets, from Middle High German,
bett(e) 'bed' + Middle Dutch.
Middle Low German, '
laken' or piece of woven material,
which transfers into Middle High German, '
Lahken', 'Lachen',
or Modern German, 'Laken'.
**ZEMAN**
Czech status name for a yeoman farmer or small landowner.
Czech, '
zeman', a derivative of zem "land".
A member of the lowest nobility with a Coat of Arms.
One of the most common Czech surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-508137-4
Map of where Betlach Families lived in the 1880's and the 1920's
I hope you come back soon,
I'll leave the candle burning for you!
Real Genealogy - Not Just Links
::Photo:: :: Photo :: :: Photo :: :: Photo :: :: Photo Album::
Louis, Madeline,
Robert, Rudolph and Patricia Betlach
Taken in 1956 at Onamia, Minnesota
Links to other things genealogical!
~~~~My Family~~~~
Map of where Zeman Families lived in the 1880's and the 1920's
"Memories" by Elvis Presley
from
Sue and Tamara's website.
Thank you to Louise's Lodge for
this great graphic.
Kindred Trails Worldwide Genealogy Resources - Linking the World Together with Roots
The Family History Store - Products For Preserving Your Heritage
Here is a very interesting website: Gendisasters.com
On this site are newspaper articles from every state in the United States regarding
all kinds of disasters that have occurred: Floods, Fires, Ship Wrecks, Tornados,
Train Wrecks, Hurricanes, Explosions etc.
"Events that touched our ancestors lives"--Gendisasters.com

The site also needs volunteers to help transcribe old newspaper articles.
If you have a word processing program and can help get these valuable
articles online for all of us, go there and volunteer.--I did!
Please e-mail me if you find any broken links.
If you have any old newspaper clippings stored in a closet or in an old shoebox,
why don't you consider transcribing them to a newspaper archive web site.
NewspaperAbstracts.com
is looking for new additions to their growing collection of old newspaper articles.
For more information and to help add to this collection please visit their site.
Click photo at left to see a map of
the location of Betlach Mountain.

If the image is too small to view,
pause your mouse on the image
and when the arrows appear in the
bottom right corner click on them
to enlarge.
Click document to view the
marriage contract of
Vaclav and Lidmilla Vlcek Betlach
1611
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