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Burval Family of Bohemia and Illinois Note: This genealogy is best read by first reading the Introduction below and then following the suggestions for browsing and viewing these pages. Introduction A genealogy of Jan Burval (1675- ) and his wife, Evy of Bohemia and their descendants who lived in the Czech Republic and Illinois. A collateral work entitled "The Burval Family of Moravia and Ohio" has also been started in an effort to link the Burval families of Moravia with the Burval families of Bohemia (contained in this genealogy). The Bohemian Burval's lived in small Bohemian villages a few kilometers south of Hermanuv Mestec in Okres Chrudim of the modern day Czech Republic. The Moravian Burval's lived in small Moravian villages near Jimramov in Okres Zdar nad Sazavou of the modern day Czech Republic. These two areas are about 40 kilometers apart and one might expect these two families with such rare surnames to be related. That relationship has yet to be positively established in spite of having traced both families back into the late 1600's. Perhaps sometime in the future these families will be linked into a single Burval genealogy. How To Read This Genealogy This genealogy is presented in a format that is intended to take advantage of the Internet and web browsers to make it easier for the viewer to read. A good place to start (after reading this Introduction) is to read the page on Jan Burval (1675-), then click on any of his children to read about them. If there are + signs following the name of a child this indicates that there are children of that child on that child's page. Another place to start is by clicking on "Descendant Chart for Jan Burval (1675-)" you will be taken to a traditional family tree descendancy chart which shows all the descendants and how they are related. By clicking on the name of any individual on those charts you will be taken to that individuals page. There are pop-up pedigree charts on each individual that will show you that individual's parents and grandparents. Also be aware of little icons such as a "camera" icon that when clicked will link you to a photo of that individual. In addition there is the traditional index and master index for finding individuals. Most names and all information on living persons has been suppressed from this genealogy. Birth, marriage, death and burial information that we have is shown for all deceased persons. The source of that information for each person is contained in abbreviated source footnotes with each individual. The abbreviated source footnotes are linked to a full source citation. Acknowledgements This work is the effort of a great many researchers who have generously contributed information on their branches of this family. Their specific contributions are cited in the footnotes and source citations. The compiler wishes to especially thank Joseph S. Burval of Park Ridge, Illinois and Carl Burval of Des Plaines, Illinois for providing invaluable information on this family. If you are a descendant of this family we would be most interested in adding your branch to this genealogy. Please contact us. One of our major research efforts is aimed at identifying all our cousins and adding them to this genealogy. Compiling a family genealogy requires the collecting and comparison of information from numerous sources over a long period of time. Every effort has been made to document all major sources of information and to make this genealogy as error free and as accurate as possible. However, due to the total amount of information and the varying quality of that information it is bound to contain errors. The compilers would be most appreciative of being informed of any errors the reader encounters. Please e-mail us by clicking our name below: This page was created by John Cardinal's Second Site v1.9.9. |