Blecha/McDaniel Genealogy

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I have spent a lot of time researching all of the Blecha families that I could identify who came to America, not just my own Blecha line. The purpose has been to see how many individuals and their families I could connect. I have classified the different families by the name of oldest Czech village that the Blecha families have in common. I have all of these different Blecha family lines (or clans) merged into one large database on this site. Because of the limitations of the software that creates this website, I cannot visually show the different Blecha clans on this site. That is because I wanted a user to be able to search one database for their own family members. If I separated the clans, a person would have to search each database separately. Below is a summary of the Blecha clans that I on this site:

Branch Name	First Blecha to US	Birth Year	Birth Village	Settled in	Immigration Date
Dubjany (Hlince)	Adolf Frantisek Frank (of Vaclav) Jan (of Vaclav) Barbara (of Vaclav) Anton Adolph Albert Vincent Vaclav Josef	1863 1860 1817 1833 1829 1853 1869 1843 1848 1824 1821	Podmokly Podmokly Hlince Hlince Hlince Brezany Hradecko Hodyne Bezdekov Bezdekov Hlince	Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Chicago, Illinois Kansas Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Nebraska	12 Apr 1880 27 Apr 1905 3 Aug 1866 18 Apr 1878 22 Oct 1870 1878 5 Nov 1889 27 Mar 1871 1868 1885 5 Sep 1864
Darova	Frank Albert Matej Joseph Joseph Frantisek Karel	1831 1889 1823 1851 1885 1848 1883	Radnice Vranovice Vranovice Stupno Krise Stupno Krise	Nebraska North Dakota Iowa Illinois Chicago, Illinois Braidwood, Illinois Benton, Illinois	22 Apr 1867 1906 4 Aug 1856 26 Oct 1881 1 Oct 1902 11 Oct 1910
Skorice	Frantisek	1811	Skorice	Wisconsin/Washington	12 Jan 1858
Kolvin	Vaclav Vencl	1879	Kolvin	Canada/Idaho	1928
Radnice	Wenzel	1827	Radnice	Missouri	1856
Pnov-Predhradi	Karel "Charles" & Benjamin	1880	Pnov	California/Minnesota	1903
Popelin	Peter	1817	Ceska Olesna	Massachusetts	1881
Drahobudice	Alois	1892	Drahobudice	Chicago, Illinois	7 Aug 1909
Konarovice	Vaclav	1859	Konarovice	Maryland	2 Mar 1904
Tremosnice	Marie	1887	Rosicka	Nebraska	1911
Kostelec nad Cernymi	Jaroslav	1869	Kostelec nad Cernymi	Chicago, Illinois	1891
Poland	Sylvester	1880	Sporytz	Chicago, Illinois	28 Aug 1912
Cerhenice	Alois (& Josef)	1877	Cerhenice	Maryland	8 Nov 1907

As you can see, at least 13 different Blecha’s from the Dubjany clan came to the U.S. I am part of this clan. The family from Skorice and Kolvin are probably related because those villages are only about a mile apart, however, I was just unable to find the actual connection yet. To figure out which clan you are, I suggest doing a search for a Blecha member of your family who is not living. If you find that person, start clicking on that person’s father (Blecha) and going further back in time. Eventually, you should see the village of the oldest member of that Blecha family who I have identified. I also urge you to zoom in and out of the map to get a better idea of where the villages are located. If you are part of a different Blecha family that is not listed above, I would love to hear from you so we can compare information.