Wife of Karl Kadlec.  She's a Svihovec and the couple lives in Leskovice, the hometown of the Svihovecs who immigrated to America.  Her husband manages the town pub.

Another Svihovec descendant from Leskovice. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kadlec, she's a college student in Prague.

Kate Fiedler of Mott and Fargo, ND, with the family dog of Jaroslav and Hana Svihovec of Leskovice.

Moonrise over the Svihov Castle on August 9, the night of the wedding of Petr Svihovec and Jitka Emmrova.

Wedding dance at the Svihov Castle.  Left to right, Greg Hencir of Connecticut and then Petr's boyhood friend, Petr's cousin, Petr, and Jitka.

Svihov Castle from the door of the hall where the wedding dance was held.

Former family home of the Klecans.  It's in the small town of Lazany, from which Barbara Klecan emigrated to the U.S., later marrying Emil Svihovec.

Greg Hencir beside the graves of his ancestors, the Klecans. The cemetery is near Lazany and Doubravice in southern Bohemia.

Family home at Leskovice from which Frantisek and Barbora Svihovec and their eight sons departed in order to immigrate to the U.S.  Shown are Claire Fiedler, Greg Hencir, Peggy Fiedler, the current owner -- Eduard Hosticka -- and two of his family members, and Kevin Carvell, and Lenette Staudinger.

View of the Bohemian countryside from the cemetery outside Radomysl where Svihovecs are buried.

Svihovec graves outside Radomysl.

Church inside the town of Radomysl.  The cemetery, which formerly surrounded the church and which contained Svihovec graves, was completely destroyed in the last half century.