Monday, March 28, 2011

Slechta's of Sadska and the Estate of Podebrady

My latest stage of my Slectha Ancestry research is in.  My line is traced back to Alexander Slechta who arrived in Sadska sometime in between 1681 and 1682.  We can trace that line down to me.  The researcher, who did the work for me, hypothesized that he followed Jirik Slechta(his brother) to Sadska,  Jirik (Goerge) moved to Sadska through his marriage to Dorota, a daughter of a resident of Sadska.  The researcher, stated in his report that people were not allowed to move or leave the Prodebrady Estate without permission.  The researchers hypothesis, I believe, is correct because I had a document translated by someone Marta knows(Marta is a Slechta descendant in Sadska).  The document stated that Alexander bought land with the help of his father Jakub (James).  Jakub is listed as Jirik's father in records that the researcher found.  That information should lead me to the next location for my research.  I still have a lot of sifiting through information to put it all together, but any Slechta that can be traced back to the Podebrady estate most likely can be linked.  In a later post I will list some of the other villages with Slechta's recorded in.  Now the research becomes harder and more expensive.  If any other's researching Slechta's from the Podebrady Estate would like to work together I would be more than happy.   Oh,  In my previous post I posted Jiri as Alexander's father, that was wrong.  James is his father and Jirik is his brother.