Jessica

Family stories are good to have and save for future generation but sometimes they are just that stories.
Location, location, location. You need to find where was your ancestor born in "old country" so you can proceed with the research.
BEDNAR in Slovak, Bednář in Czech. slightly different sound to the Czech R. BEDNARZ is in Polish.
Austria/Czech can be historical Bohemia or Moravia.
http://feefhs.org
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/austhung.htm
http://genforum.com