Hi Brad,

I am Myles Dymacek in Lincoln, Nebraska. I read your posting and wanted you to know that I too, have the Vachal and Vogeltanz connection in my family tree. There are three Vachals in my tree, (Unknown)Vachal who married Sylvia Koranda, daughter of Joe and Frances (Cink) Koranda, born 5 May 1889 and died 4 March 1983. Second is Katherin Vachal, born in 1834 and died 2 February 1899 in Wilber, Saline County, Nebraska. The connection is through Marie/Mary Vachal, born 18 March 1841 in Bohemia and died 30 July 1915 in Wilber. She married Stepan Vogeltanz, born 30 Mar 1840 in Kouto, Bohemia and died 26 December 1921 in Wilber. Stepan and Marie/Mary had six children, their first was my Great Grandmother Aloise (Louise), born 3 March 1866. She married Matej Fictum, and their daughters were Mary, born 19 December 1890 and Katherine, born 19 May 1894. Katherine was my grandmother. She married Joseph Peter Koci and my mother Helen Louise Koci, the second of four children was born 9 December 1912, and married Myles W. Dymacek, Sr. I am their third child and my siblings are all deceased. If any of that halps you great. I have quite a number of entries in my tree and a very small part has been put on the internet by Robert Nohavec. If you wanted to see what there is on the internet, use Rootsweb and type in the name Myles Dymacek. My father's information will come up and from there you can see many of my mother's family. If you want more, e-mail me at mdymacek@neb.rr.com. If none of this is of value, I hope you find what you are looking for. From Lincoln, Myles