Mohelnitzky

In Bohemia/Czech Republic, the last name is found spelled as Mohelnicky, Mohelniczky, and Mohelnitzky. In USA, there were many variations of the last name found in birth/marriage/death/land records, orphan records, census records, and newspaper articles. Most of these variation were simply misspellings, or were written how they were pronounced:

Mahanesky

Mahelnitski

Mahelnotztey

Mahonitsky

Mehelnitzka

Mohainsck

Mohanesky

Mohanezky

Mohanitsky

Mohanitzky

Mohelmitzki

Mohelmlzhe

Mohelnetzky

Mohelnicky

Mohelnisky

Mohelnitsky

Mohelnitzke

Mohelnitzky

Mohelnotzky

Mohinskey

Mohinsky

Mohr (1906 name change for Frank Mohelnitzky)

Monhelinvzky

Moteletzke

Mowhometichkie

Muchametschki

Muchanetschki

Mohelnitzky or Mohelnicky?

In registries found at Czech archives, the name was found spelled as "Mohelniczky" and "Mohelnický." In old Czech language, the letter "c" was written as "cz." Female forms can be written as "Mohelnická."

The newer German form of "Mohelnitzky" would be used if the family considered themselves to be German-Bohemians.

Both Mohelnický and Mohelnitzky are pronounced the same: "moe-hehl-NIT-skee."

To hear a pronunciation of Mohelnicky and Mohelnicka as spoken by native Czech speaker, Blanka Lednická, download the MP3 file below, at the bottom of this page.

For the towns Sedlčany/Seltschan, the archive is located in Prague, Czech Republic.

For the county Ostrava in Schlesien, the archive is in Tropau, Czech Republic.

For the town Hranice near Olomouc, the archive is in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

The Mohelnitzky crest documents may be found at the archive in Vienna, Austria.

Some descendants of Anton Mohelnitzky in America pronounce "Mohelnitzky" as "mole-NIT-skee" where the "h" is silent.

Some other descendants in Wisconsin pronounce the name as "mul-eh-NIT-skee."

My grandma Merie Mohelnitzky (who lived in Wisconsin all her life) pronounced her last name as "muh-HAHN-es-kee."

Czech (Slavic) language has 7 cases. Mohelnicky can be written as follows:

1st - nominative - Mohelnický (who)

2nd - genitive - Mohelnického (without whom)

3rd - dative - Mohelnickému (to whom)

4th - accusative - Mohelnického (I see whom)

5th - vocative - Mohelnický! (calling)

6th - locative - Mohelnickém (about whom)

7th - instrumental - Mohelnickým (with whom)

Origins of Czech surnames This website by Karel Kysilka of Moravia discusses the origins of Czech surnames. Some names come from local town names, such as the name Mohelnicky from the town Mohelnice. The names are formed by adding a suffix -ky or -sky.

A discussion of the origin of the name Mohelnitzky.

Websites that help you learn Czech and websites about Czech research

Pronunciation of some common first names:

Listen to Blanka Lednická as she speaks Antonin, Marie, Josefa, and Vaclav by downloading the MP3 file below, at the bottom of this page.

Melnitzky names found in Salzburg, Austria

Mohelnitzky Links

Sweere: A Book of Generations - Mohelnitzky

Mohelnitzky message board - Ancestry.com

Mohelnitzky message board - Rootsweb.com

My Ruskauff-Freker-Mohelnitzky Family Tree at Ancestry.com (needs subscription to view)

Bohemia? Austria? Czech?

From page 8 of the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Newsletter, The Heimatbrief, Vol. XI No. 1, March 2000.

By Susan Muehlhans-Karides:

We’ve all encountered it, we German-Bohemian family historians digging through document after document in search of whatever it is we are searching for: a maiden name, the name of a village—for some unfortunates, a country! "Grandpa came from Germany." "No, this record says he was from Austria." "But, wait, this one says Bohemia." "Oh, but I remember being told that we were Bavarian—no, Austrian—okay, we’re German." At some point, we learn the complicated history of the everchanging, fractured place that we learn is our ancestral homeland: "German-Bohemia", "Austria-Hungary", " Czechoslovakia", "Sudetenland" and, now, the "Czech Republic"; it is all of them.

The Chlumec Domain

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Thank you to Tom Sachse and Dean Blau for helping to defray the costs of the Mohelnitzky research in Czech Republic. If others would care to donate, please let me know.

~Debbie

Mohelnitzky

Anton Mohelnitzky & Mary Ruskauff and their children:

Anton Mohelnitzky & Mary Ruskauff grandchildren:

Mohelnitzky / Mohelnicky in Czech Republic:

Anton Mohelnitzky's sisters and their families:

Pronunciation of some common first names:

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