Searching for your Czech roots?

Come to a genealogy Melnar library dedicated to Czech genealogy research.

Our enthusiastic and caring staff is of Czech descent and is experienced in doing genealogy research.  We can help you get started on your research project and then let you explore on your own.  Many people love the thrill of the chase for clues to their ancestors, but we are there to help if you run into a problem or have a question.  Or if you prefer, we can do the research for you for a fee as long as you give us all the info you have to that point and let us know for what you are searching.

• KALICH HOUSE
• POLKA LOVERS
• HOELSCHER
• WALLACHIAN BELL & BELFRY
• MIGL HOUSE
• HLUCHANEK HOUSE
• TWIN LOG BARNS
• BUCEK BUILDING
• PAVILION

We have a new, fully furnished, beautiful facility with access to Ancestry.com  that is available to the public at no charge.  We also have a growing microfilm library of Czech newspapers as well as newspapers from Fayette and Lavaca Counties.  Copies of articles of interest can be made at .25/copy.

Our library is uniquely stocked with books on immigration, villages of origin, village histories, ships lists and so much more.  We have an extensive collection of Czech Moravian Brethren Records of the baptisms, marriages and funerals in central Texas.

If you are fluent in the language, you will be happy to know that one half of our library is completely in Czech.  The books cannot be checked out but you are free to read to your heart’s content at one of the library tables or in a comfortable chair in the reading area. 

Laptops are welcome.

Irene Szwarc, Library Archivist
Susan Halvelka, Library Assistant

Come and “Czech” us out!