Getting Started

Thanks for visiting my blog dedicated to the Kristufek surname and South Bohemian ancestry.

The Kristufek surname is a Czech variation of the name Christopher. As such, the surname is likely to have spontaneously come into use in different parts of Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary and therefore not everyone with the surname Kristufek is related.

This blog is primarily dedicated to the Kristufek surname and its origins in South Bohemia. In particular the towns of Talin, Smrkovice and Maletice. However, there were other locations where the surname Kristufek was common including Humpolec in Central Bohemia and Jablonica/Osuske in Western Slovakia.

If you are currently in the US and you have Kristufek in your family history, the part of the US you live in will help you in your genealogy search as different Kristufek families settled in different parts of the US.

If your Kristufek family can be traced to Illinois (especially Chicago), Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Nebraska, you are likely descended from Kristufeks of South Bohemia.

If your Kristufek family can be traced to New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, you are likely descended from Kristufeks of Western Slovakia, especially Jablonica and Osuske.

For more information, please join our Kristufek Genealogy Group on Facebook or email me and I will be happy to share whatever information I have. This blog also includes many pages with detailed information on many of the Kristufek family lines. Use the search box in the upper left hand corner to find additional information about your ancestors.

Other US Kristufek Lines

While this site is primarily dedicated to the Kristufek/Krystufek lines of South Bohemia that came to Chicago, Illinois in the mid to late 19th Century, other Kristufek families arrived in the US, settling in other parts of the country. These Kristufek ancestors arrived mostly in the US later, between 1880 and the start of WWI in 1914 (which one notable exception).

So far, no direct links have been established between these families, but here is some of what information is known: