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Czech American

Roots

The Czechs in Pilsen, Chicago

Czechs in Pilsen, Chicago named the neighbourhood after Plzen and made it the heart of Czech America. Here is the Bohemian story and what remains today.

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The Czech community in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Roots

The Czechs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

By 1900, Cedar Rapids had more Czechs than any other US city. The story of how Bohemia and Moravia built Czech Village, and what remains today.

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The Atlas of Home app

One day, a child will ask, what were they like?

Atlas of Home keeps the answer, on a family tree you build on your iPhone.

VoicesThe voice you cannot afford to lose.
The family mapWhere you come from, drawn for you.
Recipes and lettersWritten down before it is lost.
The Atlas BookPrint the book of your family.

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Coming soon to the App Store · For iPhone and iPad · No account, no ads