Name: Josef Dudik

Born: 30 December 1788 in Mala Bystrice, Vsetin, Moravia

Married: about 1813 in Mala Bystrice, Vsetin, Moravia to Marie Petrvalska

Children: (1) Tomas Dudik (1820-after 1855)

Died: 18 December 1838 in Mala Bystrice, Vsetin, Moravia

Buried: 1838 in Mala Bystrice, Vsetin, Moravia

Malá Bystřice is a village and municipality (obec) in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. The municipality covers an area of 18.32 square kilometres (7.07 sq mi), and has a population of 340. Malá Bystřice lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Vsetín, 35 km (22 mi) north-east of Zlín, and 273 km (170 mi) east of Prague. Wikipedia

My Moravian ancestors were poor farmers, and were like slaves to the landowners, and they had no rights to move or worship as they chose to. They were at the mercy of the landowners, and they controlled all aspects of the Moravians lives. They did not own their own home, and the landowners could pay them whatever they wanted. Many of my ancestors emigrated to America legally, and worked for what they wanted. They did not ask for handouts. They came to America for the American Dream, not to come to a third world run by socialists and communists.