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Highlighted by scores of family names that populate northeastern Wisconsin to this day, \u003cem\u003eA German Bohemian Immigration\u003c\/em\u003e provides context to a wealth of information compiled from sources in Germany and the Czech Republic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe area of western Bohemia, located in today's Czech Republic, in which these families resided saw an end to feudalism at roughly the same time as Wisconsin earned statehood in 1848. These changes brought about high hopes for a better life on both sides of the Atlantic, leading to a steady stream of German Bohemian emigrants that lasted for several decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoan Naomi Steiner, PhD, was born and raised on her grandfather's farm in Calumet County, Wisconsin, and graduated from Chilton High School. 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