Researching
German
Family History
Iveta
Blahútová is a Genealogy Research Analyst at the Midwest Genealogy Center (MGC)
in Independence, Missouri. She has been
interested in genealogy for many years. Beginning in 2011 Iveta has been assisting
patrons of MGC with their genealogy research, especially those with a
connection to Central and Eastern Europe.
She is
also a moderator of the German Genealogy Discussion Group established at MGC.
Her newest class is Researching Your
German Ancestor (German Research A – Z). Iveta fully embraced this new
direction in her career. There is always something new to learn, either by
tracing her own family tree, or by exploring the resources MGC has to offer.
Coming
from former Czechoslovakia, she has lived in both Slovakia and the Czech
Republic. She is a graduate of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia,
Faculty of Law. Her focus since high school years has always been history,
social studies, law, history of law, old manuscript, languages, and lately
etymology.
She is
an active member of the Czech and Slovak Club of Greater Kansas City. In
addition, she is a member of the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her hobbies are reading, mountain hiking, and
cross-country skiing.
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