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Honorary Consulates/Honorary Consulates General of the Czech Republic within the territory of the United States are offices of honorary officials that represent and promote the Czech Republic in the US. Honorary Consulates provide some of the services usually performed by the Consular Department of the Consulate General in New York, Czech Embassy in Washington, DC, the Consulate General in Los Angeles and the Consulate General in Chicago.
Activity of Honorary Consulates:
Assistance to the Czech citizens in distress
Issuing Emergency passports in cooperation with the Consulate General in New York
Informing citizens about the website of the Consulate General in New York
Legalization (verification of signatures, copy of documents)
Presentation of the Czech Republic
Personal or telephone consultations
Supporting of Czech actions in jurisdiction of Honorary Consulate
Consular district: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota
Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International (CGSI) is the leader in providing educational, cultural, historical, and genealogical resources, with a special emphasis in providing opportunities for our members to research and discover their heritage.
Research and connect with families from the Czech and Slovak ancestral lands. CGSI focuses on the areas of the present-day Czech Republic and Slovakia. This includes Czech (Bohemian), German-Bohemian (Böhmisch), Hungarian, Jewish, Moravian, Rusyn (Ruthenian), Silesian, and Slovak ancestry.
The Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International (CGSI) was founded on March 26, 1988 with an organizational meeting at the historic CSPS (Czech-Slovak Protective Society) Hall in St. Paul, Minnesota.
More than 20 attended this initial meeting. The society, known originally as the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society, was originally a branch of the Minnesota Genealogical Society (MGS). Mark Bigaouette is credited with being the founder of the society and served as president from 1988-1997.
Membership growth was moderate during the first year and a half, but following the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia in November 1989, people's interest in tracing their family history back to Europe and "the old country" exploded. The society grew at a rapid pace from December 1989 through 1996 when it reached 4,000 members worldwide.
On August 26, 1991 the society was incorporated and became known as the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International.
On March 9, 1992, the non-profit society received federal tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, and the society also became independent from the Minnesota Genealogical Society.
Founded in 1882 Czech and Slovak Sokol Minnesota is affiliated with American Sokol, which grew out of an international movement founded in 1862 by Dr. Miroslav Tyrs. We are a social, cultural, educational and gymnastic organization.
The historic Česko-Slovenský Podporující Spolek (C.S.P.S.) Hall at 383 Michigan Street in Saint Paul has been our home since its construction in 1887, and the focal point for our activities in Saint Paul. It was declared a National and State Historic Site in 1977, placed on the National Register of Historic Sites, and is the longest serving Czech-Slovak cultural center in the United States, as well as oldest theater and national hall in Minnesota.
Czech & Slovak Sokol Minnesota welcomes all who share an interest in history, culture, gymnastics and good fellowship. You need not be Czech or Slovak to be a member.
