Well, finally! After 260 pages of Book 15, with only ten left, I found what I was after - Matej Novotny's date of death. He died on April 29, 1880 at the age of 62 years, 3 months, and 8 days, to be precise. At least that is what the record says. When I do the math, it looks like he would have died the 26 of April, but maybe they accounted for a few Leap Years or something. It also shows that he was married to a Katerina Petran of Hurka, so he must have remarried after Marie died. Let's see if we can't find that marriage record real quick!
Hmm...can't seem to locate a marriage between Matej and Katerina in the Drazice records. I'll have to ask Dad what he thinks.
But I think I'm about done with research - we leave in a little over a week. It might be time to start memorizing some important Czech phrases, such as "Where is the nearest kolache bakery, prosim?"
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