The Silver Lake Leader was the weekly newspaper of Silver Lake, Minnesota that was continuously published by the Merrill family from 1901 to 2011. In early 2010, the Merrills graciously agreed to let me try my hand at writing an experimental newspaper column to serve as a platform for
sharing local history and genealogical information on the immigrant families who settled the Silver Lake area some 150 years ago. The title of this column is "Pavučina Corner"; "pavučina" is the word for ‘spiderweb’ in the Czech language. It is my affectionate nickname for what the family tree diagram
would look like for the Silver Lake community, given all of the family links and connections that have developed over the years.
In December 2011, The Glencoe Enterprise Newspaper of Glencoe, Minnesota, took over the publishing of the "Pavučina Corner" column before the paper went out of business in May 2013. The final issue of The Glencoe Enterprise, Volume 113, Number 23, was published on May 29, 2013.
Please contact me via email at (651) 271-0422 or by mail at: 12787 200th Street, Hutchinson, MN 55350.
Here is the "Pavučina Corner" archive:
Pavucina 114 Remembering Erling Rognli (1929-2013)
Pavucina 113 Leaving For America II
Pavucina 112 The Komensky Store
Pavucina 111 Happy Easter! Vesele Velikonce!
Pavucina 110 Music a Big Part of the Heritage of Silver Lake, McLeod County, Minnesota
Pavucina 109 The Castle of Silver Lake
Pavucina 108 - District 12 "The Kasper School"
Pavucina 107 - Leaving For America
Pavucina 106 - The First Business Store in Silver Lake
Pavucina 105 - Czech Christmas and New Year Holiday Traditions
Pavucina 104 - Czech Peasantry: An Historical Overview, Part II
Pavucina 103 - Czech Peasantry: An Historical Overview, Part I
Pavucina 102 - THE KILLING OF CHIEF LITTLE CROW
Pavucina 101 - 112 THE GREAT SIOUX UPRISING OF 1862
Pavucina 100 Silver Lake History Roundtable Discussion 2012
Pavucina 99 Remembering Glencoe Citizen, Frank Kadlec
Pavucina 98 Castle Garden Immigrant Processing Center Part 2 of 2
Pavucina 97 Castle Garden Immigrant Processing Center Part 1 of 2
Pavucina 96 Growing Poppy Seeds
Pavucina 95 Reconnecting with Caledonia, Racine County, Wisconsin
Pavucina 94 "They Chose This Place" or did "This Place Chose Them"?
Pavucina 93 A Genealogist's View of Czech Family Names Part 4 of 4
Pavucina 92 A Genealogist's View of Czech Family Names Part 3 of 4
Pavucina 91 A Genealogist's View of Czech Family Names Part 2 of 4
Pavucina 90 A Genealogist's View of Czech Family Names Part 1 of 4
Pavucina 89 REDISCOVERING THE PATH BACK TO YOUR ANCESTRAL VILLAGE
Pavucina 88 WEAVING TOGETHER THE STORIES OF YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
Pavucina 87 Hello Readers of The Glencoe Enterprise
Pavucina 86 Berni Rula
Pavucina 85 Karel Pokorny 2 of 2
Pavucina 84 Karel Pokorny 1 of 2
Pavucina 83 When Minnehaha Falls Inspired Dvorak Part 4 of 4
Pavucina 82 When Minnehaha Falls Inspired Dvorak Part 3 of 4
Pavucina 81 When Minnehaha Falls Inspired Dvorak Part 2 of 4
Pavucina 80 When Minnehaha Falls Inspired Dvorak Part 1 of 4
Pavucina 79 The Czech National Defense System
Pavucina 78 First Annual Silver Lake History Roundtable Discussion a Great Success
Pavucina 77 First Annual Silver Lake History Roundtable Discussion Topics
Pavucina 76 My Memories of Growing Up in Silver Lake by Paul Pavlish
Pavucina 75 Silver Lake Cast of Characters, Act II
Pavucina 74 Silver Lake Memories From Ray Mrkvicka
Pavucina 73 Czech Archive Records – Part IV: Land Registers
Pavucina 72 The Story of Joe and Rose Kadlec
Pavucina 71 The Story of John Wessale (Jan Vesely)
Pavucina 70 Reverend Pokorny Autobiography: Part 4 of 4
Pavucina 69 Reverend Pokorny Autobiography: Part 3 of 4
Pavucina 68 Reverend Pokorny Autobiography: Part 2 of 4
Pavucina 67 Reverend Pokorny Autobiography: Part 1 of 4
Pavucina 66 Czech Society of the 19th Century: Social and Professional Structure 2 of 2
Pavucina 65 Czech Society of the 19th Century: Social and Professional Structure 1 of 2
Pavucina 64 Finding your Polish Ancestors 2 of 2
Pavucina 63 Finding your Polish Ancestors 1 of 2
Pavucina 62 The Search For Andera Grave Crosses
Pavucina 61 Silver Lake in the 1930's: Time Passages 4 of 4
Pavucina 60 Silver Lake in the 1930's: Time Passages 3 of 4
Pavucina 59 Silver Lake in the 1930's: Time Passages 2 of 4
Pavucina 58 Silver Lake in the 1930's: Time Passages 1 of 4
Pavucina 57: 2011 February 17 DEBUNKING THE BOHEMIAN/GYPSY CONNECTION
Pavucina 55-56: 2011 February 3 and 10 The Silver Lake Creamery Part 3 of 3
Pavucina 54: 2011 January 27 The Silver Lake Creamery Part 2 of 3
Pavucina 52-53: 2011 January 13-20 The Silver Lake Creamery Part 1 of 3
Pavucina 51: 2011 January 6 Czech Archive Records-Part III: Beyond Parish Vital Registers
Pavucina 50: 2010 December 30 Czech Christmas Customs and Superstitions
Pavucina 49: 2010 December 23 Czech Christmas (Vánoce)
Pavucina 48: 2010 December 16 COLD AND DASTARDLY MURDER PART 4 OF4
Pavucina 47: 2010 December 9 COLD AND DASTARDLY MURDER PART 3 OF 4
Pavucina 46: 2010 December 2 COLD AND DASTARDLY MURDER PART 2 OF 4
Pavucina 45: 2010 November 25 COLD AND DASTARDLY MURDER PART 1 OF 4
Pavucina 44: 2010 November 18 Miscellaneous, Third Cousin to Miss North Dakota
Pavucina 43: 2010 November 11 Silver Lake Family Spotlight: The Moravec and Kriz Families
Pavucina 42: 2010 October 28/November 4 1860 MCLEOD COUNTY CENSUS OF HALE AND RICH VALLEY TOWNSHIPS
Pavucina 41: 2010 October 21 ST. JOSEPH SETTLEMENT AND MONSIGNOR FRANTISEK TICHÝ Part 2 of 2
Pavucina 40: 2010 October 14 ST. JOSEPH SETTLEMENT AND MONSIGNOR FRANTISEK TICHÝ Part 1 of 2
Pavucina 39: 2010 October 7 Pulkrabek Crossing the Iron Curtain in 1985 Part 2 of 2
Pavucina 38: 2010 September 30 Pulkrabek Crossing the Iron Curtain in 1985 Part 1 of 2
Pavucina 37: 2010 September 23 A Brief History of Czechoslovakia
Pavucina 36: 2010 September 16 The Komensky School House
Pavucina 35: 2010 September 9 JAN AMOS KOMENSKY-THE FATHER OF MODERN EDUCATION-PART 2 OF 2
Pavucina 34: 2010 September 2 JAN AMOS KOMENSKY-THE FATHER OF MODERN EDUCATION-PART 1 OF 2
Pavucina 33: 2010 August 26 CZECH NAME DAYS
Pavucina 32: 2010 August 19 NENÍ SNADNÉ BÝT ZELENÝM (IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN)
Pavucina 31: 2010 August 12 Czech Archive Records-Part II: Land Books
Pavucina 30: 2010 August 5 Czech Archive Records-Part I: Parish Registers
Pavucina 29: 2010 July 29: Bohemian National Cemetery of Silver Lake
Pavucina 28: 2010 July 22: The Freethinkers Movement
Pavucina 27: 2010 July 15: The Czech and Polish Polka
Pavucina 26: 2010 July 8: The Thirty Years War Part 4 of 4
Pavucina 25: 2010 July 1: The Thirty Years War Part 3 of 4
Pavucina 24: 2010 June 24: The Thirty Years War Part 2 of 4
Pavucina 23: 2010 June 17: The Thirty Years War Part 1 of 4
Pavucina 22: 2010 June 10: The Czech Archives
Pavucina 21: 2010 June 3: Silver Lake Family Spotlight: Josef Barton Family
Pavucina 20: 2010 May 27: Silver Lake Family Spotlight: Joe Gehlen Family
Pavucina 19: 2010 May 20: Czechs of Hopkins, MN CGSI Quarterly Meeting May 22, 2010
Pavucina 18: 2010 May 13: Silver Lake Family Spotlight: Frank and Ernest Dudek
Pavucina 17: 2010_May 6: Louis Meyer: Who Do You Think You Are?
Pavucina 16: 2010_April 29: Silver Lake Family Spotlight: Josef Jancik Story – PART 2 of 2
Pavucina 15: 2010_April 22: Silver Lake Family Spotlight: Josef Jancik Story – PART 1 of 2
Pavucina 14: 2010_April 15: THE TRANSITION OF A NEW-WORLD BOHEMIA – PART 5 of 5
Pavucina 13: 2010_April 8: THE TRANSITION OF A NEW-WORLD BOHEMIA – PART 4 of 5
Pavucina 12: 2010_April 1: THE TRANSITION OF A NEW-WORLD BOHEMIA – PART 3 of 5
Pavucina 11: 2010_March_25: THE TRANSITION OF A NEW-WORLD BOHEMIA – PART 2 of 5
Pavucina 10: 2010_March_18: THE TRANSITION OF A NEW-WORLD BOHEMIA – PART 1 of 5
Pavucina 9: 2010_March_11: The Great Moravian Empire
Pavucina 8: 2010_March_4: Bez práce nejsou koláče (Without work, there are no koláče)
Pavucina 7: 2010_February_25: Where in the World is Koniska, Minnesota?
Pavucina 6: 2010_February_18: Finding Your Ancestral Village-Part 2
Pavucina 5: 2010_February_11: Czech Surnames-Part 2
Pavucina 4: 2010_February_4: Czech Surnames-Part 1
Pavucina 3: 2010_January_28: Finding Your Ancestral Village-Part 1
Pavucina 2: 2010_January_21: Introduction to Czech Genealogical Research
Pavucina 1: 2010_January_14: Introducing Pavucina Corner
sharing local history and genealogical information on the immigrant families who settled the Silver Lake area some 150 years ago. The title of this column is "Pavučina Corner"; "pavučina" is the word for ‘spiderweb’ in the Czech language. It is my affectionate nickname for what the family tree diagram
would look like for the Silver Lake community, given all of the family links and connections that have developed over the years.
In December 2011, The Glencoe Enterprise Newspaper of Glencoe, Minnesota, took over the publishing of the "Pavučina Corner" column before the paper went out of business in May 2013. The final issue of The Glencoe Enterprise, Volume 113, Number 23, was published on May 29, 2013.
Please contact me via email at (651) 271-0422 or by mail at: 12787 200th Street, Hutchinson, MN 55350.
Here is the "Pavučina Corner" archive:
Pavucina 114 Remembering Erling Rognli (1929-2013)
Pavucina 113 Leaving For America II
Pavucina 112 The Komensky Store
Pavucina 111 Happy Easter! Vesele Velikonce!
Pavucina 110 Music a Big Part of the Heritage of Silver Lake, McLeod County, Minnesota
Pavucina 109 The Castle of Silver Lake
Pavucina 108 - District 12 "The Kasper School"
Pavucina 107 - Leaving For America
Pavucina 106 - The First Business Store in Silver Lake
Pavucina 105 - Czech Christmas and New Year Holiday Traditions
Pavucina 104 - Czech Peasantry: An Historical Overview, Part II
Pavucina 103 - Czech Peasantry: An Historical Overview, Part I
Pavucina 102 - THE KILLING OF CHIEF LITTLE CROW
Pavucina 101 - 112 THE GREAT SIOUX UPRISING OF 1862
Pavucina 100 Silver Lake History Roundtable Discussion 2012
Pavucina 99 Remembering Glencoe Citizen, Frank Kadlec
Pavucina 98 Castle Garden Immigrant Processing Center Part 2 of 2
Pavucina 97 Castle Garden Immigrant Processing Center Part 1 of 2
Pavucina 96 Growing Poppy Seeds
Pavucina 95 Reconnecting with Caledonia, Racine County, Wisconsin
Pavucina 94 "They Chose This Place" or did "This Place Chose Them"?
Pavucina 93 A Genealogist's View of Czech Family Names Part 4 of 4
Pavucina 92 A Genealogist's View of Czech Family Names Part 3 of 4
Pavucina 91 A Genealogist's View of Czech Family Names Part 2 of 4
Pavucina 90 A Genealogist's View of Czech Family Names Part 1 of 4
Pavucina 89 REDISCOVERING THE PATH BACK TO YOUR ANCESTRAL VILLAGE
Pavucina 88 WEAVING TOGETHER THE STORIES OF YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
Pavucina 87 Hello Readers of The Glencoe Enterprise
Pavucina 86 Berni Rula
Pavucina 85 Karel Pokorny 2 of 2
Pavucina 84 Karel Pokorny 1 of 2
Pavucina 83 When Minnehaha Falls Inspired Dvorak Part 4 of 4
Pavucina 82 When Minnehaha Falls Inspired Dvorak Part 3 of 4
Pavucina 81 When Minnehaha Falls Inspired Dvorak Part 2 of 4
Pavucina 80 When Minnehaha Falls Inspired Dvorak Part 1 of 4
Pavucina 79 The Czech National Defense System
Pavucina 78 First Annual Silver Lake History Roundtable Discussion a Great Success
Pavucina 77 First Annual Silver Lake History Roundtable Discussion Topics
Pavucina 76 My Memories of Growing Up in Silver Lake by Paul Pavlish
Pavucina 75 Silver Lake Cast of Characters, Act II
Pavucina 74 Silver Lake Memories From Ray Mrkvicka
Pavucina 73 Czech Archive Records – Part IV: Land Registers
Pavucina 72 The Story of Joe and Rose Kadlec
Pavucina 71 The Story of John Wessale (Jan Vesely)
Pavucina 70 Reverend Pokorny Autobiography: Part 4 of 4
Pavucina 69 Reverend Pokorny Autobiography: Part 3 of 4
Pavucina 68 Reverend Pokorny Autobiography: Part 2 of 4
Pavucina 67 Reverend Pokorny Autobiography: Part 1 of 4
Pavucina 66 Czech Society of the 19th Century: Social and Professional Structure 2 of 2
Pavucina 65 Czech Society of the 19th Century: Social and Professional Structure 1 of 2
Pavucina 64 Finding your Polish Ancestors 2 of 2
Pavucina 63 Finding your Polish Ancestors 1 of 2
Pavucina 62 The Search For Andera Grave Crosses
Pavucina 61 Silver Lake in the 1930's: Time Passages 4 of 4
Pavucina 60 Silver Lake in the 1930's: Time Passages 3 of 4
Pavucina 59 Silver Lake in the 1930's: Time Passages 2 of 4
Pavucina 58 Silver Lake in the 1930's: Time Passages 1 of 4
Pavucina 57: 2011 February 17 DEBUNKING THE BOHEMIAN/GYPSY CONNECTION
Pavucina 55-56: 2011 February 3 and 10 The Silver Lake Creamery Part 3 of 3
Pavucina 54: 2011 January 27 The Silver Lake Creamery Part 2 of 3
Pavucina 52-53: 2011 January 13-20 The Silver Lake Creamery Part 1 of 3
Pavucina 51: 2011 January 6 Czech Archive Records-Part III: Beyond Parish Vital Registers
Pavucina 50: 2010 December 30 Czech Christmas Customs and Superstitions
Pavucina 49: 2010 December 23 Czech Christmas (Vánoce)
Pavucina 48: 2010 December 16 COLD AND DASTARDLY MURDER PART 4 OF4
Pavucina 47: 2010 December 9 COLD AND DASTARDLY MURDER PART 3 OF 4
Pavucina 46: 2010 December 2 COLD AND DASTARDLY MURDER PART 2 OF 4
Pavucina 45: 2010 November 25 COLD AND DASTARDLY MURDER PART 1 OF 4
Pavucina 44: 2010 November 18 Miscellaneous, Third Cousin to Miss North Dakota
Pavucina 43: 2010 November 11 Silver Lake Family Spotlight: The Moravec and Kriz Families
Pavucina 42: 2010 October 28/November 4 1860 MCLEOD COUNTY CENSUS OF HALE AND RICH VALLEY TOWNSHIPS
Pavucina 41: 2010 October 21 ST. JOSEPH SETTLEMENT AND MONSIGNOR FRANTISEK TICHÝ Part 2 of 2
Pavucina 40: 2010 October 14 ST. JOSEPH SETTLEMENT AND MONSIGNOR FRANTISEK TICHÝ Part 1 of 2
Pavucina 39: 2010 October 7 Pulkrabek Crossing the Iron Curtain in 1985 Part 2 of 2
Pavucina 38: 2010 September 30 Pulkrabek Crossing the Iron Curtain in 1985 Part 1 of 2
Pavucina 37: 2010 September 23 A Brief History of Czechoslovakia
Pavucina 36: 2010 September 16 The Komensky School House
Pavucina 35: 2010 September 9 JAN AMOS KOMENSKY-THE FATHER OF MODERN EDUCATION-PART 2 OF 2
Pavucina 34: 2010 September 2 JAN AMOS KOMENSKY-THE FATHER OF MODERN EDUCATION-PART 1 OF 2
Pavucina 33: 2010 August 26 CZECH NAME DAYS
Pavucina 32: 2010 August 19 NENÍ SNADNÉ BÝT ZELENÝM (IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN)
Pavucina 31: 2010 August 12 Czech Archive Records-Part II: Land Books
Pavucina 30: 2010 August 5 Czech Archive Records-Part I: Parish Registers
Pavucina 29: 2010 July 29: Bohemian National Cemetery of Silver Lake
Pavucina 28: 2010 July 22: The Freethinkers Movement
Pavucina 27: 2010 July 15: The Czech and Polish Polka
Pavucina 26: 2010 July 8: The Thirty Years War Part 4 of 4
Pavucina 25: 2010 July 1: The Thirty Years War Part 3 of 4
Pavucina 24: 2010 June 24: The Thirty Years War Part 2 of 4
Pavucina 23: 2010 June 17: The Thirty Years War Part 1 of 4
Pavucina 22: 2010 June 10: The Czech Archives
Pavucina 21: 2010 June 3: Silver Lake Family Spotlight: Josef Barton Family
Pavucina 20: 2010 May 27: Silver Lake Family Spotlight: Joe Gehlen Family
Pavucina 19: 2010 May 20: Czechs of Hopkins, MN CGSI Quarterly Meeting May 22, 2010
Pavucina 18: 2010 May 13: Silver Lake Family Spotlight: Frank and Ernest Dudek
Pavucina 17: 2010_May 6: Louis Meyer: Who Do You Think You Are?
Pavucina 16: 2010_April 29: Silver Lake Family Spotlight: Josef Jancik Story – PART 2 of 2
Pavucina 15: 2010_April 22: Silver Lake Family Spotlight: Josef Jancik Story – PART 1 of 2
Pavucina 14: 2010_April 15: THE TRANSITION OF A NEW-WORLD BOHEMIA – PART 5 of 5
Pavucina 13: 2010_April 8: THE TRANSITION OF A NEW-WORLD BOHEMIA – PART 4 of 5
Pavucina 12: 2010_April 1: THE TRANSITION OF A NEW-WORLD BOHEMIA – PART 3 of 5
Pavucina 11: 2010_March_25: THE TRANSITION OF A NEW-WORLD BOHEMIA – PART 2 of 5
Pavucina 10: 2010_March_18: THE TRANSITION OF A NEW-WORLD BOHEMIA – PART 1 of 5
Pavucina 9: 2010_March_11: The Great Moravian Empire
Pavucina 8: 2010_March_4: Bez práce nejsou koláče (Without work, there are no koláče)
Pavucina 7: 2010_February_25: Where in the World is Koniska, Minnesota?
Pavucina 6: 2010_February_18: Finding Your Ancestral Village-Part 2
Pavucina 5: 2010_February_11: Czech Surnames-Part 2
Pavucina 4: 2010_February_4: Czech Surnames-Part 1
Pavucina 3: 2010_January_28: Finding Your Ancestral Village-Part 1
Pavucina 2: 2010_January_21: Introduction to Czech Genealogical Research
Pavucina 1: 2010_January_14: Introducing Pavucina Corner