This book is the history of the Smolcnop and Koutsky families' emigration to America from the Czech Republic. It includes genealogy research in the direct lineage of the authors for both families going all the way back to the early 1700s in the Czech Republic. It focuses on the families who came to America in the late 1880s searching for a better life. First-hand stories about their children and descendants are also included in this book which is dedicated to Kathleen Johnson Dandoy, who started us on this journey in the late 1970s.