Large groups of Czech immigrants came to this country in the late 1850s through the 1880s. Wenzel and Mary Rybacek Kashik and their three children arrived in New York on September 10, 1857. Wenzel Herold followed his older brother Joseph, who had emigrated in 1871. Wenzel married Josephine Kashik on February 3, 1886. Joseph and Veronica Kropacek Novak along with their four children arrived on the ship, Atlantic, in New York on September 26, 1866. John and Catherine Nuhlicek Hlinak and their six children arrived in New York on June 13, 1874.The families settled alongside Czech immigrants in Kewaunee and Manitowoc counties in Wisconsin and gave the new communities names from the old country, such as Melnik, Pilsen, and Slovan.This book is the third book in a series about the genealogy of the Francis and Caroline Wit Hlinak family. The first book covered the Wit, Duchon, and Johanek families on Caroline’s side of the family. The second book was about the genealogy of the Kashiks, Herolds, and Novaks on Francis’ side of the family. The third book is about the Hlinaks.