Thanks for responding to my inquiry, which I posted 11 years ago! I have made considerable progress since then. I know from baptismal records where they family came from in Bohemia, and I hired a local researcher to look at local records to trace the family back to the 1700s. I don't have a Vencil Smola in my tree, but that doesn't mean there isn't some connection with my family. There were several branches of Smola's that settled in the area, and they all seem to have been related. I have only focussed on my branch for now. But thanks for the clues. I will dig a little deeper and see if I can find something.
Shaun