Czechia

Learn the essentials for researching families from Czechia.
Step 1: Identify your ancestral town in a gazetteer to identify the relevant parish and determine the archive in which the records are held.
Step 2: Learn to use the relevant archive website to access records.
Step 3: Learn to read the records

Research Foundations

Map Pile
Step 1: Maps and Gazetteers
  1. Making Sense of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
  2. Czechia Online Gazetteer (GenTeam)
  3. Czechia Guided Research (FamilySearch Wiki)
  4. Czechia Online Maps
Archives
Step 2: Archives
Using Online Czech Records
  1. Plzeň Regional Archives
  2. Litoměřice Regional Archives
  3. Prague Regional Archives
  4. Prague City Archives
  5. Zámrsk Regional Archives
  6. Brno Moravian Provincial Archives
  7. Opava Regional Archives
  8. Finding Jewish Records at the Czech National Archives
Records on Shelf
Step 3: Deciphering Records
Catholic parish registers in Czech:
  1. Baptisms
  2. Marriages
  3. Deaths
Civil Registration
Census Records

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  1. Introduction
  2. The Alphabet
  3. Paleography Websites
  4. Key Words
  5. Key Abbreviations
  6. Process of Deciphering Records
  7. Practice Reading A German Church Record
  8. Practice Reading A German Civil Record
  9. Spelling Variations, Names, and Places
Handwriting
Latin
Magnifying Glass
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