Using correct alphabetical characters and finding a vital record

CJarvi

• 1. How do I type names into FamilySearch.org with the proper accents and marks above the letters?

I am trying to help a gentleman born in 1936 in Czechoslovakia. He has a pedigree chart written by his father (Vaclav Frantisek Zika  KWBM-CDN) born 28 April 1906 in Plzen, Czechoslovakia. Names, places and dates on the chart are entered into FamilySearch.org but with English letters instead of those from Czechoslovakia. There are several merges needed.

2. Vaclav F. Zika (KWBM-CDN) had a son by a woman he was not married to. This son was born about 1949 in an area of Prague (Praha) which could have been Pelstirolka(?). He lived in the area in which Reinhard Heydrich was assassinated.  Then this son died of a car accident when he was 15-16 (about 1964-1965), also in Czechoslovakia.  Is there any way to find out more information about this son?

Betseylee Browning

Question 1: This article will help you with some diacritics: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-get-%C3%A4-%C3%B6-%C3%BC-and-%C3%9F-when/9c5f6b91-bffa-4c3c-bd9f-cdeb974e4d4b

I understand that you want to type special characters like ä, ö, ü and ß on Windows 11 without switching to the German keyboard, and there are several ways you can do it. Here are some of the methods:

Method 1

Alt key code: hold down the Alt key while typing the corresponding code on the numeric keypad (make sure the Num Lock key is enabled). Here are the corresponding codes:

ä: Alt + 0228

ö: Alt + 0246

ü: Alt + 0252

ß: Alt + 0223

Windows includes a character mapping table utility that allows you to find and select special characters that you can then copy and paste into your document. You can open the Character Mapping Table by searching for it in the Start Menu.

Method 2

There are various third-party applications available that can make entering special characters easier, and due to forum limitations I can't give you specific three-party software.

Method 3

If you decide to download the German keyboard layout, the ß symbol is usually located to the right of the 0 key on a German QWERTZ keyboard.

To add a German keyboard layout, go to Settings > Time & Language > Languages & Regions, click on the language you are using (English or Hebrew), and then click on Options. From there, you can add a keyboard and select the German layout from the list.

Question 2: The problem with finding more into is the right to privacy. Here is a Wikipedia link to the Prague City Archives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_City_Archives and another good article: http://czechgenealogy.nase-koreny.cz/2011/10/theme-for-every-week-heart-of-europe.html#more

From Genteam.at gazetteer.

Praha	Prag					Kostel Nejsv. Trojice v Podskali Kostel Nejsv. Trojice ve Spal Ulici Kostel P Marie pod Retezem Kostel P. Marie na Karlove Kostel P. Marie na Louzi Kostel P. Marie pred Tynem Kostel P. Marie Snezne Kostel P. Marie Vitezne Kostel sv. Apolinare Kostel sv. Ducha Kostel sv. Frantiska Kostel sv. Havla Kostel sv. Ignace Kostel sv. Jakuba Kostel sv. Jilji Kostel sv. Jindricha Kostel Sv. Jiri Kostel sv. Kastala Kostel sv. Kateriny Kostel sv. Krize Vetsiho Kostel sv. Martina Kostel sv. Mikulase Kostel sv. Petra a Pavla Kostel sv. Petra a Pavla v Rybarich Kostel sv. Petra na Porici Kostel sv. Stepana Kostel sv. Tomase Kostel sv. Valentina Kostel sv. Vita Kostel sv. Vojtecha Nemocnice Alzbetinek Nemocnice Milosrdnych Bratri Strahovdsky Klaster Trestnice Vlassky Spital Vseobecna Nemocnice Zderazsky Klaster

I hope this helps.

Betseylee Browning

Josef Klamo

1. You can try to add Czech keyboard layout, where most of the letters with diacritics (ěščřžýáíé) are in the upper row (instead of numbers).
2. It is Pelc-Tyrolka, part of the neighborhood Libeň. The birth record from 1949 will be in the register of births at the local municipal office, but unfortunately it will not be accessible due to the protection of personal data (in the case of a birth 100 years after the date of the record), unless you are a direct descendant. For death records, the thershold is 30 years from the date of registration, but it will be difficult to determine the correct parish office (usually recorded at the place of death, not the place of residence).