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Archives:

  • ROOTSTECH VIDEO ON HOW TO FIND CZECH RECORDS
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzxGf_uYxJc&t=1s
  • Finding the Correct Czech Archive to Search for Your Ancestor: I've Found the Town, Now What?
  • Handout: https://familysearch.brightspotcdn.com/ec/88/99918fa74ef8867884427a2d62c5/handout-finding-the-correct-czech-archive-2.pdf
  • Brno Moravian Provincial Archives:
  • https://www.mza.cz/actapublica/matrika/hledani
  • Brno Moravian Provincial Archives Helps: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Brno_Moravian_Provincial_Archives,_Czechia
  • Czechia National Archives: https://www.nacr.cz/en/
  • Litoměřice Regional Archives: http://vademecum.soalitomerice.cz/vademecum/searchlink?fcDb=10041&modeView=LIST
  • https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263
  • Litoměřice Regional Archives Helps: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Litom%C4%9B%C5%99ice_Regional_Archives,_Czechia
  • Opava Provincial Archives:
  • https://digi.archives.cz/da/searchlink?fcAr=217000010-0&fcAr=217000010-1&fcDb=10041
  • https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263
  • Opava Provincial Archives helps: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Opava_Provincial_Archives,_Czechia
  • •Archive of the City of Ostrava- •Home books and registries of registered
  • https://badatelna.ostrava.cz/vademecum/searchlink?myQuery=0c17b55e4fe8c83fb52eb14c6aebf580&modeView=LIST
  • Census Archive of the City of Ostrava
  • https://badatelna.ostrava.cz/vademecum/searchlink?myQuery=ce096652bc1f514307fee3bd62d09ae3&modeView=LIST
  • Plzeň State Regional Archives:
  • https://www.portafontium.eu/contents/register
  • Plzeň State Regional Archives helps:
  • https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Plze%C5%88_Regional_Archives,_Czechia
  • Prague (Praha) City Archives: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Prague_(Praha)_City_Archives,_Czechiahttps://www.
  • Prague City Archives helps: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Prague_(Praha)_City_Archives,_Czechia
  • Prague State Archives:
  • https://ebadatelna.soapraha.cz/pages/IndexPage?0
  • Prague State Archives helps: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Prague_(Praha)_Regional_Archives,_Czechia
  • Třeboň State Regional Archives :
  • https://digi.ceskearchivy.cz/Introduction
  • https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263
  • Třeboň State Regional Archives helps: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/T%C5%99ebo%C5%88_Regional_Archives,_Czechia
  • Zámrsk State Regional Archive:
  • https://vychodoceskearchivy.cz/- soon to be online
  • https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263
  • Zámrsk State Regional Archive helps: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Z%C3%A1mrsk_Regional_Archives,_Czechia

Blogs:

  • "Czech Genealogy for Beginners" http://czechgenealogy.nase-koreny.cz/

Czechia FamilySearch Wiki:

  • Czechia Genealogy: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Czechia_Genealogy
  • Determining a place of origin in Czechia: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Czechia_Determining_a_Place_of_Origin
  • Finding the town of origin in US immigration records. https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/U._S._Immigration_Records:_Finding_the_Town_of_Origin

Czechia Record Finder:

  • https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Czechia_Record_Finder

Czechia and German Given names :

  • https://sites.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/names.html Equivalent Czechsolvakian, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak, Russian & Yiddish Foreign Given Names
  • https://script.byu.edu/Plugins/FileManager/Files/Documents/List_of_Names_-_German.pdf

Czechia Surnames:

  • https://zlimpkk.tripod.com/Genealogy/czechsurnames.html
  • https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/browse-origin/surname/czech?page=1- list of Czechia surnames
  • https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/surname/origin/czech#toc-common-last-names-in-the-czech-republic- Common surnames and meanings

Census:

  • Moravian Census (1857-1921) https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1930345

Gazetteers:

  • https://genteam.at/
  • Instructions for Genteam: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/img_auth.php/1/13/1-Genteam_Gazetteer-Instruction.pdf
  • https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Czechia_Parish_Finder

Genealogical symbols and signs:

  • (Translated by Translate.google.com) https://wiki--de-genealogy-net.translate.goog/Genealogische_Symbole_und_Zeichen?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US

German illnesses and cause of death:

  • https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/img_auth.php/2/28/Illnesses_Vocabulary-Kurrent-german.pdf
  • http://czechgenealogy.nase-koreny.cz/2014/08/death-causes-dictionary.html#more

German Occupations:

  • https://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/GermanOccs.htm
  • http://www.oxfordjctgenealogy.com/main/?page_id=1281
  • http://www.european-roots.com/german_prof.htm
  • https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/img_auth.php/0/0b/German_Occupations_Vocabulary.pdf
  • German occupations: (Click on the link to spreadsheet) https://bohemiangenealogist.blogspot.com/2020/10/occupations.html
  • http://sites.rootsweb.com/~romban/misc/germanjobs.html

German Script:

  • Webinar: https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/lessons/germany-research-with-the-wiki-part-9-of-14-reading-original-german-records
  • Webinar (three parts) : https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-1
  • Webinar: https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-paleography-seminar-introduction
  • Article: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Germany_Handwriting
  • BYU Script Tutorial: https://script.byu.edu/Pages/the-german-documents-pages/the-german-documents(english)
  • Handout: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/img_auth.php/3/3a/Kurrent_Letters.pdf
  • Handout: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/img_auth.php/8/89/Kurrent_Font_Help_Wiki.pdf
  • Kurrent Script converter and alphabet: http://www.kurrentschrift.net/index.php?s=schreiben: (enter German genealogical word, click on "convert", view your word in Kurrentschrift (Gothic handwriting)
  • Czechia Handwriting: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Czechia_Handwriting
  • https://www.omniglot.com/writing/czech.htm
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_language
  • https://www.archion.de/en/family-research/deutsche-schrift/
  • There are 695 results in FamilySearch Help Center that match German handwriting. https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/search?q=German+handwriting-

Heritage:

  • recipes: https://www.toprecepty.cz/vyhledavani.php?hledam=vdolky&fbclid=IwAR20eHJZtYcbHtJiuBfVjkK1a-vESv7w05a4hyfcBPprboU-i0GQfSUdf18

Historical Societies:

  • The Moravian Heritage Society

House Numbers:

  • http://czechgenealogy.nase-koreny.cz/2014/11/house-numbers.html#more

Immigration and Emigration:

  • https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Czechia_Emigration_and_Immigration

Latin Helps:

  • http://www.krumhermersdorf.de/literatur/latein.htm#Auswahl
  • http://www.latein.at/elatein-neu/index.php (Use Translate.google.com to translate)
  • https://www.albertmartin.de/latein/ (Use Translate.google.com to translate)
  • https://www.albertmartin.de/latein/?q=bapti&con=0 (Latin Wordlist)

List of cities, towns, and municipalities in the Czech Republic

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_the_Czech_Republic
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_the_Czech_Republic

Lists- categorized and cross-referenced list

  • https://www.cyndislist.com/czech/

Maps:

  • Maps for Czechia: https://en.mapy.cz/ (Current map, 19th-century map, and info on places.
  • Maps in Europe: https://maps.arcanum.com/en/

Newspapers:

  • https://kramerius.nm.cz/?fbclid=IwAR1DAlSB0yTwLcLFgoKSTASIUnQ8YMMyrsuDVOOeV1Sa-zs4tQFoY13M5JM- Czech National Library Czech language newspapers in America

Reading aids:

  • https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Czechia_Reading_Aids

Where surnames appear in Czechia today:

  • https://www.kdejsme.cz/?fbclid=IwAR22gjeUjcKnFBCcJjJQBN3BkBzGBFLHfEeniXjD3zm2GewEzZe9FOqHx6Y

Wikipedia:

  • en.wikipedia. https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech in Czech
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page in English

Word Lists:

  • Czechia: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Czech_Genealogical_Word_List
  • Czechia (downloadable pdf) https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/img_auth.php/6/6f/WLCzech.pdf
  • Germany https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/German_Genealogical_Word_List
  • Latin: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Latin_Genealogical_Word_List

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