Czechia Group Resource Links
Archives:
- 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:
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:
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/
Heritage:
Historical Societies:
Immigration and Emigration:
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
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:
Where surnames appear in Czechia today:
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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