Gubernias with large polish populations were loznan, suwalki, siedice, warsaw, kielce, lublin, radom and plock. Privately published by mary voultsos 754 pleasant st, worcester, ma 01602, 1991, 4 volumes. Land was divided into gubernias provinces, then into ujezds counties. About czech republic, land records, 14501889 this collection includes land records from the czech republic. Published in 1981, much of the historical information is now vastly outofdate, but it still provides an interesting look at czech and slovak culture particularly from the perspective of czech immigrants to the united states complier pat martin is credited as the coordinator of the czech village association of cedar rapids, iowa, so there. Czech republic, church books, 15521981 description mages and some indexes of baptismsbirths, marriages, and deaths that occurred in the roman catholic, evangelical lutheran, and reformed church parishes, as well as entries in those registers for jews. Familysearch czech republic, church books, 15521935 free images and some indexes of baptismsbirths, marriages, and deaths that occurred in the roman catholic, evangelical lutheran, and reformed church parishes. The church book image collection currently has more than 300,000 images of catholic and jewish records. Czech republic, southern bohemia, trebon archive church. Prostrednictvim teto knihy bychom vsem radi rekli, ze v cechach zila a zije spousta lidi, kteri svetu dali skvela a. The czech directions at the bottom of each image viewed say. Czech book of records gloves, international deaf day, prague czech. The catholic church historically was given the responsibility of recording all baptisms, marriages, and deaths.
Due to privacy laws, recent records may not be displayed. How to find records czechoslovak genealogical society. Northern moravia, czech republic, opava archive church. Only a few localities are included and the time period varies by locality. The idea came about in the early 1950s when sir hugh beaver 18901967, managing director of the guinness brewery, attended a. The only thing you need to do is not to just sit at home in front of your tv. About northern moravia, czech republic, opava archive church books, 15711905 this collection includes church book records from northern moravia. Vienna births, marriages, deaths index an index of more than 548,000 jewish birth, marriage, and death records from the city of vienna. Krav maga the most effective selfdefense system in the world.
Mapping tools for polish, czech and slovak genealogy. The records appear to be mostly from northern bohemia. The seven regional archives, which are the repositories for most pre1900 parish books, are the archives of primary importance to czech genealogical researchers. Buy the czech book of records to get some inspiration. A guide to the czech census records with an emphasis on genealogy. The ellis island web site is another fantastic resource for finding your ancestors passenger records. Visiting and communicating with genealogical resources archives in the czech lands is easier since the velvet revolution of 1989. Familysearch czech republic births and baptisms, 16371889 free. All records available in a searchable database in the member home section of this website. The book also includes timelines, sample records, resource lists, and sample record request letters to aid your research. The russian partition parts of what are now lithuania, belarus and central and eastern poland was the largest and most populous partition.
Parish census books were frequently used in the czech lands during the counterreformation in the 17th century. Seznam 1188 returns results from czech company directory, telephone book and internet. Czech genealogy american friends of the czech republic. Click on the print icon to generate a pdf reproduction. If you have czech ancestors they may be listed on the passenger arrival records as being from bohemia, moravia or silesia. Czech inventions, records, awards that you may not have known about. Greek immigrant passengers 18851910 by mary voultsos. Search the phone book, individual name, business name, or business type, and location.
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Northern moravia, czech republic, opava archive church books, 15711905 in czech. Nikolsburg graveyard register database return top page. I love the mystery of deciphering old documents and analyzing the information they contain to form an understanding of the past. The good news is the search for information and records documenting ancestors born in the czech lands of bohemia and moravia is no longer the daunting experience it has been in the past. In this book, youll find the best online resources for polish, czech, and slovak genealogy, plus a clear research path you can follow to find success. Later, protestant churches and jewish communities were allowed to. Czech republic online genealogy records this chart shows links to countrywide collections.
Vital records form the primary source for genealogical research in the czech republic. Some records are on preprinted forms, and most include indexes. My name is katherine elizabeth vasicek challis, but i go by kate. Czech book of records gloves, international deaf day. To find links to collections for lower jurisdictions such as a county, town, or parish, go to locating online databases. Publikace czech book of records byla pouzita jako oficialni darek pro delegaty xxii. Czech republic genealogy, vital records myheritage.
Czech book of records the czech book of records in english an ideal gift for your friends abroad, your guests, business partners, expatriates associations a book representing the czech republic in the best of lights, as a country of creative people, the birthplace and home of many contemporary and historical personalities, architectural gems, inventions, sportsmen, works of art and. Prague marriages index 4,914 records of jewish marriages in the city of prague, dating from 1784 to 1865. The centers free database contains records for over 22 million passengers arriving in. The czech records in swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing the czech republic. I am passionate about history, research, and languages. The records of the various parishes of the czech republic prior to 1900 are held in the various regional archives. Often, one parish consists of books written in all three. White pages, czech republic phone books, email search. I am particularly interested in czech records and research. All parishes in the czech republic are divided among these episcopates and here are maps of these archepiscopates divided to parishes.
The family tree polish, czech and slovak genealogy guide. Many polish speakers also lived in the western provinces of russia. Northern moravia regional archives at opava land records. Using online czech recordsintroduction sylvie pysnak, ag 1. Guide to czech republic online genealogy records for researching ancestry, family history and genealogy. Discover whats missing in your discography and shop for czech records 2 releases. To print multiple reproductions, write their numbers separated by spaces 1,3,4,5 or.
You can learn more about this collection at the familysearch website. Although the czech republic is quite small about half the size of iowa, a large and impressive network of archives is supported by the czech government. If your ancestor is not listed in leo bacas czech passenger lists, you will need to do a lot more leg work to track down your ancestors passenger records. The records themselves are in latin, german and czech, depending on when they were created. Czech church records are usually in one of three languages. In 1857, the austrohungarian empire completed the first comprehensive census of their crown lands. Czech republic, church books, 15521948 112,058 records czech republic, births and baptisms, 16371889 97,290 records czech republic, marriages, 16541889 26,0 records. The parish census books were not kept as diligently as the parish registers and the structure of the records vary in different parishes. Four of the archives are shown with the percent completion with putting vital birthmarriagedeath records on the internet as of october 2011 and a forecast of when the scanneddigitizing records will be completed. Images only over 200,000 catholic, jewish, lutheran. Guinness world records originally the guinness book of records the ultimate authority on recordbreaking achievements, started out as an idea for a book of facts to solve arguments in pubs. The czech republic and the flag of the czech republic. My name is sylvie pysnak, and our presentation is part of the series on using online czech records.
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