How to find birth records, marriage records and death records, Czechia


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Option A: If your ancestor immigrated to the United States, try Finding Town of Origin to learn how to locate a hometown in Czechia.



Option B: If your ancestor did not emigrate, try searching indexed collections that identify residence.

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Birth - Where can I find birth records?

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• 1500s-1900s: Czechia Birth Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Czech Republic Births and Baptisms, 1637-1889
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981
Czech Republic, Southern Bohemia, Třeboň Archive Church Books, 1650-1900
Czech Republic, Northern Moravia, Opava Archive Church Books, 1571-1905



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Marriage - Where can I find marriage records?

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• 1510s-2000s: Czechia Marriage Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Czech Republic Marriages, 1654-1889
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981
Czech Republic, Southern Bohemia, Třeboň Archive Church Books, 1650-1900
Czech Republic, Northern Moravia, Opava Archive Church Books, 1571-1905



What else you can try:

Additional online resources

Substitute records

Improve searching

Finding town of origin

Research help

Why the record may not exist




Death - Where can I find death records?

Start here:

• 1510s-1990s: Czechia Death Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981
Czech Republic, Southern Bohemia, Třeboň Archive Church Books, 1650-1900
Czech Republic, Northern Moravia, Opava Archive Church Books, 1571-1905



What else you can try:

Additional online resources

Substitute records

Improve searching

Finding town of origin

Research help

Why the record may not exist


















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