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=== Accessibility === | === Accessibility === | ||
Jewish vital records are accessible for research by visiting the archives in person or by hiring a private researcher. Other types of Jewish records are very difficult to access, even by on-site research. | |||
Jewish vital records are | There are many records available for Bohemia and Moravia. To learn more on how to find these records, see [https://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech/czechguide.html JewishGen: Getting Started With Czech-Jewish Genealogy]. The main source of vital records, books of Jewish families in particular towns, and other records are available in the State Central Archives: | ||
State Central Archives in Prague | |||
''Records up to 1850'': | |||
:Statni ustredni archiv<br>Tr. Milady Horakove 133<br>CZ-1662 Praha 6<br>Czech Republic | |||
''Records since 1850'': | |||
:Narodni archiv v Praze<br>Archivni 4<br>149 01 Praha 4 - Chodovec<br>Czech Republic<br>Website: [http://www.nacr.cz/en/ www.nacr.cz] | |||
For addresses of regional Czech archives, see: [https://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech/towns/gundframe1.html JewishGen: The Gundacker List].<br><br> | |||
The Jewish Museum of Prague also holds many Jewish records: | |||
:Jewish Museum in Prague<br>Zidovske muzeum Praha<br>U Staré školy 141/1<br>Josefov<br>110 00 Praha 1<br>Czech Republic<br>Phone: +420 222 749 211<br>Email: [mailto:office@jewishmuseum.cz office@jewishmuseum.cz]<br>Website: [https://www.jewishmuseum.cz www.jewishmuseum.cz] | |||
For a detailed listing of the museum's holdings, see Jan Herman, "The Jewish Community Archives from Bohemia and Moravia," ''Judaica Bohemiae'' VII. | |||
<ref>"Czech and Slovak Republics: Jewish Family History Research Guide," Center Genealogy Institute (March 2006), www.cjh.org.</ref> | |||
=== Research use === | === Research use === | ||