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=== [[Czech Republic Jewish Registers]]  ===
=== [[Czech Republic Jewish Registers]]  ===


*Records of the former Jewish communities of the entire Czech Republic are located at [https://vademecum.nacr.cz/vademecum/ the National Archives in Prague]. Some of these records are already on line. To learn more, click [[Czech Republic Jewish Registers|here]]. For a tutorial on how to navigate the website, watch [https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/lessons/finding-jewish-records-at-the-czech-national-archives this video].  
*Records of the former Jewish communities of the entire Czech Republic are located at [https://vademecum.nacr.cz/vademecum/ the National Archives in Prague]. Some of these records are already online. To learn more, click [[Czech Republic Jewish Registers|here]]. For a tutorial on how to navigate the website, watch [https://www.familysearch.org/en/help/helpcenter/lessons/finding-jewish-records-at-the-czech-national-archives this video].
 
 
'''Digitized books online''':
 
*'''Matriky židovských náboženských obci''' (fond 167) = birth, marriage, and death registries of Jewish religious communities
*'''Židovská komise Praha''' (fond 190) = Jewish Commission of Prague
**includes handwritten index to marriage permissions
**original permission books are held at the National Archives but are not yet digitized
*'''Židovské kontrolní matriky''' (fond 144) = Jewish registers kept by Roman Catholic parishes in Bohemia (those from Moravia have not survived)
*'''Knihy židovských familitanů''' (fond 29) = Jewish familiant books
 
 
'''Not yet digitized''':
 
*'''Soupisy židů Praha''' (fond 191) = census lists of Jews in Prague in 1724, 1783, 1793, 1799, and 1811.
*'''Rada židovských náboženských obci''' (fond 161) = Council of Jewish religious communities
*'''Registratura zemského židovstva''' (fond 164) = Registry of Provincial Jews
*'''Ředitelstvi židovských berní''' (fond 143) = Jewish Tax Directorate
 
 
'''Step-by-step Instructions''':
 
*Go to vademecum.nacr.cz
**Change the language to English at the top corner.
**Select the red button labeled Pomůcky v elektronické podobě.
**Under the tab labeled výběr on the right, toggle specific selection of archival fonds to green.
**Start typing the name of the fond you want in Name of Fond or put the fond number in the field labeled NAD sheet No.
**Select the fond you want from the dropdown menu and click the magnifying glass at the bottom to search.
**Click on the name of the fond on the left-hand side. (If it displays 0 results then there are no digitized books available yet).
**Click on Listování v pomůcce to view the towns included in that collection.
***If you do not see the attachment symbol by the book titles, click the list icon (hovering over this icon shows a label of zobrazit seznam)
***This should open up all the books available with digital images.
**Select the book you need. If you click on the title of the book, it will take you to a page with the image of the first page and details like the villages that are included. Click on the image to open the book.
**Alternatively, you can click on the attachment symbol (paper clip) to go straight to the book.


=== The JewishGen Austria-Czech Database  ===
=== The JewishGen Austria-Czech Database  ===
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