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=== Accessing Slovak Vital Records === | === Accessing Slovak Vital Records === | ||
The Family History Library has many Slovak church records on microfilm | The Family History Library has many Slovak church records on microfilm. The collection includes all existing parish registers from when they begin until about 1895. Please note that the records are cataloged under the name of the parish town and not under the name of your ancestral village. To determine the proper church jurisdiction you need to check the [[Slovakia Gazetteers|gazetteer]] first. | ||
1. Go to [https://www.familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org]. <br>2. Click on "Catalog" tab. <br>3. Select "Place-names" under Search and enter, for example, Košice. It is not necessary to enter discritical marks. <br>4. From the choices that appear, select "Slovakia, Bánovce nad Bebravou, Dežerice" and click "Search". <br>5. Click on "Slovakia, Bánovce nad Bebravou, Dežerice - Church records". <br>6. Click on "Cirkevná matrika". Read the English summary of film content including language of the record. <br>7. Click on the "View Film Notes" to obtain number of microfilm that you wish to search. <br>8. Visit a local [https://www.familysearch.org/locations Family History Center] to order your microfilm. | |||
Visit a local [https://www.familysearch.org/locations Family History Center] to order your microfilm. | |||
Places in the former Ruthenian territory called Sub-Carpatian Russia have three listings, such as Munkács, Bereg, Hungary, also listed as Mukačevo, Podkarpatská Rus, Czechoslovakia, as well as Mukacheve, Zakarpats'ka, Ukraine. | Places in the former Ruthenian territory called Sub-Carpatian Russia have three listings, such as Munkács, Bereg, Hungary, also listed as Mukačevo, Podkarpatská Rus, Czechoslovakia, as well as Mukacheve, Zakarpats'ka, Ukraine. | ||
[[Category:Slovakia]] | [[Category:Slovakia]] | ||
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