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Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page
The Czech Republic Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for the Czech Republic. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Czech Republic Research Strategies[edit | edit source]

Below are articles giving strategies for various methods of research:

Guided Research
Beginning Czech Republic Research
"How to" Guides
How to Find Birth Information
How to Find Marriage Information
How to Find Death Information
What Are You Looking For?
Tips for beginners
If You Are Czech Citizen...
American Friends of the Czech Republic website gives a brief how to and where to find your Czech Ancestors with links to sites.

Finding Town of Origin[edit | edit source]

Records are created and organized on the local level. If you do not know the name of the village or parish your ancestors lived in, see

Czechia Finding Town of Origin, using United States records
Czechia Emigration and Immigration

Once you have determined the name of the town, look it up in the GenTeam Gazetteer or the Guided Research experience to locate records for that town.

Czech Republic Research Tips[edit | edit source]

Below are tips for genealogy research in the Czech Republic:

Census Records. The government of Austria which governed the Czech lands periodically took a census of the population for statistical purposes. The results of censuses were used to follow and regulate various aspects of society particularly taxation and conscription. Czech Republic Census Records

Civil Registrations. Civil Registration refers to records of births, marriages, and deaths maintained by civil authorities. Czech Republic Civil Registrations

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 *[[Czech Republic Finding Death Information|How to Find Death Information]]
 *[[Czech Republic#What_Are_You_Looking_For.3F|What Are You Looking For?]]
-*[[Czech_Republic_Determining_a_Place_of_Origin|Determining A Place of Origin]]
 *[[Czech Republic Beginners Corner Tips for Beginners|Tips for beginners]]
 *[[Czech Republic If You Are Czech Citizen...|If You Are Czech Citizen...]]
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 ===Finding Town of Origin===
 Records are created and organized on the local level. If you do not know the name of the village or parish your ancestors lived in, see
-*[[Czech Republic Finding Town of Origin|Czechia Finding Town of Origin]], using United States records
+*[[Czechia Finding Town of Origin|Czechia Finding Town of Origin]], using United States records
-*[[Czech Republic Determining a Place of Origin|Czechia Determining a Place of Origin]]
+*[[Czechia Emigration and Immigration|Czechia Emigration and Immigration]]
-*[[Czech Republic Emigration and Immigration|Czechia Emigration and Immigration]]
 Once you have determined the name of the town, look it up in the [[Media:1-Genteam Gazetteer-Instruction.pdf|GenTeam Gazetteer]] or the [[GuidedResearch:Czech_Republic|Guided Research]] experience to locate records for that town.