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==Language of the Records== | ==Language of the Records== | ||
Czech was not recognized as an official language until 1877 in Bohemia and 1905 in Moravia. It was seldom used as a written language until the late 1800s. Except for modern records of the 1900s, records in | Czech was not recognized as an official language until 1877 in Bohemia and 1905 in Moravia. It was seldom used as a written language until the late 1800s. Except for modern records of the 1900s, records in Czechia were written mostly in Latin and German. | ||
==Civil Registration== | ==Civil Registration== | ||
===Birth and Death Records (Civil Registration)=== | ===Birth and Death Records (Civil Registration)=== | ||
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[[File:Death burial Czech.png|900px]] | [[File:Death burial Czech.png|900px]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Czechia]] | ||
==Latin Records== | ==Latin Records== | ||
These reading aids, prepared for Galicia, which was part of Austria and eventually Poland, will give you extensive help in reading Latin records. These forms were mandated by Austria, where the Catholic church was the state religion. They are typical of Catholic church records. The vocabulary will also be seen in earlier Catholic records that do no use a columnar form. | These reading aids, prepared for Galicia, which was part of Austria and eventually Poland, will give you extensive help in reading Latin records. These forms were mandated by Austria, where the Catholic church was the state religion. They are typical of Catholic church records. The vocabulary will also be seen in earlier Catholic records that do no use a columnar form. | ||
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