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=== [[Czechia Jewish Registers]] === | === The JewishGen Austria-Czech Database === | ||
*More than 360,000 records for Austria and the Czech Republic, from a variety of sources, including: cemetery data, Yizkor books, and Holocaust sources. ''Requires free registration.'' To search, click [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/#CzechRepublic here]. | |||
=== Determining the Jewish Community/Synagogue of Your Town === | |||
To find out which synagogue/Jewish community your town likely belonged to: | |||
*Go to the [https://www.jewishgen.org/communities/search.asp JewishGen Communities Database]. | |||
*Search for your known town. | |||
*Click on the correct town in the "Modern Town & Country" column; you will need to log in to see the location page. | |||
*Scroll down to "Nearby Jewish Communities" for a list of the Jewish communities by your town, starting with the closest. The closer the community, the likelier it is the Jewish community/synagogue to have created records for your town. | |||
Alternatively: | |||
*Go to the [https://www.jewishgen.org/databases/all/ JewishGen Unified Search]. | |||
*Search for your individual. | |||
*Scroll down the page and click on "List [number] records" next to a record type of interest. | |||
*In the URL column, click on the nacr.cz link; the JewishGen indexes link directly to a scan of the original image the index is based on. | |||
*To determine which Jewish community the record is from, either click on "More" in the JewishGen search result or click on "Národní archivMatriky židovských náboženských obcí v českých krajích" ("National ArchivesRegisters of Jewish religious communities in the Czech regions") in the upper right-hand corner of the website showing the original image and look for the location listed next to "Název" ("Name"). | |||
=== Help with Czech Republic Jewish Research === | |||
*Access the JewishGen.org Austria-Czech Special Interest Group (SIG) by clicking [http://www.jewishgen.org/AustriaCzech/ here]. | |||
*Access the JewishGen.org Hungarian Special Interest Group (SIG) by clicking [https://www.jewishgen.org/Hungary/ here]. | |||
*Access the Facebook Czechoslovakia Genealogy Research Community by clicking [https://www.facebook.com/groups/czechgenealogy/ here]. | |||
*Access the FamilySearch Community Research Group by clicking here [https://community.familysearch.org/en/group/34-czechia-czech-republic-research?language=en_US here]. | |||
== Jewish Records [Židovské matriky] == | |||
=== Introduction === | |||
Jewish Records refer to records about Jews (non-vital) and records of Jewish births, marriages, and deaths (vital). Non-vital Jewish records were created as Jewish communities kept account books, bought property, or had dealings with rulers and local governments. Records pertaining to Jews and Jewish congregation exist from the 1500s. Jews in Austria generally did not keep vital records unless required to do so by law. Jews did not receive legal recognition until the Edict of Toleration in 1781. Beginning in 1788, Jews were required to keep records of births, marriages and deaths in German under Catholic supervision. Because these records were required for conscription and taxation purposes, Jews often evaded registration and but most Jewish communities did not actually start keeping records until the practice was again codified into law in 1840. The laws requiring records of births, marriages and deaths were reemphasized several times during the early 1800s and the practice was well established the 1860s. Jewish congregations continued to maintain registers into the 1930s when persecutions became severe. Most Jewish congregations were destroyed in the Holocaust but the records were preserved in archives. | |||
Jewish communities are documented in the Czech lands since the tenth century, though Jews were likely present as early as the second century A.D. Most of the Jewish population was in the city of Prague which had both Ashkenazic and Sephardic communities. A Jewish charter was issued by the King of Bohemia in 1254 introducing some protection, but various forms of persecution existed for centuries. In 1726 Charles VI attempted to reduce the Jewish population by his Family Laws which permitted only the eldest sons of Jewish families to marry. This only encouraged Jews to disperse over the countryside. The Edict of Toleration in 1781 guaranteed freedom of worship but other modernizing policies associated with the reforms of the era cost the Jews their internal autonomy and forced Germanization. During the Nazi occupation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, 78,000 out of the existing 92,000 Jews in the Czech Republic (85%) perished in the Holocaust. Most surviving Jews left after the war. | |||
=== Online [[Czechia Jewish Registers]] === | |||
*[[Czechia Jewish Registers|Jewish Registers]] | *[[Czechia Jewish Registers|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 online. To learn more, click [[Czechia 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 [[Czechia 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]. | ||
*For an easier navigation in English, you can access the same records [https://zayt.org/collections here]. | *For an easier navigation in English, you can access the same records [https://zayt.org/collections here]. | ||
'''Digitized books online''': | '''Digitized books online''': | ||
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*'''Židovské kontrolní matriky''' (fond '''144''') = Jewish registers kept by Roman Catholic parishes in Bohemia (those from Moravia have not survived) | *'''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 | *'''Knihy židovských familitanů''' (fond '''29''') = Jewish familiant books | ||
'''Not yet digitized''': | '''Not yet digitized''': | ||
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*'''Registratura zemského židovstva''' (fond 164) = Registry of Provincial Jews | *'''Registratura zemského židovstva''' (fond 164) = Registry of Provincial Jews | ||
*'''Ředitelstvi židovských berní''' (fond 143) = Jewish Tax Directorate | *'''Ředitelstvi židovských berní''' (fond 143) = Jewish Tax Directorate | ||
'''Step-by-step Instructions''': | '''Step-by-step Instructions''': | ||
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***If you do not see the attachment symbol by the book titles, click the list icon (hovering over this icon shows the label "zobrazit seznam"). | ***If you do not see the attachment symbol by the book titles, click the list icon (hovering over this icon shows the label "zobrazit seznam"). | ||
***This should open up all the books available with digital images. | ***This should open up all the books available with digital images. | ||
**Click on the relevant synagogue location in the list on the right. | **Click on the relevant synagogue/community location in the list on the right. If you do not know which synagogue/Jewish community you need to look for records from, refer to the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Czechia_Jewish_Records#Determining_the_Jewish_Community/Synagogue_of_Your_Town "Determining the Jewish Community/Synagogue of Your Town"] section of this page, which will also walk you through how to potentially locate an index linked directly to the record online. | ||
**Click on the title of a book in the central part of the page. This will take you to a page with the image of the first page and certain details, such as which villages are included in the book. | **Click on the title of a book in the central part of the page. This will take you to a page with the image of the first page and certain details, such as which villages are included in the book. | ||
***If an index is listed on a separate line immediately below your synagogue of interest, click on the index book to browse. | ***If an index is listed on a separate line immediately below your synagogue/community of interest, click on the index book to browse. | ||
**Click on the image to open the book. | **Click on the image to open the book. | ||
**Alternatively, to skip the details page and open the book directly, click on the paper clip icon to the right of a book title, then click on the mountain icon (labeled "zobrazit v plné kvalitě 95 skenů") that appears next to the paper clip. | **Alternatively, to skip the details page and open the book directly, click on the paper clip icon to the right of a book title, then click on the mountain icon (labeled "zobrazit v plné kvalitě 95 skenů") that appears next to the paper clip. | ||
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