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This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:
== Record Finder Table for Czechia ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.
== List of Topics ==
 
This Record Finder table links to the Czechia topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
===Vital Events ===
 
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Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful.  
 
{| width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Age
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]], [[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Czech Republic Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Czech Republic Census|Census]], [[Czech Republic Schools|School Records]]  
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czechia Census|Census]]
*[[Czechia Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| Birth date and birthplace
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]], [[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Czech Republic Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Czech Republic Census|Census]], [[Czech Republic Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
|-
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| [[Czech Republic Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Czech Republic Maps|Maps]], [[Czech Republic History|History]]
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czechia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Czechia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Death information
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]], [[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Czech Republic Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Czech Republic Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Czech Republic Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Emigration information
| align="left" | Maiden name
| [[Czech Republic Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Czech Republic Societies|Societies]]
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czechia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| Historical background
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| [[Czech Republic History|History]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Czech Republic Societies|Societies]], Social Life and Customs
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czechia Census|Census]]
*[[Czechia Land and Property|Land & Property]]
|-
|-
| Language helps
| align="left" | Living relatives
| [[Czech Republic Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Czech Republic Handwriting|Handwriting]], Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
*[[Czechia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Czechia Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czechia Societies|Societies]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Czech Republic Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Czech Republic Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
|Maiden Name
| align="left" | Immigration date
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]], [[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Czech Republic Jewish Records|Jewish Records]], [[Czech Republic Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Czechia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czechia Societies|Societies]]
|-
|-
| Marriage information
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]], [[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Czech Republic Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| —
*[[Czechia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czechia Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Czech Republic Names Personal|Names, Personal]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Social Life and Customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Noble families
| align="left" | Residence
| [[Czech Republic Nobility|Nobility]], [[Czech Republic Heraldry|Heraldry]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Czech Republic Biography|Biography]], [[Czech Republic Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czechia Census|Census]]
*[[Czechia Land and Property|Land & Property]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| Occupations
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]], [[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Czech Republic Census|Census]], [[Czech Republic Occupations|Occupations]], [[Czech Republic Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
| align="left" | Nobility
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]], [[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Czech Republic Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Czech Republic Census|Census]], [[Czech Republic Land and Property|Land & Property]]
*[[Czechia Nobility|Nobility]]
*[[Czechia Heraldry|Heraldry]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czechia Biography|Biography]]
*[[Czechia Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| Physical description
| align="left" | Occupation
| [[Czech Republic Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| —
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czechia Census|Census]],
*[[Czechia Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Czechia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
 
|-
|-
| Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Religion
| [[Czech Republic Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Czech Republic Maps|Maps]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czechia History|History]]
|-
|-
| Places of residence
| align="left" | Social activities
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]], [[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Czech Republic Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Czech Republic Census|Census]], [[Czech Republic Land and Property|Land & Property]]
*Social Life and Customs
*[[Czechia History|History]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czechia Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
 
|-
|}
 
===Reading the Records===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
 
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czech Genealogical Word List]]
*[[German Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Latin Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Polish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Czechia Reading Aids]]
*[[Czechia Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
*Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
|-
|-
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| align="left" |Handwriting
| [[Czech Republic Genealogy|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Czech Republic Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Czech Republic Societies|Societies]]
*[[Czechia Handwriting|Handwriting]]
|-
|-
| Record-finding aids 
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| [[Czech Republic Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Czech Republic Societies|Societies]]
*[[Czechia Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]
*Social Life and Customs
|-
|-
| Religion 
| align="left" |Online classes
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Czech Republic History|History]]
 
|-
|-
| Social activities 
| align="left" |Writing for records
| Social Life and Customs
|
| [[Czech Republic History|History]]
*[[Czechia Letter Writing Guide|Czech Letter Writing Guide]]
|}
 
==Archival Regions==
{|
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each Archival Region, including links to actual records.'''
|}
|}


[[Category:Czech Republic Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]
First use [http://www.genteam.at/ '''GenTeam Free Gazetteer'''] to find out which archive holds the records that you need. [[Media:1-Genteam_Gazetteer-Instruction.pdf|'''GenTeam Instructions''']]. Click on the archival region covering the location of your parish, either on the map or from the list.<br>
 
*[[Brno Moravian Provincial Archives, Czech Republic|'''Brno Moravian Provincial Archives''']]
*[[Litoměřice Regional Archives, Czech Republic|'''Litoměřice Regional Archives''']]
*[[Opava Provincial Archives, Czech Rebublic|'''Opava (Olomouc) Land Archives''']]
*[[Plzeň Regional Archives, Czech Republic|'''Plzeň Regional Archives''']]
*[[Prague (Praha) City Archives, Czech Republic|'''Prague (Praha) City Archives''']]
*[[Prague (Praha) Regional Archives, Czech Republic|'''Prague (Praha) Regional Archives''']]
*[[Třeboň Regional Archives, Czech Republic|'''Třeboň Regional Archives''']]
*[[Zámrsk Regional Archives, Czech Republic|'''Zámrsk Regional Archives''']]
 
[[Category:Czechia Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record Finder]]

Latest revision as of 17:04, 29 February 2024


Czechia Wiki Topics
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Record Finder Table for Czechia[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.

List of Topics[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Czechia topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
Country and town of origin

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nobility
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Reading the Records[edit | edit source]

Vocabulary
Handwriting
Naming patterns
Online classes
Writing for records

Archival Regions[edit | edit source]

Dark thin font green pin Version 4.png The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. More specific help is available in topic articles for each Archival Region, including links to actual records.

First use GenTeam Free Gazetteer to find out which archive holds the records that you need. GenTeam Instructions. Click on the archival region covering the location of your parish, either on the map or from the list.

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