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== Record Finder Table for Czech Republic ==
== 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.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
=== Order of Records ===
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== List of Topics ==
== List of Topics ==
This Record Finder table links to the Czech Republic topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
This Record Finder table links to the Czechia topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
===Vital Events ===
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czech Republic Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
*[[Czechia Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Census|Census]]
*[[Czechia Census|Census]]
*[[Czech Republic Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Czechia Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czech Republic Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
*[[Czechia Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Czechia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Czech Republic Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Czechia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-  
|-  
|}
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| align="left" | Maiden name  
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*[[Czechia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czechia Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czechia Census|Census]]
*[[Czechia Land and Property|Land & Property]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czech Republic Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Czechia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Czech Republic Directories|Directories]]
*[[Czechia Directories|Directories]]
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| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Czechia Societies|Societies]]
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|-  
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| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Czechia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Societies|Societies]]
*[[Czechia Societies|Societies]]
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|-
| align="left" | Country of origin  
| align="left" | Country and town of origin  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Czechia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]


| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Societies|Societies]]
*[[Czechia Societies|Societies]]
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| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
*[[Czechia Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*[[Czechia Census|Census]]
*[[Czechia Land and Property|Land & Property]]
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| align="left" | Nobility
| align="left" | Nobility
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*Nobility
*[[Czechia Nobility|Nobility]]
*Heraldry
*[[Czechia Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*[[Czechia Biography|Biography]]
*[[Czechia Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation  
| align="left" | Occupation  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Czechia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czechia Census|Census]],
*[[Czechia Occupations|Occupations]]
*[[Czechia Obituaries|Obituaries]]


|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Czechia Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*[[Czechia History|History]]
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|-
| align="left" | Social activities  
| align="left" | Social activities  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*Social Life and Customs
*[[Czechia History|History]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


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| align="left" | Physical description  
| align="left" | Physical description  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*[[Czechia Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  


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| align="left" |Vocabulary
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Language and Languages|Language and Languages]]
*[[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
*Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
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|-
| align="left" |Handwriting
| align="left" |Handwriting
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Czech Republic Handwriting|Handwriting]]
*[[Czechia Handwriting|Handwriting]]
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|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*Names, personal
*[[Czechia Naming Customs|Naming Customs]]
*Social Life and Customs
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|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| align="left" |Online classes
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| align="left" |Writing for records
| align="left" |Writing for records
|
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*[[Czechia Letter Writing Guide|Czech Letter Writing Guide]]
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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>
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 Land Archives, Czech Republic|'''Brno Moravian Land Archives''']]  
*[[Brno Moravian Provincial Archives, Czech Republic|'''Brno Moravian Provincial Archives''']]  
*[[Litoměřice Regional Archives, Czech Republic|'''Litoměřice Regional Archives''']]  
*[[Litoměřice Regional Archives, Czech Republic|'''Litoměřice Regional Archives''']]  
*[[Opava Land Archives, Czech Rebublic|'''Opava (Olomouc) Land Archives''']]  
*[[Opava Provincial Archives, Czech Rebublic|'''Opava (Olomouc) Land Archives''']]  
*[[Plzeň Regional Archives, Czech Republic|'''Plzeň Regional Archives''']]  
*[[Plzeň Regional Archives, Czech Republic|'''Plzeň Regional Archives''']]  
*[[Prague (Praha) City Archives, Czech Republic|'''Prague (Praha) City Archives''']]  
*[[Prague (Praha) City Archives, Czech Republic|'''Prague (Praha) City Archives''']]  
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*[[Zámrsk Regional Archives, Czech Republic|'''Zámrsk Regional Archives''']]
*[[Zámrsk Regional Archives, Czech Republic|'''Zámrsk Regional Archives''']]


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| Language helps
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| Living relatives
| [[Czech Republic Directories|Directories]]
| [[Czech Republic Societies|Societies]]
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|Maiden Name
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]], [[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Czech Republic Jewish Records|Jewish Records]], [[Czech Republic Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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| Marriage information
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]], [[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Czech Republic Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
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| Naming customs
| [[Czech Republic Names Personal|Names, Personal]]
| Social Life and Customs
|-
| Noble families
| [[Czech Republic Nobility|Nobility]], [[Czech Republic Heraldry|Heraldry]]
| [[Czech Republic Biography|Biography]], [[Czech Republic Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
| Occupations
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]], [[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| [[Czech Republic Census|Census]], [[Czech Republic Occupations|Occupations]], [[Czech Republic Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
| Parents, children, and other family members
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]], [[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Czech Republic Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| [[Czech Republic Census|Census]], [[Czech Republic Land and Property|Land & Property]]
|-
| Physical description
| [[Czech Republic Military Records|Military Records]]
|  —
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| Places of residence
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]], [[Czech Republic Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Czech Republic Jewish Records|Jewish Records]]
| [[Czech Republic Census|Census]], [[Czech Republic Land and Property|Land & Property]]
|-
| Religion 
| [[Czech Republic Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Czech Republic History|History]]
|-
| Social activities 
| Social Life and Customs
| [[Czech Republic History|History]]
|}
 
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Latest revision as of 17:04, 29 February 2024


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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.

List of Topics

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

Vital Events

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

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

Immigration and Country of Origin

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

Residences and Locations

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

Personal Details and Affiliations

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Nobility
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Reading the Records

Vocabulary
Handwriting
Naming patterns
Online classes
Writing for records

Archival Regions

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.