Czechia Land and Property: Difference between revisions

* [https://ags.cuzk.cz/archiv/ Cadastral Maps] Historical maps of each village, including house numbers. Search for your village and click on it on the map to see your map options. For the draft sketches that include house numbers, farmer's names and plots of land, select ''Indikační Skici'' on the dropdown. For the official cadastral maps that were sent to Vienna, click on ''Originální mapy stabilního katastru'' and select the option below.

During the serfdom and even to the end of the 19th century the rural population in middle Europe was divided in several categories. In fact one can talk of historical - economical and sociological categories.  

It is said that the differences between various strata were at least the same as the gap between the classes of nobility, town-dwellers and subject people in common. And hardly a member of farmer's family was allowed to marry a daughter of a CHALUPNER or even PODRUH.  

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The ''berní rula'' was formulated during the reign of Ferdinand III of Habsburg (ruled 1637-57), that is, not long after the end of the Thirty Years' War. The ''berní ruly'' are lists of tax payers based on the records of the estate owners or nobility. First completed in 1653-1654, these tax lists were prepared to study inequities in the tax structure. Properties were surveyed to determine dwellings, fields, and animals of the taxpayers. Other surveys were made in 1683-84, 1746, 1757, and 1792. These lists can be of help in genealogical research by locating the domicile of one's ancestor, and are of value for demographic studies, but they cannot be considered as a complete survey of the population. These lists do not include the poor who were without property or trade. Also, only heads of households are listed without indication of dependents. The ''berní ruly'' are available only for the the "Czech lands" of the Czech Republic (or the province of Bohemia), and not for the province of Moravia and Austrian Silesia. All text is in the Czech language. Tax lists have been deposited in various archives but are not readily accessible to researchers. Some tax lists have been published:  

• '''some 1427-1435 tax lists for Prague''' - Berní knihy starého města Pražského, 1427-1434 - Tax books for the Prague subdivision Old Town. FS Library INTL Book 943.71/P3 R4p<br>  

The following volumes were published:  

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''Volume''<br>1.<br>2.<br>3.<br>8.-9.<br>10.-11.<br>12.-15.<br>18.-19.<br>23.-25.<br>26.<br>27.-28.<br>31.<br>32.-33.<br>34.  

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The FamilySearch Library has above listed published copies of the 1654 tax lists (FS Library INTL Book 943.7 B4b).  

Berní rula : generalní rejstřík ke všem svazkům- General Index to all 1654 tax lists (published and unpublished), supplemented with the 1651 census if tax lists missing. The FamilySearch Library has a copy of the general index (FS Library INTL Book 943.71 X2cc vol. 1-2).  

Berní knihy starého města Pražského, 1427-1434 - Tax books for the Prague subdivision Old Town. The FamilySearch Library has a copy of the publication (FS Library INTL Book 943.71/P3 R4p).  

*'''1450-1889''' {{RecordSearch|1918632|Czech Republic Land Records, 1450-1889}} at FamilySearch —  images

*[http://actapublica.eu/hledej/ Czech Republic: Land Records(Moravians)]

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