Czechia Research Tips and Strategies

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Research Strategies

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page The Czech Republic Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for the Czech Republic. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Czech Republic Research Strategies

Below are articles giving strategies for various methods of research:

• Guided Research
• "How to" Guides
• Getting Started with Czech Republic Research
• How to Find Birth Information
• How to Find Marriage Information
• How to Find Death Information
• What Are You Looking For?
• Determining A Place of Origin
• Finding Your Ancestor in the Records
• Getting started
• What's the next step?
• Tips for beginners
• If You Are Czech Citizen...
• Beginning Czech Republic Research
• American Friends of the Czech Republic website gives a brief how to and where to find your Czech Ancestors with links to sites.
• Reference Aids Overview at the FamilySearch Library
• Prague Conscriptions (1850-1914)
• Jewish Registers

Finding Town of Origin

Records are created and organized on the local level. If you do not know the name of the village or parish your ancestors lived in, see

• Czechia Finding Town of Origin, using United States records
• Czechia Determining a Place of Origin
• Czechia Emigration and Immigration

Once you have determined the name of the town, look it up in the GenTeam Gazetteer or the Guided Research experience to locate records for that town.

Czech Republic Research Tips

Below are tips for genealogy research in the Czech Republic:

• Tips for Beginners
• Territorial Administrative Units of Czech Lands

Census Records. The government of Austria which governed the Czech lands periodically took a census of the population for statistical purposes. The results of censuses were used to follow and regulate various aspects of society particularly taxation and conscription. Czech Republic Census Records

Civil Registrations. Civil Registration refers to records of births, marriages, and deaths maintained by civil authorities. Czech Republic Civil Registrations