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*Czech vital records are kept at the regional archives and most are available online. | *Czech vital records are kept at the regional archives and most are available online. | ||
*The regional archives are the repositories for | *The regional archives are the repositories for most pre-1900 parish books and, therefore, are the archives of primary importance to Czech genealogical researchers. | ||
*In addition to early parish books, the regional archives house an enormous amount of important material | *In addition to early parish books, the regional archives house an enormous amount of important material including early cadastral records, maps, architectural plans, historical documents, court records, administrative papers, etc. | ||
*You must know the village, city or parish to determine which archive holds the records of your ancestors. | *You must know the village, city or parish to determine which archive holds the records of your ancestors. | ||
:*If you do not know the name of the village or parish your ancestors lived in, see: | :*If you do not know the name of the village or parish your ancestors lived in, see: | ||
:: | ::*[[Czechia Finding Town of Origin|Czechia Finding Town of Origin]], using United States records | ||
:: | ::*[[Czechia Determining a Place of Origin|Czechia Determining a Place of Origin]] | ||
:: | ::*[[Czechia Emigration and Immigration|Czechia Emigration and Immigration]] | ||
:*If you know the village/town/parish, use the [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]] | :*If you know the village/town/parish, use the [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]] | ||
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Regional Archives[edit | edit source]
Each article provides the address, contact information, links to online records, and the link to the catalogue search engine.
- Brno Moravian Provincial Archives
- Litoměřice Regional Archives
- Opava (Olomouc) Provincial Archives
- Plzeň Regional Archives
- Prague (Praha) City Archives
- Prague (Praha) Regional Archives
- Třeboň Regional Archives
- Zámrsk Regional Archives
Clickable Map of Archive Regions[edit | edit source]
Using Regional Archives[edit | edit source]
- Czech vital records are kept at the regional archives and most are available online.
- The regional archives are the repositories for most pre-1900 parish books and, therefore, are the archives of primary importance to Czech genealogical researchers.
- In addition to early parish books, the regional archives house an enormous amount of important material including early cadastral records, maps, architectural plans, historical documents, court records, administrative papers, etc.
- You must know the village, city or parish to determine which archive holds the records of your ancestors.
- 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
- If you know the village/town/parish, use the GenTeam Free Gazetteer to find out which archive holds the records that you need. GenTeam Instructions
District Archives[edit | edit source]
Since most ancestry research is done at the regional archives rather than the district archives, the inventories of the district archives are far from well known. For example, censuses before 1930 (1869, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1921) are housed at the district archives. Many census records are online