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*'''Burial registers''–'''''name of the deceased, date and place of death and burial, residence; sometimes cause of death, names of survivors, occasionally the date and place of birth. | *'''Burial registers''–'''''name of the deceased, date and place of death and burial, residence; sometimes cause of death, names of survivors, occasionally the date and place of birth. | ||
'''Location:'''In December of 1949, all church vital records | '''Location:''' In December of 1949, all church vital records were declared state property. In 1952 the state began centralizing all these records into state archives [štátné archívy'']. In many cases records as late as the 1940s have been placed in state regional archives. Registers more recent than those in the state archives are still at local city or subdistrict registration offices [''matričné úrady'']. | ||
'''Research Use:'''These records are the prime source for information about the vital events in an individual's life. This information can be used to compile pedigrees and family groups and to perform temple ordinances. They identify children, spouses, parents, and often grandparents as well as dates and places of vital events. They establish individual identity and are excellent sources for linking generations and identifying relationships. | '''Research Use:''' These records are the prime source for information about the vital events in an individual's life. This information can be used to compile pedigrees and family groups and to perform temple ordinances. They identify children, spouses, parents, and often grandparents as well as dates and places of vital events. They establish individual identity and are excellent sources for linking generations and identifying relationships. | ||
'''Accessibility:''' Presently, Czech church registers are accessible to those who hire a private researcher to visit the archives for them or who can visit the archives in the Czech Republic themselves and research the records in person. In 2006, several Czech archives agreed with the Genealogical Society of Utah to begin a project digitally imaging church records. Thus far, only a few of the church records from the archive in [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=1209075875587#p=2;c=1429329;t=browsable;w= Litoměřice] are available to researchers. Some church records from the archive in [http://digi.ceskearchivy.cz/index.php?doctree=1nr Třeboň] are also available. | '''Accessibility:''' Presently, Czech church registers are accessible to those who hire a private researcher to visit the archives for them or who can visit the archives in the Czech Republic themselves and research the records in person. In 2006, several Czech archives agreed with the Genealogical Society of Utah to begin a project digitally imaging church records. Thus far, only a few of the church records from the archive in [http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=1209075875587#p=2;c=1429329;t=browsable;w= Litoměřice] are available to researchers. Some church records from the archive in [http://digi.ceskearchivy.cz/index.php?doctree=1nr Třeboň] are also available. | ||