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This is a selection of Websites that has been found most useful. It is not intended to be a complete bibliography since new information appears on the Internet every day.
Archives and Libraries
- Archive Map Archive map showing their jurisdiction boundaries and the links to the online databases.
- Czech Archival Database
- Czech Archives
- Czech Archives overview
- Czech Libraries (Libweb)
- Kramerius Information Portal Online collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic
- Land Archives in Opava
- Moravian Provincial Archives in Brno
- Paginae Historiae Journal published by the Prague National Archives
- Prague City Archives - Inventory
- State Regional Archives in Litoměřice
- State Regional Archives in Plzeň
- State Regional Archives in Prague
- State Regional Archives in Třeboň
- State Regional Archives in Zámrsk
Cemeteries
Census
- Czech Census Searchers
- History of population censuses in 1868-1940
- History of population censuses in 1950-2001
Church Records
- Archive Map Archive map showing their jurisdiction boundaries and the links to the online databases.
- FamilySearch Labs Digital images of the church records from the Litoměřice, Třeboň and Opava Regional archives are starting to come online.
- Church Books from the Brno Moravian Provincial Archives
- Church Books from the Litoměřice Regional Archive
- Church Books from the Opava (Olomouc) Land Archive
- Church Books from the Plzeň Regional Archive
- Church Books from the Praha City Archive
- Church Books from the Praha Regional Archive
- Church Books from the Třeboň Regional Archive
- Church Books from the Zámrsk Regional Archive
- Prague suburbs and their corresponding church jurisdictions
Directories
- Multiple directories for Czechia - from 1864 to 1943 (Links)
- Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directories
- 1884 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory
- 1892 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory
- 1896 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory
- 1907 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory Part I
- 1907 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory Part 2
- 1910 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory Part I
- 1910 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory Part 2
- 1910 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory Part 3
- 1936 Prague City Address and Business Directory
- Czech Phone Book
Emigration and Immigration
- Hamburg Passenger Lists FamilySearch Wiki article.
Gazetteers
- 1900 Gazetteer of Bohemia at FamilySearch Digital Library
- 1900 Gazetteer of Moravia at FamilySearch Digital Library
- 1900 Gazetteer of Moravia (text in Czech) at FamilySearch Digital Library
- 1900 Gazetteer of Silesia at FamilySearch Digital Library
- Czech Vanished Localities
- Historical Lexicon of the Municipalities of the Czech Republic - 1869-2005
Genealogy
- BYU Research Guide for Czechoslovakia
- Czech Common Genealogical Sources
- Czech Genealogy for Beginners
- Czech Genealogy Forum Czech only.
- Czech Genealogy on the Internet
- Czech GenWeb
- Czech Republic, Bohemia, and Moravia Genealogy Research
- Czech Republic Genealogy Links
- Czech Republic Genealogy Resources by FEEFHS
- Czechia Letter Writing Guide
- Czech Genealogical Research Handbook
- Czechs to Vernon
- GENEA - Genealogical Pages
- GENEA - The most common causes of death
- Genealogie Sudetenland
- Genealogy Indexer
- Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms
General Information
- Czech Info Center
- Czech Republic - The Official Website of the Czech Republic
- Czech Useful Contacts
- The World Factbook
- Wikipedia
Heraldry
- South Bohemian Herold Czech only.
History
Jewish Records
- holocaust.cz A database of victims of the Theresienstadt concentration camp and more...
- Austria-Czech SIG
- Jewish Familiants of Bohemia
- Jewish Familiants of Southern Moravia
- Jewish Family History Research Guide
- Jewish Genealogy FamilySearch Wiki article
- Jewish Registers
- KEŠET - Database of Czech and Moravian Jewish Cemeteries
- Lo Tishkach European Jewish Cemeteries
- TOLEDOT-Mapping of the Jewish Families of Bohemia and Moravia
Land and Property
Language Helps and Guides
Maps
- 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary
- Detailed Historical Map of the Czech Republic
- Detailed Map of the Czech Republic
- Detailed Maps of Prague Click on Zoomify to enlarge the maps. Shows house numbers.
- Detailed Maps of the Czech Republic Includes various types of maps, such as cadastral maps.
- Old Maps of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia from the Geoinformatics Laboratory of J.E.Purkyně University
- Old maps of the Czech Republic
- Regions of the Czech Republic
Military Records
- Austro-Hungarian Land Forces 1848-1918
- Czech Military Records
- Introduction to Austrian Military Records
- Sources for Genealogical Research at the Austrian War Archives in Vienna (Kriegsarchiv Wien)
Names Personal
- English Equivalents of Foreign Given Names
- Name Mapping Tool Surname distribution site show where names are and indicate where the heaviest distributions of names can be found.
Newspapers
Nobility
Occupations
Periodicals
Population
- Prague Population Registration (1850-1914) Digital images of police registration forms (conscriptions).
Postal and Shipping Guides
Societies
- Association for Heraldry in Prague
- Czech Genealogy and Heraldry Society in Prague
- Czech Heraldry and Genealogy Club
- Czech & Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois (CSAGSI)
- Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International (CGSI)
- East European Genealogical Society
- Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)
- German-Bohemian Heritage Society
- Moravian Genealogy & Heraldry Society in Brno
- Moravian Heritage Society