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Prague Regional Archives

Regional Archives

• Brno Moravian Provincial Archives: Website, Research Wiki Article
• Litoměřice Regional Archives: Website, Research Wiki Article
• Opava (Olomouc) Provincial Archives: Website, Research Wiki Article
• Plzeň Regional Archives: Website, Research Wiki Article
• Prague (Praha) City Archives: Website, Research Wiki Article
• Prague (Praha) Regional Archives: Website, Research Wiki Article
• Třeboň Regional Archives: Website, Research Wiki Article
• Zámrsk Regional Archives: Website, Research Wiki Article

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Using Regional Archives

• 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archives house an enormous amount of important material including early cadastral records, maps, architectural plans, historical documents, court records, administrative papers, etc.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

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

• Search Czech Republic Censuses and Inhabitant Registers, 1800-1990
• Browse by Town
• How to Use This Collection