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Czech Republic RegionsGoal 6: Learn about Czech Republic church and religious records.
Choices:
ALearn about Czech Republic church records.
- FamilySearch: Learn about church records in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Czech Republic Church Records - Use the Wiki Church Records web links for more information.
- Resources: Learn about other resources for church records in this series of blog posts.
Czech Genealogy for Beginners - 2019
Indices to the Parish Books - 2022 - Learn about death survey cards included in parish books.
Death Survey Cards - Case Study: Watch this video for a case study in using Czech Republic church records.
FS—Czech Republic Research With the Wiki Part 4 of 5: Reading Czech Republic Records—7:49 - Jewish: Explore Jewish genealogy in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in this guide from the
Center for Jewish History site. - Explore the JewishGen Austria-Czech database.
- Explore the Jewish Genealogy Encyclopedia for Jewish resources in the Czech Republic.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Svatopluk Cech was mentioned in church books in the Czech Republic. Use the "FS: Czech Republic Church Books, 1552-1981" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- What is Svatopluk Cech's estimated birth year?
- When is his death date?
- What is his fathers' first name?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Svatopluk" as the first name and "Cech" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the document icon for Svatopluk Cech.
- Read the information in the center column.
- He was born about 1921.
- He died on 9 Jan 1920.
- His father is Frantisek.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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