Czech Genealogy

Official Czech Republic Policy

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic  In Czech
• Embassy of the Czech Republic in the United States
• Archivní fondy a sbírky v České republice  In Czech
• Official web pages of the Czech Republic 
• The National Archives of the Czech Republic  - Conscriptions ( 1850 – 1914 ) – Applications for Residence Permit of Prague Police Headquarters
• Moravský zemský archiv v Brně In Czech and requires registration
• State Regional Archives Litomerice, Czech Republic 
• Zemského archivu v Opavě In Czech
• State Regional Archives of Trebon 
• Státní okresní archiv Beroun In Czech
• Public Record Office of District of Pribram 
• abcHistory.cz 

Basic Genealogy Links Useful for Central European Research

• Layouts of European Keyboards
• Immigrant ships Transcriber's Guild  Check this site frequently for new data!
• Immigrant Arrivals  Library of Congress Guide to Published Sources
• Cyndi's List  Cyndi Howells' List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
• Family Search  Morman Church (LDS Records)
• American Family Immigration History Center  Ellis Island Records
• Czech Genealogy Links at The Europe Regional Directory
• JewishGen  The Home of Jewish Genealogy
• Poland Border Surnames  Numerous Resources on Slavic Genealogy
• PolishRoots  Polish Genealogy Source
• Census Links  Census On-Line (primarily US, but also some foreign countries)
• Census Links  Census On-Line
• Lemkos of Poland/Ukraine/Slovakia  High Resolution Maps of Galicia provided by  Walter Maksimovich

Czech Genealogical Research

• Národní knihovna České republiky  National Library of the Czech Republic
• Moravská zemská knihovna v Brně  Moravian Library in Brno
• P.A.T.H. FINDERS by Tom & Marie Zahn  Specializing in family history research, reunions and guided travel in the Czech Republic
• Volunteer Translation Services
• Haczech Translations  Czech and Slovak Language Services
• Languages of Czech Republic
• Czech Research Outline  Takes a long time to download, but has very useful content. Highly recommended reading.
• WWW-VL HISTORY: CZECH REPUBLIC The World Wide Virtual Library
• Cyndi's List  The Czech Republic and Slovakia
• A History of Czechs (Bohemians) in Nebraska  by Rose Rosicky.  Selective scans of pages from the book.
• Lesson 27, Ethnic Roots  RootsWeb's guide to tracing family trees. Polish, Czechs, Slovaks, and other European links
• Czech Republic Genealogy GenWeb Page  GenConnect Query Links to States or Provinces of Czechoslovakia
• Czech Republic Genealogy Forum
• Karel Kysilka's Home Page
• Czech Association For Heraldry and Genealogy  In Czech
• Czech Republic Bohemia and Moravia Genealogical Research  Czeching Out Our Ancestors.
• Czech Republic Bohemia and Moravia Genealogical Research Surname List     Researchers of 12,000 surnames

Slovak Republic Genealogical Research

• Embassy of the Slovak Republic  Information on Genealogical Research
• Slovak and Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Research Pages
• Searching in Slovakia
• Slovak Republic Genealogy Links
• Our Slovakia

On-Line Research Tools

• Old Maps of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia  Geoinformatics Laboratory Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem (UJEP)
• Gazetteer and Geographical Listing of Placenames A Searchable data base provided by Ing. Felix Gundacker at IHFF
• World Connect Project Surname Search tool at Rootsweb
• The JewishGen ShtetlSeeker Town Locator and Distance Calculator
• Atlas Map Server - Czech Republic In Czech
• Mapy.cz - Interactive Satellite Images (In Czech)
• Atlas Map Server - Slovak Republic In Slovak
• Česko and Slovenska ATLAS
• MapBlast
• Global Gazetteer World
• Global Gazetteer Czech Republic
• National Geographic Map Machine Satellite Imagery
• Map Center at Ancestry.com
• Telefonní seznam Czech Telephone Server
• Map of UTO distributions and a List of UTO and Postal Codes.

Terminology, Names, Reference Sites

• A History of Czechs (Bohemians) in Nebraska  by Rose Rosicky.  Comprehensive Name Index  A-M  N-Z  Compiled by Mrs. Rudie (Margie) Sobotka, March 1976
• A-K Surname List (partial)  L-Z Surname List (partial)  from A History of Czechs (Bohemians)in Nebraska by Rose Rosicky
• Frequencies of Surnames in the Czech Republic.  See Guide.  This site requires downloading files to one's computer for viewing
• Place Names of Europe  A comparative guide to place names across all languages and states
• Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 US Census
• Behind the Name  The Etymology and History of First Names
• Name Distributions  Social Security Administration: Lists of Given Names in Popularity Order by Gender and Years of Birth
• A List of Occupations
• Brigitt's pages: Old German Occupations and Illnesses  Translated from German into English language by Oliver Weiss
• Deciphering Records in Latin

Genealogical Societies

• SVU  Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences
• CGSI  Czechoslovak Genealogical Society Int'l.
• GBHS  German-Bohemian Heritage Society
• FEEHS  Federation of East European Family History Societies
• Moravian Heritage Society
• CSAGSI  Czech and Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois

Related Mail Lists

• Comprehensive List  by John Fuller
• BOHEMIA mail list on Rootsweb
• MN-BOHEMIANS  (Bohemians in Minnesota)
• MN-CZECHS  (Czechs in Minnesota)
• NE-CZECHS  (Czechs in Nebraska)
• GEN-SLAVIC  Rootsweb discussion group of Slavic genealogy
• GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L  Germans from Bohemia Mail List on Rootsweb
• MORAVIA
• POLAND BORDER SURNAMES Primarily on Silesia and Galicia