My fourth cousin in Trojanovice sent me a copy of a history of the town of Frenštát from 1904. I started to read it in Czech, and of course I need to share what I am learning, because it is very interesting. Here is a translation of pages 7 and 8. ———————————————————————————————– House numbering was…
Hindsight is always 20-20. Czech people married in the bride’s parish of origin, and frequently began their married life in the groom’s parish of origin. I knew where the groom was from. Mniší. I knew the bride’s first name, but not her surname (her maiden name). After they married, they went back to Mniší to…
I found a beautiful map of Silesia in 1741 on the Ostrava City Archive’s website, which is http://earchiv.ostrava.cz. Here is a direct link to the description of the map. To view it, click, “zobrazit digitálnie kopie.” That will open up the map in a new tab in your browser. This is what you will see: The…
Maps are awesome. Czech cadastral maps are available online at this website: http://archivnimapy.cuzk.cz/ >> click “stabilní katastr” (the box that is on the top row all the way to the left) >> Click the arrow just to the right of the drop-down menu that says “vyhledat” (“search” in Czech) >> Select “Názvy – Geonames Česká…
Today I had an associate ask me: “Yesterday we had a man come into the FHC helping a friend on his research. I’m not sure if Ron will be coming back for further research on this family or not. Anyway, on the 1940 census, the family’s country of origin was Czechoslovakia, earlier censuses Austria…