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Category: Czech Parish Records

S and Š names might be indexed separately

Posted on 18 November 2013 by Kate Challis

Organization of Czech parish records was up to the individual enumerator. This means that there are inconsistencies in how these records are organized and indexed. Present day Czech researchers can easily find themselves frustrated by the seeming lack of organization. Fortunately, careful observation and application of knowledge about Czech linguistics can help researchers use indexes…

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Nachdem Vatters todt gebohren

Posted on 5 November 2013 by Kate Challis

I am really glad I crowd-sourced this problem! I believe the mystery of the middle word is now solved. Thank you, father in law of my sister (what is that relationship called!?). Thank you also to Yvette Hoitink, of Dutch Genealogy (a really great blog! Go Czech it out!). It appears that the middle word…

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Nachdem ______ todtgebohren

Posted on 3 November 2013 by Kate Challis

This question has been solved! See this post. http://vademecum.archives.cz/vademecum/permalink?xid=be85e76c-f13c-102f-8255-0050568c0263&scan=132 I found an interesting and sad baptism entry while doing some research for my own family. I wish I could share a cropped image of this on my blog, but vademecum.archives.cz specifically says, “Publishing of any textual or visual part of this database is subjected to…

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Czech Parish Records – Latin transcription example

Posted on 26 October 2013 by Kate Challis

Czech parish records are found in Latin, German, Czech, and strangely mixed versions of any or all of the above. I recently did some transcriptions for a client from Latin, circa 1750. It was very fun, and I wanted to blog about the process, so I picked a record that was very similar those I…

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What is a “Jmoril”? Answer: “inweib”

Posted on 19 October 2013 by Kate Challis

Update: A very kind fellow Czech researcher emailed me with a transcription of the word I didn’t understand. I feel kind of depressed that I only got one letter out of six correct on that word. But I am humble enough to admit I made a mistake, correct it, and allow others to learn from the whole…

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Illegitimacy in Catholic Czech Records: Different Types

Posted on 15 October 2013 by Kate Challis

If someone is born out of wedlock, they are illegitimate. But what does this mean? What is the process of legitimizing the child? And why would it be important to do so? What I have learned mostly comes from the New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia on their pages about legitimation and illegitimacy.  Basically, if a child is born out…

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Search for records in the bride’s home village

Posted on 30 July 2013 by Kate Challis

I have recently been doing research on some Klečka ancestors. I solved a problem using some basic knowledge about Czech customs in family migration. Here are two general pieces of knowledge that I have discovered in my experience researching my Catholic Czech ancestors. 1. Marriages often took place in the village of the bride. 2….

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Finding Czech Parish Records: Moravian-Silesian Region

Posted on 14 July 2013 by Kate Challis

I gave a presentation today at the Czech Heritage Society – Harris County Chapter for their Summer Genealogy Meeting. It was called “Finding Czech Parish Records: Moravian-Silesian Region.” If you click on that link, it will allow you to view and download my presentation. Feel free to share this with anybody who might find it interesting…

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