Have you checked out puzzilla.org yet? It is a really cool tool that uses the familysearch API to let you look at your family in a new way. It looks like a spiderweb, but it can really help you visualize where there are gaps in your research, and where you should focus.
Category: links
1741 Map of Silesia
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…
Upcoming series on Navigating Czech Archives Websites
After a recent blog post about upcoming changes to portafontium.cz, I got an email asking for clarification about what that means. I realized that it would be helpful to others to provide some tutorials about how to navigate the Czech archival sites, especially from a native English speaking perspective. After all, one of the main…
Follow Friday: Jiri Kastner’s unofficial news about upcoming changes to Portafontium.cz
Across the world, a Czech genealogist named Jiri Kastner found my blog and we started a correspondence. He introduced me to Rodokmen, which is google plus’s Czech Genealogy community. It is like generation 2 of genealogie.taby.cz. Anyway, you should “czech” out Jiri Kastner and his posts in the Rodokmen community if you are interested in Czech…
Mappy Monday: Finding House Numbers on Mapy.cz
I found an interesting article about House Numbering on wikipedia, with a whole section for Czech House Numbers. There are currently at least three kinds of house numbering in the Czech Republic: Popisné číslo – This is the “old” or “descriptive number.” Maria Theresa ordered the first descriptive numbering in 1770-1771. According to the article, “The…
die hausbücher der nürnberger zwölfbrüderstiftungen
Ever wondered what your ancestors looked like? If they were a compass needle filer, they could have looked like: I found a really interesting, really old dictionary of occupations from 1400-1500’s Germany. It’s called “die hausbücher der nürnberger zwölfbrüderstiftungen”. The best part? These are portraits of real people. How cool would it be if your…
Czech Cadastral Maps
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…