On one half of the register, the cause of death appears as “Fraissen” with two s’s. On the other half, the word appears as “Fraisen” with one s. This 2011 post on the German-Bohemian ancestry forum speculates that it could mean epileptic seizures, measles, or just some vague description that the parish priest or clerk…
Month: July 2015
Beautiful Handwriting
Gemeinde Rattimau = Parish/Community of Vratimov It seems like the Parish was actually made of more than one village. Vratimov records are always with those of Horní Datyně, Hrabová, and Kunčice, to name a few. Kunčice, by the way, as in Gross Kunzendorf, a village that is no longer on the map. It was razed…
Polish Birth Records in Czech Archives
Today I found some Polish birth records in the Ostrava Land Archives online! See? Basically, this book includes birth records for a lot of teeny tiny towns, including two that are in present day Poland. It looks like these are Silesian villages. Clearly, the borders were very different back then. Here is what I think is…
“Magd Tocht”
In this 1835 death record in the Kunčice-Vratimov parish, this child is described as, “Anna der Marina Waschiczek Mgd Tocht.” In these Czech records, typically the format of a child’s death is like this: [given name] of [father’s given and surname], [father’s occupation] of [place] This entry doesn’t fit that format. Instead, it’s: Anna of [mother’s given…