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Month: November 2016

Church Record Sunday: Staříč 1745 Marriage

Posted on 27 November 2016 by Kate Challis

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The Case of Both Barbara’s Births

Posted on 25 November 2016 by Kate Challis

My Grandpa Vasicek said that his mother (Elizabeth “Betty” Michna) never got along with her mother in law, Agnes Steffek.  “They tolerated each other and were civil, but argued nevertheless.” Betty’s parents, Anna Šumbera and Bedrich Michna, were not social equals. In fact, Bedrich was the hired hand on Anna’s father Ludvig Šumbera’s farm in…

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Workday Wednesday: Pasekář, Farmer

Posted on 23 November 2016 by Kate Challis

This is one of those untranslatable words that means a specific kind of farmer in Czech. You cannot simply translate it to, “a farmer on a clearing” without losing the nuanced, rich meaning of this word. When my husband and I went to Trojanovice, we were told point blank, “this is a paseka.” Well, actually,…

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Tomáš G. Masaryk Papers, 1887-1955

Posted on 22 November 2016 by Kate Challis

Randomly, today at lunch in Salt Lake City, we sat down next to this guy at a cafe whose wife’s father, Stephen Taggart, was a significant contributor to Czech history. Later, I also met his wife. They are a lovely senior missionary couple from Idaho serving a mission in the FamilySearch record preservation (or something…

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Church Record Sunday: Měchnov 1809

Posted on 20 November 2016 by Kate Challis

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Rustic Baroque by Jiří Hájíček

Posted on 17 November 2016 by Kate Challis

Rustic Baroque by Jiří Hájíček [While reading:] “Wait until you work your way through to the old handwritten script they call Kurrent.” This had me laughing out loud. This is very fun to read. I feel like I am there. I’m glad I am reading this after having been there. It’s validating to watch another…

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Dispensations: a Case Study

Posted on 16 November 2016 by Kate Challis

Written and translated by Lukáš Svoboda and Kate ChallisOriginal post in Czech found here.I want to build on a previous post about affinity in another branch of my family tree, in which the issue of consanguinity, which we see in parish register margin notes, is not only an interesting curiosity, but also a valuable and…

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Travel Tuesday: Daylight Saving/Summer Time in the Czech Republic

Posted on 15 November 2016 by Kate Challis

It has been a little over a week since daylight saving time has ended in the US (except for weirdos AZ and HI). I have to write about one of the strangest observations I had while in the Czech Republic: the time on the clock absolutely did not correspond to my feeling of what time…

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Motivation Monday: Breaking Down Czech Land Records One Section at a Time

Posted on 14 November 2016 by Kate Challis

It can be easy to get intimidated by Czech land records. At first glance, they look like a giant wall of text. By breaking the text into smaller chunks one section at a time, they become much easier to read. “Land records” are not actually one uniform kind of record; in fact, they are a…

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Church Record Sunday: Frenštát 1781

Posted on 13 November 2016 by Kate Challis

I want to start a new series of interactive matriky record transcriptions. It will be a fun, motivating way for you to challenge yourself, and who knows, maybe we can both learn something in the process! The first record is found here. I hope you enjoy! If you have other matriky records you would like…

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