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Month: January 2017

Motivation Monday: RootsTech thoughts, plans, dreams, fears, etc.

Posted on 30 January 2017 by Kate Challis

I will be going to RootsTech 2017 in a little over one week for the first time in my life. I have never done this before, though we used to live in Utah. But we had the excuse of being poor students. In 2009 I was working as a teacher at BYU StarTalk Arabic, the second…

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Church Record Sunday, Frenštát 1870

Posted on 30 January 2017 by Kate Challis

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Workday Wednesday: Rychtář

Posted on 26 January 2017 by Kate Challis

Written by Kate Challis and Lukáš Svoboda who blogs here.Your Czech ancestors almost certainly had some kind of contact with the village rychtář. Who was he, and what exactly did he do? Czech: fojt or šoltysGerman: Richter, Vogt, Schultheiss Latin: judex, scultetus, advocatusThere is no simple equivalent translation into English, therefore it is often translated as…

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Church Record Sunday: Nová Bělá 1873

Posted on 22 January 2017 by Kate Challis
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Back Issues of SPJST’s Věstník are online!

Posted on 19 January 2017 by Kate Challis

Hey! While looking for something completely different, I stumbled across something I absolutely must share with all of those who have some kind of connection to Texas Czechs. When Czechs immigrated to Texas, they brought with them deep and abiding love of literature, education, and culture. After all, Jan Amos Komenský was a Czech. It…

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Census Records have Discrepancies, AND THAT IS OKAY!

Posted on 16 January 2017 by Kate Challis

I’m participating in a genealogy panel on Dear Myrtle’s blog. Here’s what I wrote this week: In this chapter, Rose describes some specific points that researchers must consider when dealing with certain common record sets. It makes sense that these examples are North America-centric, since the GPS is a standard created by the Board for Certification…

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Church Record Sunday: Rozstání 1873

Posted on 16 January 2017 by Kate Challis

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In which I prove that Watson is valuable to Sherlock

Posted on 13 January 2017 by Kate Challis

I’m partipating in a fun genealogy panel on Dear Myrtle’s blog. I want to polish the first piece I wrote before sharing it on my blog, but here’s what I wrote this week. You can watch it here. My part is from 46:34-1:04 Rose’s Casebuilding Scenarios In this chapter, Rose describes two scenarios: 1. After a…

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Church Record Sunday: Frenštát 1806 “posthumous”

Posted on 8 January 2017 by Kate Challis

Loading… I shall be continuing this series throughout 2017, due to popular request. I hope that you are able to see the embedded images. If not, please write a comment, or send me an email. I think this has the potential to be an extremely valuable tool for those just beginning their journey in Czech…

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Czech Jurisdictions in Familysearch: Part One

Posted on 5 January 2017 by Kate Challis

How do you document a Czech place name in Familysearch? This is a constant source of frustration for Czech genealogists. Have you ever used Familysearch as a cloud-based lineage linking platform before? When you add a person in the tree, you have the option to select a location from a list of standardized places. This…

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