Here are the answers to yesterday’s transcription test. Note how there actually are some major differences in the “answers” copy. Names and words were Latin-ized. So I will give you the answer to the original. 1. Mičhal Leičht Michael Leicht 2. Waczlaw Majer Venceslaus Mayer 3.Ondřej Reidl Andreas Reidl 4. Jakob…
Author: Kate Challis
Czech Handwriting Transcription Test 1
I found something really awesome on actapublica.eu: two registers that had identical information, but their legibility varied drastically. Why would two parish registers have identical information? One of the registers was the original, and the other was a copy, sort of like the Czech Catholic equivalent to bishop’s transcripts in England. The copy was made…
What day of the week were your ancestors married?
I recently read a fascinating post over at one of my favorite blogs, Czech Genealogy for Beginners. You really should read the whole post, because it is quite interesting. Blanka Lednicka is the author if this blog. She wrote:If you take careful look on the wedding dates and you translate them into days, you’ll find…
Location of illegitimate birth records
Often times in the old Czech parish registers, illegitimate births were recorded right alongside legitimate births. But, sometimes they aren’t. For example, in the parish book “Merklín 03” on actapublica.eu, the births go from 1736-1770, and then at the end is a small section of pages of births of illegitimate children from 1769-1771. http://actapublica.eu/matriky/plzen/prohlizec/5646/?strana=162 So…
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…
S and Š names might be indexed separately
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…
Zinger by Orson Hyde
This is not related to Czech genealogy in any way whatsoever, but it’s interesting! I am doing some interesting research on my Mormon ancestors who lived in Iowa. One of them operated the south of the Platte river ferry route for at least 6 months in approximately 1849-1850. I have been looking for clues about…
Follow Friday: Judy Nelson
I’ve started participating in geneabloggers. Sometimes I will be participating in the daily blog prompt. Today is “Follow Friday” where I get to recommend another genealogy blogger, a specific blog post, a genealogy website or a genealogy resource.Today I would like to introduce my colleague Judy Nelson. She is a fellow Czech researcher, also located in Iowa….
Czech Privacy Laws
Every locality has variations in privacy laws that affect which genealogical records you can access and which remain forbidden. My 5th cousin in Řepiště was kind enough to help me understand Czech privacy laws. I thought I would share what I learned. Keep in mind that I am not a legal authority or expert, etc….
Nachdem Vatters todt gebohren
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…