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…
Author: Kate Challis
Church Record Sunday: Nová Bělá 1873
Back Issues of SPJST’s Věstník are online!
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…
Census Records have Discrepancies, AND THAT IS OKAY!
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…
Church Record Sunday: Rozstání 1873
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In which I prove that Watson is valuable to Sherlock
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…
Church Record Sunday: Frenštát 1806 “posthumous”
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…
Czech Jurisdictions in Familysearch: Part One
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…
Christmas Carols in Czech Land Records
This post was co-authored by Lukáš Svoboda and Kate Challis Štědrej večer nastal, Štědrej večer nastal, koledy přichystal, koledy přichystal. Štědrej večer nastal, koledy přichystal, koledy přichystal. Štědrej večer nastal, koledy přichystal, koledy přichystal. Štědrej večer nastal, koledy přichystal, koledy přichystal. Panímámo vstantě, panímámo vstantě, koledy nám dejte, koledy nám dejte. Panímámo vstantě, koledy nám…
Czechs never use the same given name for their children…except when they do.
Indexes are awesome, but they are always a crutch, and as such, are only as good as the stuff they are made out of. If you were to use a crutch made out of glass, it might very easily break. Ouch. All I’m saying is just be careful to also use your brain when you…