Lukáš Svoboda wrote another excellent post on his blog that explains the true motive for numbering houses in 1770 . It is in Czech, but you can easily open it in the chrome browser, right click, and select “Translate to English.” Or copy and paste the text and dump it into google translate. In short:…
Historical Fiction: the genre of choice for the genealogist
It was bound to happen sometime this year. I forgot to post on my blog yesterday. I should have these posts scheduled in advance, and in fact that is my end goal. But it just hasn’t happened. I’ve been listening to an audio book called “Saints” by Orson Scott Card. I love it. It is…
They Came In Groups
If you are interested in Texas Czech genealogy, you should “czech” out Robert Janak’s “Janaks Texas-Czech Articles and Photos” website. It is excellent, in particular the articles section. Here was a useful post that he wrote called: “Dubina, Hostyn and Ammannsville. The Geographic Origin of Three Czech Communities in Fayette County, Texas.” Janak used tombstone…
Found this gem on pinterest
And it describes me perfectly.
Mnemonic devices for memorizing Czech Months (English)
This is mostly for my benefit but I decided to post it in case there are any other English-speaking Czech researchers out there who have a hard time remembering the Czech months of the year. Leden – led is Czech for “ice.” Led sounds like “lead”. This is kind of how my heart feels in…
England Research can help Czech Research
If my husband wants to do genealogy research, he basically needs to become an expert in Northamptonshire, England – its history, repositories, available records, etc. Mostly we are concentrating on the early 1800’s and earlier. As we have worked together to start figuring this out, it has struck me that understanding manorial laws and customs…
Wordless Wednesday: Picture Postcard including J. J. Vasicek (seated bottom center)
What does the Grave’s Location in a Catholic Cemetery Mean?
I knew that 19th-mid 20th century Catholic cemeteries (and perhaps some modern ones too?) had stringent rules about who was allowed to be buried there. My friend from West, Texas (a predominately Czech community) pointed out something to me that was really interesting. In her own words: As I have traversed through many cemeteries over…
Beide von hier
Here is a phrase that I ran into recently in the parish registers. I kept wondering, “What the heck? I keep seeing h-i-e-r in the place where the village name is supposed to be. But on a different record, this guy was from the same town, Zábřeh. Did he suddenly move?” Uh, no. “hier” is…
You should translate the notes!
Yesterday, Blanka Lednícka wrote an excellent blog post about marriage notes in Czech Parish registers. She proved to me that the notes that sometimes are included in marriage registers should not be overlooked. They may contain valuable information about marriage banns, birth certificates, or church dispensations. I admit, I am guilty of frequently overlooking this…