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Levavit litterae baptismales
You can find number of different notes in the birth parish books which were written there later, during the life. Those notes mention different life situations - confirmation, marriage, death,...
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Good news everyone! We are on Patreon now
For the last few months we repeatedly discussed our worries that we don't give our blog the attention it deserves. We have many ideas to write about, but each of them requires further research and we...
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You have most probably heard about our former President Václav Havel - he is one of the best known Czechs of the end of 20th century. His surname comes from the first name Havel. This name originated...
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When the baptism took place?
Do you like our posts? Consider becoming a patron on Patreon. We offer three tiers with different advantages. See more on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/czechgenealogyWhen our ancestors were born one...
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Surname changes shown on one surname
March poll about surnames on Patreon was won by an option to show surname changes on one surname. I have chosen surname Švejda which provides number of different possibilities how to write it.Surname...
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I starý tkadlec občas splete přízi
It's almost impossible to translate the sentence in the headline. It says "Even the old weaver sometimes weaves a yarn" - but it could be also translated as "Even the old weaver sometimes makes a...
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Technical: Blog comments
Dear readers, due to the huge amount of spam comments lately I'm forced to manage all the comments and approve those which are connected to the topic of Czech genealogy - and delete those which are...
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Septuagesima Sunday
One of the church "dates" which you can see in the marriage books quite often is the Septuagesima Sunday (neděle devítník in Czech). It's often mentioned as one of the days when marriage bans took...
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Death Survey Cards
You have most probably seen such notes in the parish books - cause of death and then a number of a death survey card.Cause of death: Na sešlost věkem dle úmrtního lístku dto 3. června 1873 Nr....
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Grooms and brides from Dobrš parish
When I was researching my own family I processed all the records from the marriage book of Dobrš parish between 1702 and 1784. Thanks to that I got a long list of grooms and brides - and I decided to...
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Surnames from German
Czech lands are a place where many different language elements meet - there si Czech language, but there were parts where German was the most common language till the half of the 20th century. How did...
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National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror
It's been 80 years this year since the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the commander of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) and acting governor of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, took...
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Indices to the parish books
Searching the parish books can be very time consuming. When you search for your ancestor who was born somewhere between 1820 and 1830 in one of the largest towns in the Czech Republic, let's say České...
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Surnames reffering to the physical appearance
Last month poll decided that this month I'll write about those surnames which reffer to the physical appearance of the first person who got that surname. So - what kind of surnames we can find in this...
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Moravian land registers of 1656-1676, part I
One of the sources I haven't mentioned before are Moravian land registers created between 1656 and 1676 (they are called lánový rejstřík or lánové rejstříky in Czech). It's the oldest Moravian register...
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How important is religion for Europeans?
Religion and the church are very important for people in the U.S. To cite Wikipedia article about the U.S. and religion: In one 2020 survey, about 65% of Americans report that religion plays an...
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School chronicles
Mandatory school education was a part of our ancestors' everyday life since 1869. The children were obliged to start the school when they were six and they were expected to complete 8 years of the...
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1968 in Prague
It's been 54 years since the Warsaw Pact invasion to Czechoslovakia. I was born in 1980 so I didn't live throught these events - but my parents and parents-in-law did. I asked them about those events...
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Moravian land registers of 1656-1676, part II
I mentioned in the previous post how to navigate in these oldest land registers. This time I'll describe the system of the measurements used in these documents.So - it will be a bit complicated. I have...
View ArticleFunny surnames
There is a very old blog post about how surnames were created. This blog post describes that sometimes the person received a surname which was funny because of his appearance or behaviour. And there...
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Patrons only posts on Patreon
If you have thought about supporting this blog and its authors on Patreon, maybe you hesitated to sign up because you don't know what to expect there.https://www.patreon.com/czechgenealogy Right now...
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Male first names in Latin
There are thousands of first names today. But our ancestors used just a few tens of them. They wanted to fit in, not to stand out, because anyone who stood out was usually suspicious.Records in...
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Surnames derived from water
September voting about surname topic for October showed you are interested in surnames which were derived from water. So let's take a look on such surnames - and see how many of those we have.Water is...
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I've mentioned the Patreon site before - and since October I'm writing new blog posts mainly there, publishing them here with a delay. Usually because I just forget to transfer the posts here. Of...
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Looking for parish records translation?
I'll be happy to help you with that! I'm transcribing and translating parish records (and not only those, but also cadastral or estate records, chronicles, census records and much more) all languages...
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