Czechia Reading Aids

Language of the Records
Czech was not recognized as an official language until 1877 in Bohemia and 1905 in Moravia. It was seldom used as a written language until the late 1800s. Except for modern records of the 1900s, records in the Czech Republic were written mostly in Latin and German.

Birth and Death Records (Civil Registration)




Czech Church Records
Baptism Records, Czech and German Czech Republic, Trebon Regional Archive Church Records 1884-1935 







Latin Records
These reading aids, prepared for Galicia, which was part of Austria and eventually Poland, will give you extensive help in reading Latin records. These forms were mandated by Austria, where the Catholic church was the state religion. You will see them used in Austrian Silesia, part of the Czech Republic. The vocabulary, if not the exact forms, will also be seen in all earlier Catholic records.
 * For detailed description and translation of a Galician Latin birth record, see Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia, Baptismal/Birth Record.
 * For detailed description and translation of a Galician Latin marriage record, see Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia, Marriage Record.
 * For detailed description and translation of a Galician Latin death record, see Genealogy of Halychyna/Eastern Galicia, Death Record.