Czechia Websites

This is a selection of Websites that has been found most useful. It is not intended to be a complete bibliography since new information appears on the Internet every day.

Archives and Libraries

 * Archive Map Archive map showing their jurisdiction boundaries and the links to the online databases.
 * Czech Archival Database
 * Czech Archives
 * Czech Archives overview
 * Czech Libraries (Libweb)
 * Kramerius Information Portal Online collections of the National Library of the Czech Republic
 * Land Archives in Opava
 * Moravian Provincial Archives in Brno
 * Paginae Historiae Journal published by the Prague National Archives
 * Prague City Archives - Inventory
 * State Regional Archives in Litoměřice
 * State Regional Archives in Plzeň
 * State Regional Archives in Prague
 * State Regional Archives in Třeboň
 * State Regional Archives in Zámrsk

Cemeteries

 * StonePics - Cemeteries of the Czech Republic

Census

 * Czech Census Searchers
 * History of population censuses in 1868-1940
 * History of population censuses in 1950-2001

Church Records

 * Archive Map Archive map showing their jurisdiction boundaries and the links to the online databases.
 * FamilySearch Labs Digital images of the church records from the Litoměřice, Třeboň and Opava Regional archives are starting to come online.
 * Church Books from the Brno Moravian Provincial Archives
 * Church Books from the Litoměřice Regional Archive
 * Church Books from the Opava (Olomouc) Land Archive
 * Church Books from the Plzeň Regional Archive
 * Church Books from the Praha City Archive
 * Church Books from the Praha Regional Archive
 * Church Books from the Třeboň Regional Archive
 * Church Books from the Zámrsk Regional Archive
 * Prague suburbs and their corresponding church jurisdictions

Directories

 * Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directories
 * 1859 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory
 * 1884 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory
 * 1892 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory
 * 1896 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory
 * 1896 Prague City/Libeň Quarter Address and Business Directory
 * 1907 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory Part I
 * 1907 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory Part 2
 * 1910 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory Part I
 * 1910 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory Part 2
 * 1910 Prague (City and Suburbs) Address and Business Directory Part 3
 * 1912 Prague City/Vinohrady Quarter Address and Business Directory
 * 1936 Prague City Address and Business Directory
 * Czech Phone Book

Emigration and Immigration

 * Hamburg Passenger Lists FamilySearch Wiki article.

Gazetteers

 * 1900 Gazetteer of Bohemia at FamilySearch Digital Library
 * 1900 Gazetteer of Moravia at FamilySearch Digital Library
 * 1900 Gazetteer of Moravia (text in Czech) at FamilySearch Digital Library
 * 1900 Gazetteer of Silesia at FamilySearch Digital Library
 * Czech Vanished Localities
 * Historical Lexicon of the Municipalities of the Czech Republic - 1869-2005
 * Lexicon of Towns in North and Northwest Bohemia

Genealogy

 * BYU Research Guide for Czechoslovakia
 * Czech Common Genealogical Sources
 * Czech Genealogy for Beginners
 * Czech Genealogy Forum Czech only.
 * Czech Genealogy on the Internet
 * Czech GenWeb
 * Czech Republic, Bohemia, and Moravia Genealogy Research
 * Czech Republic Genealogy Links
 * Czech Republic Genealogy Resources by FEEFHS
 * Czech Republic Letter Writing Guide
 * Czech Research Outline (Shon Edwards)
 * Czechs to Vernon
 * GENEA - Genealogical Pages
 * GENEA - The most common causes of death
 * Genealogie Sudetenland
 * Genealogy Indexer
 * Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms

General Information

 * Czech Info Center
 * Czech Republic - The Official Website of the Czech Republic
 * Czech Useful Contacts
 * The World Factbook
 * Weights and Measurements
 * Wikipedia

Heraldry

 * South Bohemian Herold Czech only.

History

 * Peterswald

Jewish Records

 * holocaust.cz A database of victims of the Theresienstadt concentration camp and more...
 * Austria-Czech SIG
 * Jewish Familiants of Bohemia
 * Jewish Familiants of Southern Moravia
 * Jewish Family History Research Guide
 * Jewish Genealogy FamilySearch Wiki article
 * Jewish Registers
 * KEŠET - Database of Czech and Moravian Jewish Cemeteries
 * Lo Tishkach European Jewish Cemeteries
 * TOLEDOT-Mapping of the Jewish Families of Bohemia and Moravia

Land and Property

 * Moravian Stabile Cadaster 1824-1931

Language Helps and Guides

 * Czech Republic Genealogical Word List
 * German Script Tutorial
 * Latin Genealogical Word List

Maps

 * 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary
 * Detailed Historical Map of the Czech Republic
 * Detailed Map of the Czech Republic
 * Detailed Maps of Prague Click on Zoomify to enlarge the maps. Shows house numbers.
 * Detailed Maps of the Czech Republic Includes various types of maps, such as cadastral maps.
 * Old Maps of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia from the Geoinformatics Laboratory of J.E.Purkyně University
 * Old maps of the Czech Republic
 * Regions of the Czech Republic

Military Records

 * Austro-Hungarian Land Forces 1848-1918
 * Czech Military Records
 * Introduction to Austrian Military Records
 * Sources for Genealogical Research at the Austrian War Archives in Vienna (Kriegsarchiv Wien)

Names Personal

 * English Equivalents of Foreign Given Names
 * Name Mapping Tool Surname distribution site show where names are and indicate where the heaviest distributions of names can be found.

Newspapers

 * Czech-American Newspapers

Nobility

 * Directory of Royal Genealogical Data

Occupations

 * Czech Genealogy for Beginners: Occupation Dictionary
 * Occupations and Trades

Periodicals

 * Czech Periodicals in the British Library

Population

 * Prague Population Registration (1850-1914) Digital images of police registration forms (conscriptions).

Postal and Shipping Guides

 * Czech Postal Codes

Societies

 * Association for Heraldry in Prague
 * Czech Genealogy and Heraldry Society in Prague
 * Czech Heraldry and Genealogy Club
 * Czech &amp; Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois (CSAGSI)
 * Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International (CGSI)
 * East European Genealogical Society
 * Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)
 * German-Bohemian Heritage Society
 * Moravian Genealogy & Heraldry Society in Brno
 * Moravian Heritage Society