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Step-by-Step Instructions for Opava Regional Archives
1. Click on the website Zemský archiv v Opavě

2. You may choose English, Czech, or German language by clicking on the British, Czech, or German flag in the upper right corner. However, very little of the information in the register list will be translated. Instructional pages in other sections of the website will have English text.

3. The list you now see is a list of all the parishes for which there are registers. In the search field at the top, enter the German or Czech version of the locality name and click "Search".

4. Next, you will see a list of all the registers for that parish or locality. 5. How to read the listing:
 * The title will show the Czech name. Use the above chart to convert the German name to the Czech name, if necessary.
 * The title lines are a little cryptic because they include register call numbers for use in the archives. All you need to decipher are the name of the parish, the events covered, and the year range.
 * The top line tells the events covered:
 * N = Narození or Geborene--baptisms
 * O = Oddaní or Vertrauene--marriages
 * Z = Zemřelí or Gestorbene--deaths
 * N-I for index to births/baptisms
 * N-O for index to marriages
 * N-Z for deaths/burials


 * The box to the right of the events list gives the year range.
 * The bottom line gives the name of the parish.

6. Click on the entry that covers the time period and type of record you need.

7. A detail screen will pop up next with many details about the record and a thumbnail photograph. The religion of the parish is clear here. Click on the photograph of the record, which takes you to the scanned images of the register.

8. To work with the digitizer itself, you can use tools to enlarge the image to full screen size, reduce it again, rotate the image, move the image, or enlarge and reduce it.

Vocabulary List
This vocabulary list includes some of the most commonly used terms in the website: -

Step-by-Step Instructions for Family Search Historical Records
To search this collection using the index:
 * 1. Click on this link:.


 * 2. Fill in the requested information in the initial search page. This search will return a list of possible matches.


 * 3. Compare the information about the ancestors in the list to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct family or person. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to find your ancestor.


 * 4. Be aware there may be inaccuracies such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned.

Browsing images:
 * On the page, there is a link to browse the images, found at the bottom of the page: Browse 4,668,489 images. However, this method is very complex.  You have to know the district, sub-district, town and parish, clicking level by level.
 * Similarly Browse 206,549 images link in the collection is not the easiest way to browse those records.
 * To browse the images in these collection more efficiently, locate the parish in the FamilySearch Catalog. Here you can enter the name of the parish or town and go directly to the records listing. '''When you find the type of record and time period you wish to study, click on the small camera icon to link to the images.