FamilySearch Wiki:WikiProject Correcting Czech Cities and Towns, Part 1

Project Leader
Heather Mecham

Task List
Task List

Purpose
Correcting the spellings of Czech cities and towns.

Part 1: Select a Town or City and Assess
1. Go to the Czech Gazetteer Google sheet and put your name next to the town or city you want to correct. 2. Look in the Locality (D) at the name of the town. 3. If the name has unusual characteristics like a slash, comma or parenthesis at the end. Mark it yellow and go to the next locality. If not, go to part two to search for it. See examples below.


 * Aujezd, Ober
 * Aujest, Klein-
 * Aujezd, Groß-
 * Arnultovice (take Hostivin)
 * Bärnsdorf/Tafelfichte

Part 2: Search for the Correct Name of the Locality Using the Lists of Czech Towns and Cities and German Place Names
1. In a separate browser tab, open List of German Place Names in the Czech Republic and List of Cities and Towns in the Czech Republic. 2. Copy the locality name from the Google sheet. 3. Using control F, search both lists for the locality name until you find it and go to step 4. If you don't find it, go to part 3: Search for the Alternate Name as sometimes they are found together. 4. If the match has diacritic or accent marks, copy and paste the name in the correct spelling (Locality) column (E). 5. If there are no diacritics or accent marks, copy and past the name from the locality column to the correct spelling (Locality) column. 6. While you have the locality found, check to see if it's alternate place name is nearby. It should be next to it on the list for German place names. If it's on the Czech cities and towns list, you will find it by clicking the link for the town or city name and looking at the topy of the page. It will most likely be identified as the German name for the town or city. See examples below. For German place names: For Czech cities and towns: 7. If you don't find the alternate place name or locality name, Continue to Part 3: Search for the Alternate Name.

Part 3: Check the Alternate Place Name
1. Go to the Alternate Place Name Column (F) and copy the alternate place name. 2. Use control F to search the List of Germany Place Names and List of Towns and Cities in the Czech Republic from part 2. 3. If the match has diacritic or accent marks, copy and paste the name in the correct spelling (Alternate) column (G). 4. If there are no changes to the spelling, copy the name from column F to column G and go to part 1. 5. Check to see if the locality name is nearby as in part 2 when you checked for the alternate name by the locality name. 6. If the alternate place name is not found, mark it yellow or go to Additional Searches (Optional).

Additional Searches (Optional)
1. If the name has more than one word in the name, they may be reversed. Mlada Boleslav, might be Boleslav Mlada. Try searching with the name flipped or each part of the name separately. If you find a match, check for the parish and judicial district to match in the Google sheet and your search results. Mark it yellow and put the word move in the notes column. 2. Try the following sites, using the locality or alternate name, followed by a comma and Czechia in the search terms. See example below.
 * Example: Oacar, Czechia

3. If you can't find it, mark it yellow. We will do a second pass with more complicated searches.
 * Google Maps
 * FamilySearch Places
 * Czech Wikipeda. You will need Google translate for this