I wanted to share the videos that Amy & I made when we taught classes on how to use the Litoměřice & Plzeň Regional Archive websites for FamilySearch.org's virtual Czech Research Seminar in October:
Using Online Czech Records: Litoměřice Regional Archives
Using Online Czech Records: Litoměřice Regional Archives
Table of Contents:
0:00 Navigating the Litoměřice Regional Archives website
0:23 Map of areas covered by each Czech Regional Archive
0:35 Use www.genteam.at to find which Archive to search in
1:00 Select Website Language
1:43 How to view all records, or just those with digitized images
1:54 Where to view collections of different types of records (in addition to vital records)
2:23 Narrow your search by entering a time range
2:36 Narrow your search to just the 'Matriky' or vital records (birth, marriage, & death records)
3:00 Searching for records from a specific town
3:34 What do "N, O, Z, & I" mean? (Birth, marriage, death, & index)
5:19 Further narrow your search within the Parish Register books
6:53 Detail page for each Parish Register book
8:23 Navigating through the pages of a Parish Register book
10:11 Different ways to view a page in a Parish Register book
13:21 Saving a link or an image
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Using Online Czech Records: Plzeň Regional Archives
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If you're interested in viewing the rest of the video lessons from FamilySearch's Czech Research Seminar, they can be found at the following links. These classes would be a great place to start for any researchers who would like an introduction & helpful tips for using the websites for each of the Czech Regional Archives, the GenTeam gazetteer, online maps, or finding Jewish records using the Czech National Archives.
Beginning Czech Research
13 Lessons
Presenter: Gina Palmer, MS
An introduction to the GenTeam website and how to register to use the free website. This class focuses on how to use the Gazetteer of the Austrian, Czech, Slovak, and Slovenian Republic. This gazetteer can help identify parishes and archives where records are held.
Presenter: Gina Palmer, MS
This class will introduce the maps and available tools found at mapy.cz and maps.arcanum.com. Learn how to view and use historical maps of Czechia and other parts of Europe.
Presenter: Mckenna Cooper, AG
Learn how to use the website of the Czech National Archives to find Czech Jewish records.
Presenter: Amy Spohr Chidester
Learn how to navigate the website of the Plzeň Regional Archives to find your ancestors' birth, marriage, and death records.
[Pilsen]
Presenter: Stephanie Bradshaw
Learn how to navigate the website of the Litoměřice Regional Archives to find your ancestors' birth, marriage, and death records.
[Litomerice]
Presenter: Camille Andrus, AG
Learn how to navigate the website of the Prague Regional Archives to find your ancestor's birth, marriage, and death records.
[Praha]
Presenter: Daniel Jones, AG
This class explains how jurisdictions within Prague work in relation to research, as well as showing how to navigate the Prague City Archives website online to find records.
[Praha]
Presenter: Ellie Vance
Learn how to use the Zámrsk Regional Archives website to access church records.
[Zámrsku]
Presenter: Charlotte Noelle Champenois, AG
Learn how to navigate the website of the Brno Moravian Provincial Archives to find your ancestors' birth, marriage, and death records.
[Brně]
Presenter: Ellie Vance
Learn how to locate church records using the Opava Regional Archives website.
[Opavě]
Presenter: Mckenna Cooper, AG
Learn how to read Czech parish baptism registers.
Presenter: Mckenna Cooper, AG
Learn how to read Czech marriage parish registers.
Presenter: Mckenna Cooper, AG
Learn how to read Czech death parish registers.]
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