Litoměřice Archive Website Guide

A user on the Czech FamilySearch Communities recently expressed interest in learning to search for her ancestors using the website for the Litoměřice State Regional Archive (Státní oblastní archiv v Litoměřicích).  After searching online for a good guide to the archive website for English speakers I found that there are some really good resources, but unfortunately they were made a few years ago, and since then the archive website has been changed and those guides are no longer current.  

So I decided to make my own guide.  I ended up making a screen & voice recording -- this is my first time creating something like this (please excuse my pronunciations).  I'm hopeful that this recording will be helpful to those learning to navigate the Litoměřice Archive website.  It also contains examples & tips for those who may be new to searching for their Bohemian and Czech ancestors, regardless of which archives their ancestors' records are found in.

The the Litoměřice State Regional Archive website: http://vademecum.soalitomerice.cz/vademecum/index4Clear.jsp

Here is a break-down of the contents of this recording:

Table of Contents: 0:00​ Navigating the Archive website 1:00​ Searching for a Town 1:51​ Selecting a Book 5:22​ Details about a specific Book 6:44​ Looking at a Book: Website Tools 8:59​ Note: Saving a Direct Link to Scan 9:47​ I Found the Book, Now where is my Ancestor? 12:35​ Example: Searching for a Birth Record 14:37​ Column Headings for Birth Records 19:45​ Words Continued on the Next Line 22:55​ Getting Back to your List of Books 24:54​ Using Books with Indexes  32:33​ Page Numbers vs. Folio Numbers 35:25​ Example: Searching for a Marriage Record 35:41​ Column Headings for Marriage Records 42:25​ Meanings of "cross" or "X" Symbols 44:36​ Remember, Indexes Aren’t Perfect 46:12​ Example: Searching in a Longer Book with Many Towns 55:42​ Symbol for the Latinized name ending “us” 57:35​ Sources 58:32​ Example: Searching for a Death Record 58:47​ You CAN do This! (Even if you don’t know the Language) 59:27​ Recognizing Patterns  1:00:56​ Using Resources such as FamilySearch Communities  1:02:06​ Symbol indicating Abbreviations 1:03:29​ German Female Surname ending “in”  1:08:00​ How to quickly Find the Same Book Again

Index of Třebíč - St. Martin Parish Register book number 10972

We'd like to share the following searchable Index of the death records in the Parish of Třebíč, Czechia in the Roman Catholic parish register book, "10972 Třebíč - město (Sv. Martin)" from the Moravském zemském archivu v Brně (Moravian Provincial Archive in Brno), covering the years 1663 through 1701.  This book includes records from the following towns: Čechtín, Červená Lhota, Čihalín, Horka, Nová Ves, Okřešice, Slavičky, Okrašovice, Smrk, Kracovice, Třebíč, Budíkovice, Nové Dvory, Pocoucov, Ptáčov, Račerovice, Řípov, Sokolí, Stařečka, Týn, Vnitřní Město, Trnava, Valdíkov, Vladislav, & Hostákov.  These indexes were compiled by Joanna Sedgwick.  In an effort to make these parish records more widely available to those who may be researching their ancestors from this part of Czechia, Joanna has offered to make her Index available to the public here.  Thank you!  If you have any questions or comments for Joanna about this index, you are welcome to contact her directly at jjjhks4@yahoo.com.

Joanna also collected sample images of capital letters from this book as a learning tool:

Třebíč - město (Sv. Martin) book 10972: Death Records 1663 - 1701

View the digitized parish register book here.

*Make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom - this index includes the death records of all 5104 individuals recorded in this parish register book. 

Having trouble viewing the chart?  Click here to go directly to this chart on Google Sheets.

Thank you so much to Joanna Sedgwick, who took the time to index this parish book and share her work with other Třebíč researchers!

*Note: You may have noticed that the Třebíč Parish is not located within Bohemia.  While our main focus is Bohemian research, we feel that it is important to make any genealogical resources available to help researchers not only in Bohemia, but also in all parts of former Czechoslovakia & in the areas of Germany which border the Sudetenland.  If you have compiled an index of a parish book or another genealogical record in any of these areas, please feel free to reach out to us and we would be happy to help you make your index available to others online by publishing it here on our blog.  

Index of Merzlitz Parish Register book 120/5

We'd like to share the following searchable Indexes of the birth, marriage, and death records in the town of Merzlitz, Böhmen, Österreich (now Mrzlice, Czechia) in the Catholic parish register book, "Mrzlice 120/5" from the Litomerice Archive, covering the years 1784 through 1828.  These indexes were compiled by Steven Chidester.  In an effort to make these parish records more widely available to those who may be researching their ancestors from this part of Bohemia, Steve has offered to make his Index available to the public here.  You are welcome to contact us if you come across any errors so we can make any necessary corrections to the index.  Thank you!

Merzlitz book 120/5: 1784 - 1828

View the digitized parish register book here.

			Digital Page #	Handwritten Page #
Birth Records	N; 1784-1828	Pages	2 - 35	1 - 33
Birth Index	I-N; 1784-1828	Pages	36 - 39	34 - 37
Confirmation Records	Confirmations	Pages	40 - 41	39 - 40
Marriage Records	O; 1784-1828	Pages	42 - 51	42 - 51
Marriage Index	I-O; 1784-1828	Pages	53 - 54	56 - 57
Death Records	Z; 1784-1828	Pages	55 - 69	60 - 74
Death Index	I-Z; 1784-1828	Pages	71 - 73	88 - 90

Birth Records for Merzlitz:  13 Jul 1784 - 5 Oct 1828

View the birth records in the digitized parish register book here.

*Make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom - this index includes the birth records of all 206 children recorded in this parish register book.  And scroll all the way to the right of the spreadsheet to view the columns with information about the children's parents & grandparents.

Having trouble viewing the charts?  Click here to go directly to these charts on Google Sheets.

Marriage Records in Merzlitz:  26 Oct 1784 - 6 Nov 1828

View the marriage records in the digitized parish register book here.

*This index includes the marriage records of all 45 couples recorded in this parish register book.  Make sure to scroll all the way to the right of the spreadsheet to view the columns with information about the brides and any notes about the entries.

Having trouble viewing the charts?  Click here to go directly to these charts on Google Sheets.

Death Records in Merzlitz:  15 Jul 1784 - 12 Oct 1828

View the death records in the digitized parish register book here.

*Make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom - this index includes the death records of all 176 deceased individuals recorded in this parish register book.  And scroll all the way to the right of the spreadsheet to view the columns with information about the deceased person's mothers, their ages, and any notes about the entries.

Having trouble viewing the charts?  Click here to go directly to these charts on Google Sheets.

House Number/Surname Chart from the Birth & Death Records in Merzlitz: 1784 - 1828

*Make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom - this index includes the house numbers & surnames from each of the birth & death records in this parish register book.  And scroll all the way to the right of the spreadsheet to view the columns for each of the 27 houses recorded in this town.

Having trouble viewing the charts?  Click here to go directly to these charts on Google Sheets.

Thank you so much to Steven Chidester, who took the time to index this parish book and share his work with other Merzlitz researchers!