September 2015• 9:00-9:40 Working with Czech Records in TMG – Presenter: John

Frank

• 10:00-10:40 Finding Records in the Czech Republic, A Special Case of Sudetenland – Presenter: Carol Traxler

• 11:00-11:40 Finding Your Czech Ancestors – Presenter: Stephen Ullrich

• 11:40 Questions –

• Persons who are unable to attend onsite may send their questions to Paul Blackburn at programs@rootsusers.org

Einwohner Würzburg 1806-1850

Working with Czech Records in TMG

September 2015 John Frank

St Wenceslaus Marriages 1884

Marriage Tag Entry

Citation

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Baltimore Passenger List SS Leipzig11 Nov 1872

Baltimore Passenger List SS Leipzig 11 Nov 1872

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Create a report that duplicates a portion of the Passenger List

• Create a flag for the group• Set the flag to “Y” for each person• For each person place line entry number in

address field (L1)• Set output columns to include place of birth• Cite passenger list entry number in birth

record and sort by birth place (entry number)

Baltimore Passenger Manifest SS Leipzig 11 Nov 1872

Baltimore Passenger List SS Weser Mar 1, 1883

Komenda-Humpal Marriage

CSGI Quarterly Magazine

Typical article

Directions for Dr Gardner CG

• For the Pecka and Humpal families record the birth records for the direct ancestors and their siblings; for their parents and family members of that generation

Unusual Finds in the Records

• On a 1820 marriage, it was noted that Bartholomew Humpal was a member of the “glorious regiment of Breux”

• Barbora Humpal, who was found to be the aunt of Veronika and Marie Humpal, living in America, requested a certificate of eligibility for marriage in April 1869

• The cottage name Fiala was recorded rather than the surname

Unusual Finds (cont)

• Dr Gardner noted that the Humpal family was a landholder and therefore the family could be traced back to medieval times

• The marriages for two additional Humpal generations were cited without detail nor were their siblings provided .

Cottage Name – a variation of a surnameAlso note the Reference field is filled by using the text macro

Name-CottageTools>Tag Type List>Filter>Name>Add

Tools> Text MacrosTo Invoke: Shift and Function Key

Add Exhibit to RepositoryAdd Map of Baltimore Cemetery to Cemetery Repository record

Did the Humpal and Pecka families live close enough to each other in Bohemia to possibly know each

other?

Humpal surnames are in red and Pecka surnames are in blue

Language Considerations

• The letters “ch” are treated as a single letter and appear after the letter “h” in sorted lists

• Several letter have accent marks and are sorted after their unaccented counter parts.

• Feminine surnames may be written with “ova”ending

Czech characters of interest

The letter C is sorted before Č as seen by the parish Červená.

Summary Contrast between Czech research in 1986 and 2015.

Czech data idle since imported from gedcom file.

While making this presentation, I dispelled previously held assumptions.

Documented details of my trip to the Czech previously unrecorded

On the positive side, Czech archives are now available on-line for my region of interest.

Additional Research

• Revisit the Austrian Kriegs Archive concerning Bartholomew Pecka’ military service

• Three Czech surnames have been found which may be associated with an unresolved German line. This is an area to be investigated.

For Continued ResearchName Memory Jogger

Questions

Sources

• Source Documentation Maryland Archives, Hall of Records Http://guide.mdsa.net/viewer.cfm?page=citations

Sources for Genealogical Research at the Austrian War Archives in Vienna (KREIGSARCHIV WIEN)http://oesta.gv.at/DocView.axd?CobId=29263.

Sources

• Czechoslovakia Genealogy Society International - www.cgsi.org

• Czech Immigration Passenger Lists Baltimore 1834-1979 Vol VIII Leo Baca

Bohemian Gazetteer

• https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Czech_

Republic_Gazetteers#Gemeindelexikon_der_im_Reichsrate_vertretenen_K.C3.B6nigreiche_und_L.C3.A4nder

Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder Gemeindelexikon der im Reichsrate vertretenen Königreiche und Länder.

(Gazetteer of the Crownlands and Territories Represented in the Imperial Council). Wien: Verlag der k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1905-1908. (FHL book 943.6 E5g).

Vol. IX Gemeindelexicon von Böhmen (Gazetteer of Bohemia). FHL film 1187927 item 1. Also available online at FamilySearch Books Online

Vol. X Gemeindelexicon von Mähren (Gazetteer of Moravia). FHL film 924736 item 1. Also available online at FamilySearch Books Online and FamilySearch Books Online

Vol. XI Gemeindelexicon von Schlesien (Gazetteer of Silesia). FHL film 1187927 item 2. Also available online at FamilySearch Books Online