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• Archive in der Tschechischen Republik/Einführung (GenWiki)

  Addresses in Czech with comments in German and English.

• Archivní fondy a sbírky v České republice - Ministerstvo vnitra České republiky

  Searchable database of the Register of All Archival Fonds in the Czech Republic. Contains information on over 138,000 archival fonds or archive groups in over 100 archives and 70 museums and other cultural institutions.

• Czech Peasant & Emigration Museum, stories about 19th century rural village life and emigration to and settling in America

  Showing the history and stories of the region. Many of the stories we tell you should sound familiar; it could have easily concerned your ancestors. The Kojakovice Museum in the protected hamlet of Kojakovice (Municipality Jilovice) is operated by the Czech Rozmberk Society.

• Digital Archives of the Regional Archives in Opava

  Opava, Czech Republic.

• Digital Archives State Regional Archives Třeboň

  Digitized images of many vital records in the State Regional Archive at Trebon and the state district archives of south Bohemia.

• Europe N-Z

  A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives

• FamilySearch Catalog

  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Microfilm loans can be ordered and then sent to your local Family History Center.

  • Czech Republic

  • Slovakia

• FamilySearch Catalog - Germany, Sudetenland

  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Many of the records have been digitized. Look for the camera icon.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Czech Republic Family History Centers

• Herder-Institut Marberg: About the Institute

  According to its statutes, the Herder-Institute supports with its collections and as a forum for academic discussion the research on the countries and peoples of East Central Europe in their European context, with special regard to the history of the historical German territories and areas of settlement in East Central Europe. In order to fulfill these tasks, the institute conducts its own research. The core subject of its work is the area of the present-day states of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

• Hill Museum & Manuscript Library

  Collegeville, Minnesota. At St. John's University.

  • Digital Humanities

• Historical Society of Pennsylvania

  Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies.

  • Balch Manuscript Guide

    • Carpatho-Rusyn

    • Czech

    • Slovak

• Immigration History Research Center Archives (IHRCA) - University of Minnesota

  An international resource on American immigration and ethnic history. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  • Research & Public Programming

• LibDex - The Library Index - Czech Republic

  A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

• Louisiana Czech Museum

  Libuse, Louisiana.

• Mestska knihovna v Praze / Municipal Library of Prague

• My Czech Roots - Czech Archives & Genealogy Records

  A systematic description of records held in the archives of the Czech Republic that are useful for genealogy & family history research in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia. Search tools and tips are provided.

• National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library

  Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

• Newberry Library - Bohemian Genealogy

• State Reginal Archives in Prague

  Free access to copies of birth/baptism, marriage and death/burial records for Bohemia [Czech] - search by town or district.