Type of Records |
Source of Records |
Family records |
- Living family members
- Former possessions of deceased family members
- Family Bibles, diaries, letters, photographs, scrapbooks
- State, county, and local historical societies
- Family History Center (LDS Church) & FamilySearch website
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Obituaries |
- Local & ethnic newspapers – historical societies, libraries
- Family records & scrapbooks
- Membership & fraternal organization publications
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Naturalization records |
- United States Courthouse
- state, county, municipal courthouse (usually in the Clerk of Courts Office)
- state historical societies & local affiliate chapters
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U.S. Census |
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State, county, municipal histories |
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Baptismal & marriage certificates |
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County maps & road atlases |
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Gazetteers |
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Leo Baca’s Czech Immigration Passenger Lists |
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Original passenger lists |
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Czech & Slovak town books |
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Czech & Slovak state archives |
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Czech & Slovak telephone directories |
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1651 Soupis (Register of People by Denomination) religion census
1654 Berni rula property census
1793 Soupis religion census
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Professional genealogical researchers for records in Czech Republic and Slovakia |
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CGSI Member Surname Index (CGSI members and family members being researched) |
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Czech & Slovak church records |
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Foreign population and tax census |
- Slovak – Magyar 1869 census
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