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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
Obituaries	Local & ethnic newspapers – historical societies, libraries Family records & scrapbooks Membership & fraternal organization publications
Naturalization records	United States Courthouse state, county, municipal courthouse (usually in the Clerk of Courts Office) state historical societies & local affiliate chapters
U.S. Census	State historical societies Family History Center (LDS Church) & FamilySearch website public libraries (including local area censuses)
State, county, municipal histories	CGSI Research Collection State & county genealogical society libraries State & county historical society libraries Public & university libraries Family History Center (LDS Church)
Baptismal & marriage certificates	National Archives (Czech Republic) (Národní archiv) website Slovak National Archives (Slovenský národný archív) website
County maps & road atlases	Public & university libraries CGSI Research Collection Available for purchase from online & bookstore sources including CGSI's online Shop National and regional tourism offices
Gazetteers	Public & university libraries CGSI Research Collection State & county genealogical society libraries
Leo Baca’s Czech Immigration Passenger Lists	CGSI Research Collection CGSI website Research Databases State & county genealogical society libraries State historical society libraries Large public libraries
Original passenger lists	U.S. National Archives website - Resources for Genealogists FamilySearch website State historical society libraries American Genealogical Lending Library The Statue Of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. website U.S. Department of Homeland Security website
Czech & Slovak town books	CGSI Research Collection
Czech & Slovak state archives	Located in the Czech Republic & Slovakia (Visit CGSI website Using the Archives) CGSI website Professional Researchers
Czech & Slovak telephone directories	CGSI Research Collection Czech Telephone Directory online Slovak Telephone Directory online
1651 Soupis (Register of People by Denomination) religion census 1654 Berni rula property census 1793 Soupis religion census	CGSI Research Collection (census for Bohemia only)
Professional genealogical researchers for records in Czech Republic and Slovakia	CGSI.website Professional Researchers CGSI quarterly Naše rodina CGSI Executive Committee and volunteer members
CGSI Member Surname Index (CGSI members and family members being researched)	CGSI Research Collection CGSI website Member Surnames Available for purchased from CGSI
Czech & Slovak church records	Family History Center (LDS Church) & FamilySearch website
Foreign population and tax census	Slovak – Magyar 1869 census