Digitizing of the birth, marriage and death records in Czech Republic

Milan Augustin

State District Archive Karlovy Vary

(Carlsbad)

Digitizing in the Czech Archives

• The first plans ca. 1995

• 2001-2005 the first search projekts were realized(Archiv Administration Prague, TechnicalUniversity Prague und National Archiv Prague)

• 2004 Resolution of the Czech goverment –Projekt of the long-time storage of the historicaldocuments

• 2004 – state archives in Czech republic beginwith the digitizing

Digitized documents - Trends

• Registers (60-70% researcher and genealogists, digitazing since 2007)

• Chronickels

• Charters (Monasterium)

• Seals + Catalogue

• Maps and Plans

• Paintings

State Regional Archives in Czech Republic

• All birth, marriage and death registers are situated in the state regional archives which represent a greater area and include the state district archives

• For example: State District Archive Karlovy Vary is a part of the State Regional Archive in Plzeň (Pilsen – well known for its beer Pilsner Urquell)

• 7 state regional archives in the CR

State Regional Archiv in Pilsen

www.soaplzen.cz

• 11 500 registers

• 70% ready

• www.actapublica.eu

• 552 charters in Monasterium

State Regional Archive in Třeboň

Registers – SRA in Třeboň

Registers – SRA in Třeboň

State Regional Archive in Prague

State Regional Archive in Prague

• Registers

www.actapublica.eu

• Paintings

http://veduty.bach.cz/veduty/

• Seals

http://database.aipberoun.cz/pecete/

State Regional Archive in Litoměřice

SRA in Litoměřice – Records Collection

http://matriky.soalitomerice.cz/matriky_lite/MenuBar.action

http://matriky.soalitomerice.cz/matriky_lite/MenuBar.action

State Regional Archiv in Zámrsk

Family Search International

Moravian Land Archive in Brno

www.actapublica.eu

www.actapublica.eu

• Moravian Land Archive in Brno

• State Regional Archive in Plzeň

• State Regional Archive in Prague

• Diözesanarchiv St. Pölten

www.actapublica.eu

www.actapublica.eu

www.actapublica.eu

Land Archive in Opava

http://matriky.archives.cz

http://matriky.archives.cz

http://matriky.archives.cz

Statistics:Digitized registers in 7 State Regional

Archives in Czech Republic(April 2011)

Plzeň ca. 11.500 books digitized 70%

Prague ca. 10.000 books 35%

Třeboň ca. 6.750 books 100%

Litoměřice ca. 10.500 books 75%

Zámrsk ca. 11.000 books 25%

Brno ca. 10.000 books 65%

Opava ca. 11.700 books 70%

Altogether ca. 71.450 books digitized 63%

Web adresses of theState Regional Archives in CR:

• Plzeň www.soaplzen.cz

• Prague www.soapraha.cz

• Třeboň www.ceskearchivy.cz

• Litoměřice www.soalitomerice.cz

• Zámrsk www.vychodoceskearchivy.cz

• Brno www.mza.cz

• Opava www.archives.cz

Thank you for your attention.