User:Hanna5974/sandbox/brno

Step-by-Step Instructions
Illustrated instructions are available in the FAQ section of the website. You must initially register for free at Acta Publica: New user account

1. Go to: Acta Publica: Moravském zemském archivu v Brně (Moravian Provincial Archive in Brno). 2. In the upper left corner, choose English, Czech, or German language. 3. Here is the most commonly used search option: Search by city. The search field will be labeled "The name of the city"(English), "Der Name des Dorfes"(German), or  "Návez obce" (Czech). Here you will enter the name of the town or parish you wish to study.
 * This will be the name of the Catholic or other religious parish which held jurisdiction over your ancestors' home town. It is occasionally in a different, nearby town. To determine that parish, use the GenTeam Free Gazetteer.
 * [[Media:1-Genteam_Gazetteer-Instruction.pdf|GenTeam Instructions]].
 * Also, by entering a partial spelling of town, you will generate a drop-down menu of locations containing those letters, from which you can select a desired town.

4. Next, click on the "Search" button at the far right: "Suche"(German), "Vyhledat" (Czech), or "Search"(English). 5. Subsequently, you are shown a list of all the available registers which contain records of births, marriages, deaths for the searched locality. Each line of the list shows the available years in one of the columns. The column shows the type of record. Column titles:
 * Narození or Geborene--births/baptisms
 * Oddaní or Getraute--marriages
 * Zemřelí or Gestorbene--burials/deaths

6. If the register contains an index, this fact is indicated by the time span on the second line, written in italics. 7. When you see the record you wish to search,  click on the button at the far right:  "Anziege"(German), "Zobrazit" (Czech), or "Show"(English). This takes you to the digitized images. If you do not see a button, the images are not yet available. 8. To work with the digitizer itself, you can use tools to enlarge the image to full screen size, reduce it again (house symbol), rotate the image, move the image, or enlarge and reduce it. - A different search option: The second search field gives a different option of first selecting a type of record (produced by a specific religion or government office), followed by the parish name: "Wählen Sie den Urheber Typ"(German), "Typ pudvoce" (Czech), or "Originator name"(English).
 * A drop-down menu gives originator options to select. By clicking on the up and down arrows in the field, you will generate a drop-down list of different originators. For help translating the list, see Czech Genealogical Word List.

Originator Translations:

Step-by-Step Instructions for Litoměřice Regional Archives
1. Go to: Státní oblastní archiv v Litoměřicích: Vital Records.

2. You may choose English, Czech, or German language by clicking on the British, Czech, or German flag in the upper right corner. However, very little of the information in the register list will be translated. Instructional pages in other sections of the website will have English text.

3. The list you now see is a list of all the parishes for which there are registers. Most entries will have the place name followed by "římskokat", which means Roman Catholic. A register labeled "civilní" means civil registration. Click on the name of the parish you wish to study.

4. Next, you will see a list of all the registers for that parish or locality. Although the list is in Czech, you will be able to pick out the year range. The letters just preceding the year range tell you the type of register: N for births/baptisms, O for marriages, and Z for deaths/burials. Click on the entry that covers the time period and type of record you need.

5. A screen will pop up next with many details about the record, but all you need to do is click on the photograph of the record, which takes you to the scanned images of the register.

Step-by-Step Instructions for Family Search Historical Records
To search this collection using the index:
 * 1. Click on this link:


 * 2. Fill in the requested information in the initial search page. This search will return a list of possible matches. <br.


 * 3. Compare the information about the ancestors in the list to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct family or person. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to find your ancestor.


 * 4. Be aware there may be inaccuracies such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned.

To browse the images in this collection, you will need to follow this series of links:


 * 1. Begin at the same page that shows the index:


 * 2. Select the "Browse" link in the initial search page.  This is towards the bottom of the page and reads: "Browse through 4,668,489 images".


 * 3. Select the "Religion"


 * 4. Select the "District"


 * 5. Select the "Place: Subordinate Places"


 * 6. Select the "Event, Years, vol." which takes you to the images


 * 7. Search the collection by image, comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine which one is your ancestor. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to make this determination.


 * 8. If indexes are available in the images, check these for the name first. Indexes are usually located at the beginning of a group of images or at the end. They can also be found in individual folders. Find your ancestor's name and look for the locator information next to the name (such as page, entry, or certificate number). This will help you find the record you are looking for in the collection.

Website Word List
This list includes some of the most commonly used terms: