Slovakia Church and Synagogue Records Aid


 * This aid will help you to locate indexed and browsable records in these FamilySearch Historical Records:
 * 1592-1935 - at FamilySearch — partial index and images.  This collection is incomplete.


 * It will also show you how to use these related tools:
 * Genealogy Slovakia Gazetteer
 * Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books Coverage Table
 * The Sortable Place Name List

Finding the Name of the Town Where Your Ancestors Worshipped
The town where your ancestor lived might not have had a local church for every religion. For example, if the town only had a Catholic church, your ancestors may have attended the Lutheran church in a neighboring town. You will need to look for the records under this neighboring town's name.


 * 1) If you do not have the name of a town where your ancestors lived, go back to Slovakia Finding Town of Origin and follow the advice and record links there to see if you can find evidence of the town name. Watch carefully for any information on their religion.
 * 2) The town name you find might be the historical Hungarian version of the name or the modern Slovakian version of the name. Consult Genealogy Slovakia Gazetteer. In the list of all villages, the Hungarian and Slovakian names are all given in one index. When you find your town in that index, the link will take you to a page for the town. Under "Old Names" there will be  a history of all the name changes of that town, including the historical Hungarian, modern Slovakian, and possibly several spelling variations.


 * 1) There may not have been a local church for your ancestors' religion right in their town.
 * In the left sidebar of the town's page in Genealogy Slovakia Gazetteer, you will find notes on where that village would have attended church for each denomination.
 * If the denomination is given in capital letters, such as "LUTH", then the town had its own local church for that religion.
 * Be sure to look at the top section of the left sidebar on "Top Sightseeings", where it will list the local churches and the year they were built. Sometimes this is the only indication of churches in that town.
 * Towns along the border may have attended a church in Hungary to find the religion of their choice.

Using the Coverage Table to See Whether Your Records Are Indexed
The Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books Coverage Table will show which parishes are included in the index, and the time periods that have been indexed.

Finding the Slovakian Town and County in the Sortable Place Name List

 * '''The Coverage Table is alphabetized by "Slovakian County".
 * If you know the Hungarian name of your town, find it in the first column of The Sortable Place Name List below.. Then read across the chart to obtain the Slovakian town and county name.
 * If you only know the Slovakian name of the town, click on the down arrow in the title "Slovakian Town" column of The Sortable Place Name List. The entire chart will then re-sort, now alphabetized by Slovakian town. Find your town and its county.

Finding Browsable Records

 * 1) Find the Slovakian name of your town and its Slovakian county, using the above instructions.
 * 2) Click on.
 * 3) Click on the religion you wish to search. If you do not know the religion, work your way through each available religion until you find the records you need. Start with Roman Catholic and Evangelical (Lutheran) records.
 * 4) Click on the county you need. These are not the "Regions", but smaller units within the region.
 * 5) Select your town, if available.