Slovakia Genealogy Research Using the Wiki - Video Series

2. If the records for either the parish or the time period you need are not in the online collections, try to find them in digitized records of the Family History Library.
Many church records were microfilmed. Currently, these microfilms are being digitized, and plans are to complete that project by 2020. Some records will go directly to digitized form, skipping the microfilming step. Check back occasionally to see if your records have become available. To find digitized records:
 * a. Find your village in the Genealogy Slovakia online gazetteer. At the bottom of the left sidebar, find the names of the town for the parish of each religion that served that village. If a religion is listed in capital letters without a town name, the village is a larger town with its own church.
 * b. Find the town of that parish in the Wikipedia list of municipalities and towns in Slovakia.
 * c. Locate your town on the list and click on the link. Find the name of the "District"' for that town.
 * d. Click on the FamilySearch Catalog for Slovakia. Open the "Paces in Slovakia" list by clicking on the blue link.
 * d. Click on the District name for the town of the parish.
 * e. Click on the name of the town.
 * f. Click on "Church Records" topic. Click on the blue links to specific record titles.
 * g. Choose the correct event and time period for your ancestor.
 * h. Some combination of these icons will appear at the far right of the microfilm listed for the record. FHL icons.png. The magnifying glass indicates that the microfilm is indexed. Clicking on the magnifying glass will take you to the index. Clicking on the camera will take you to an online digital copy of the microfilm.


 * Click on this illustrated version of this process if you need more help.

To find digitized records in FamilySearch Historical Records:
Records added since 2015 might appear in the FamilySearch Catalog, but not in the FamilySearch Historical Records list.

To find digitized records through the FamilySearch Catalog
Many church records were microfilmed. Currently, these microfilms are being digitized, and plans are to complete that project by 2020. Some records will go directly to digitized form, skipping the microfilming step. Check back occasionally to see if your records have become available.

===a. Find your village in the Genealogy Slovakia online gazetteer. At the bottom of the left sidebar, find the names of the town for the parish of each religion that served that village. If a religion is listed in capital letters without a town name, the village is a larger town with its own church.===

c. Locate your town on the list and click on the link. Find the name of the "District"' for that town.
===d. Click on the FamilySearch Catalog for Slovakia. Open the "Paces in Slovakia" list by clicking on the blue link.===

g. Choose the correct event and time period for your ancestor.

 * h. Some combination of these icons will appear at the far right of the microfilm listed for the record. FHL icons.png. The magnifying glass indicates that the microfilm is indexed. Clicking on the magnifying glass will take you to the index. Clicking on the camera will take you to an online digital copy of the microfilm.


 * Click on this illustrated version of this process if you need more help.