Czechia Genealogical Records

Czechia Birth & Baptism Records

Czech Republic Church Books (1552-1963)

An index to and images of Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church registers, recording births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials. They also include records for Jews.

Czech Republic Birth & Baptism Index (1637-1889)

An index to around 100,000 birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.

Czech Republic Birth & Baptism Index (1637-1889)

An index of over 30,000 records of births and baptisms, including parents' names and other details.

Czechia Marriage & Divorce Records

Czech Republic Church Books (1552-1963)

An index to and images of Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church registers, recording births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials. They also include records for Jews.

Czech Republic Marriage Index (1654-1889)

An index to around 12,000 marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.

Czech Republic Marriage Index (1654-1889)

An index to more than 12,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Czechia Death & Burial Records

Czech Republic Church Books (1552-1963)

An index to and images of Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church registers, recording births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials. They also include records for Jews.

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Newspapers Covering Czechia

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Czechia Immigration & Travel Records

Jews Deported to Terezin & Poland (1943-1945)

This database contains records related to the deportation of Jews, including name, gender, year, address, occupation and spouse's name.

Czechia Military Records

Register of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1945)

Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.

Czechoslovakia Holocaust Survivors (1939-1948)

Details extracted from records of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Repatriation Department in London and Czechoslovak Red Cross dealing with emigration, matters of internal security and racial policy, especially anti-Jewish measures.

Holocaust Survivor Lists (1937-1945)

An index to over 70,000 Holocaust survivors mentioned in records of the World Jewish Congress.

Jewish Names in US State Department Files (1910-1929)

An index of close to 10,000 Jews named in State Department files. The records cover Palestine, Romania, and Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, Georgia, Yugoslavia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, Tripoli, Barca, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.

Czechia Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Czechia Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Czechia Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Register of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (1945)

Details of around 120,000 European Jews saved from concentration camps and ghettos.

Czechoslovakia Holocaust Survivors (1939-1948)

Details extracted from records of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Repatriation Department in London and Czechoslovak Red Cross dealing with emigration, matters of internal security and racial policy, especially anti-Jewish measures.

Holocaust Survivor Lists (1937-1945)

An index to over 70,000 Holocaust survivors mentioned in records of the World Jewish Congress.

Czechia Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Czechia

Monarch and Nobles of Medieval Germany (514-1600)

The lineages of German, Dutch, Luxembourgish, Czech and Austrian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Czechia Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

Monarch and Nobles of Medieval Germany (514-1600)

The lineages of German, Dutch, Luxembourgish, Czech and Austrian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Czechia Church Records

Czech Republic Church Books (1552-1963)

An index to and images of Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church registers, recording births/baptisms, marriages and deaths/burials. They also include records for Jews.

Czechia Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Czechia Reference Works

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.

Most Common Surnames in Czechia

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Nováková31,2681:340
2Novák28,0581:379
3Svobodová27,0331:393
4Svoboda26,5601:400
5Novotná25,4851:417
6Novotný24,3441:437
7Dvořáková21,5121:494
8Dvořák20,0861:529
9Černá18,8951:563
10Černý17,4231:610
11Procházková15,5341:685
12Procházka15,4881:687
13Kučera14,9951:709
14Kučerová14,8741:715
15Veselá13,2791:801
16Horáková13,0391:816
17Veselý12,3631:860
18Horák12,1421:876
19Krejčí11,7631:904
20Marek11,3411:938
21Pospíšilová11,1461:954
22Pokorná11,1341:955
23Marková11,1201:956
24Pokorný11,0391:963
25Pospíšil10,5711:1,006
26Hájek10,1741:1,045
27Benešová10,1441:1,048
28Králová10,0921:1,054
29Beneš9,7361:1,092
30Fialová9,7011:1,096
31Fiala9,6541:1,101
32Zemanová9,3171:1,141
33Král9,3111:1,142
34Zeman9,2511:1,149
35Doležalová9,2221:1,153
36Hájková9,0941:1,169
37Sedláček8,9191:1,192
38Sedláčková8,8951:1,195
39Jelínková8,5871:1,238
40Čermáková8,5451:1,244
41Doležal8,3801:1,269
42Navrátil8,2871:1,283
43Růžičková8,1671:1,302
44Navrátilová8,0501:1,321
45Urban8,0361:1,323
46Urbanová8,0251:1,325
47Čermák8,0211:1,326
48Růžička7,9721:1,334
49Jelínek7,7691:1,369
50Němec7,6391:1,392
51Kopecká7,5341:1,411
52Blažková7,4901:1,420
53Novak7,2971:1,457
54Vlčková7,1841:1,480
55Blažek7,1621:1,485
56Musil7,1091:1,496
57Kříž7,0731:1,503
58Vlček7,0681:1,504
59Malá7,0471:1,509
60Konečná7,0411:1,510
61Bartošová6,9781:1,524
62Musilová6,9601:1,528
63Šimková6,9561:1,529
64Machová6,9211:1,536
65Němcová6,8971:1,542
66Kadlec6,7941:1,565
67Holubová6,7921:1,566
68Kopecký6,7661:1,572
69Kadlecová6,7421:1,577
70Blahová6,6901:1,589
71Holub6,6831:1,591
72Bartoš6,6351:1,603
73Malý6,6331:1,603
74Štěpánková6,6211:1,606
75Soukup6,5771:1,617
76Soukupová6,5581:1,621
77Vaněk6,5571:1,622
78Poláková6,4871:1,639
79Šimek6,4521:1,648
80Štěpánek6,4071:1,660
81Křížová6,3511:1,674
82Valentová6,2171:1,710
83Moravec6,1861:1,719
84Moravcová6,1651:1,725
85Konečný6,1591:1,726
86Šťastný6,0641:1,754
87Polák6,0511:1,757
88Mašková6,0141:1,768
89Marešová6,0041:1,771
90Matoušková5,9911:1,775
91Valenta5,9621:1,784
92Tichý5,9271:1,794
93Müllerová5,8991:1,803
94Tichá5,8831:1,807
95Čechová5,8231:1,826
96Čech5,8041:1,832
97Krejčová5,7921:1,836
98Müller5,7711:1,843
99Šťastná5,7591:1,846
100Burešová5,7371:1,853
101Kolářová5,7231:1,858
102Matoušek5,7181:1,860
103Kolář5,7101:1,862
104Jandová5,6821:1,871
105Blaha5,6651:1,877
106Hrušková5,5811:1,905
107Dušková5,5551:1,914
108Janda5,5171:1,927
109Kovář5,5081:1,931
110Mareš5,4801:1,940
111Kovářová5,4781:1,941
112Hruška5,4741:1,943
113Bureš5,4221:1,961
114Martinková5,3941:1,971
115Sýkorová5,3461:1,989
116Mach5,3451:1,989
117Říhová5,3431:1,990
118Hrubý5,3271:1,996
119Mašek5,3091:2,003
120Ševčíková5,3031:2,005
121Hrubá5,2971:2,007
122Dušek5,2801:2,014
123Vávra5,2641:2,020
124Staněk5,2331:2,032
125Havlíček5,1961:2,046
126Beranová5,1951:2,047
127Tomanová5,1331:2,072
128Toman5,1071:2,082
129Vacková5,1021:2,084
130Beran5,0891:2,090
131Říha5,0781:2,094
132Sýkora5,0701:2,097
133Nemcová5,0461:2,107
134Vacek5,0171:2,119
135Havlíčková4,9201:2,161
136Vaňková4,9111:2,165
137Janečková4,9021:2,169
138Pešková4,8771:2,180
139Fišerová4,8221:2,205
140Sedláková4,8111:2,210
140Stejskal4,8111:2,210
142Stejskalová4,8091:2,211
143Martinek4,7791:2,225
144Macháček4,7771:2,226
145Pavlík4,7521:2,238
146Švecová4,7461:2,241
147Ježková4,7361:2,245
148Švec4,7341:2,246
149Kovaříková4,7321:2,247
150Strnad4,7211:2,252
151Ševčík4,7201:2,253
152Strnadová4,7171:2,254
153Pavlíková4,7071:2,259
154Sedlák4,6651:2,279
155Krausová4,6471:2,288
156Jarošová4,6381:2,293
157Žáková4,6361:2,294
158Kratochvilová4,6121:2,306
159Slavíková4,6001:2,312
160Ježek4,5541:2,335
161Horáčková4,5201:2,353
162Kovařík4,5141:2,356
163Jaroš4,5041:2,361
164Beránková4,4481:2,391
165Novaková4,4111:2,411
166Slavík4,4091:2,412
167Kraus4,3671:2,435
168Havlová4,3441:2,448
169Žák4,3401:2,450
170Tesařová4,3031:2,471
171Horáček4,2821:2,483
172Beránek4,2701:2,490
173Bílek4,2281:2,515
174Prokop4,2221:2,519
175Prokopová4,2141:2,523
176Brožová4,1941:2,535
176Havel4,1941:2,535
178Kratochvil4,1851:2,541
179Kočí4,1841:2,541
180Fišer4,1721:2,549
181Kohoutová4,1461:2,565
182Suchá4,1451:2,565
183Kohout4,1431:2,567
184Kašparová4,1401:2,568
185Pavelková4,1011:2,593
186Petr4,0741:2,610
187Pechová4,0711:2,612
188Macková4,0571:2,621
188Richter4,0571:2,621
190Součková4,0521:2,624
191Kašpar4,0471:2,627
192Vítek4,0401:2,632
193Tesař4,0361:2,635
194Nemec4,0351:2,635
195Havlíková4,0341:2,636
196Janoušková4,0321:2,637
197Šulcová4,0191:2,646
198Brož4,0111:2,651
199Němečková3,9881:2,666
199Šulc3,9881:2,666