Prague 1 Genealogical Records

Prague 1 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.

Prague 1 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.

Prague 1 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 Prague 1

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.

Prague 1 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.

Prague 1 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.

Prague 1 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.

Prague 1 Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Prague 1 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.

Prague 1 Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Prague 1

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.

Prague 1 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.

Prague 1 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.

Prague 1 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.

Prague 1 Reference Works

Jewish Name Database (1400-Present)

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

Most Common Surnames in Prague 1

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequencyPercent of ParentRank in Prague
1Novák941:3262.47%2
2Novotná901:3402.64%5
2Novotný901:3402.85%6
4Dvořák821:3733.31%10
5Nováková801:3831.79%1
6Dvořáková771:3972.64%7
7Svoboda661:4641.77%3
8Cerna591:51952.21%1,624
9Svobodová551:5561.51%4
10Černý531:5772.38%11
11Kučera511:6002.95%14
11Veselá511:6002.59%13
13Králová501:6123.60%22
13Nemcová501:6126.17%73
15Procházka491:6252.22%12
15Veselý491:6252.94%15
17Hájek481:6382.97%16
17Procházková481:6381.83%9
17Zeman481:6383.49%23
20Král451:6803.63%32
21Beneš441:6963.21%24
22Kučerová421:7292.70%18
23Hájková401:7652.69%19
23Čermák401:7653.15%28
25Jelinek361:8509.55%333