In August of 1999 I asked a professional research company in the CR to, among other things, search for "land records" of my ancestors at a couple of specified village locations. They reported that they conducted the research in the Praha State District Archives, inventories of records of a specific manor. They found, and provided me with copies of, an urbar contract from 1789 and a tax payment record from 1782. I got a translation of the urbar contract, and some historical commentary on such contracts. I received detailed citation of the manor inventory carton numbers and contents label researched. Notes in the reports (I had this company do four different projects for me) said that some types and periods of records for the manor in which my ancestors lived had not been saved. Apparently the keeping of records differed significantly from area to area, and also survival was affected by war as well as other hazards. Records predating the 30 years war, for instance, are apparently quite rare. Some people get luckier than others in their search for archival matter depending partially on where the ancestral village was. John Fiala Ron Mlejnek wrote: > Jim suggests this question is too "restrictive". I and others have asked > this question before and never received an answer. So.... > > 1) Are there such things as land records or is this a hoax? > > 2) How extensive are these records? In other words, do they only > include estates and estate owners or do they also include all inhabitants > of estates such as peasants? > > 3) It is indicated that they exist back to 1612. How far back do such > records go? > > 4) Are there regional differences in storage of land records? > > 5) Where are the storage locations for such records? > > 6) How can one get access to these records? Or who are the qualified > individuals to locate these records? > > Ron Mlejnek > > At 09:58 AM 07/06/2004, you wrote: > >> Carl, >> >> If you haven't received any answers, perhaps your subject is too >> restrictive. >> >> While not in the North Moravian area, through the use of archive land >> records, Jaroslav Fiala got my family line (southwest of Prague) back >> a couple more generations to about 1612. >> >> So, for the general question, land records can be quite useful. Can't >> say a thing about your specific concern of North Moravia. >> >> Regards, >> Jim Sladek >> >> Carl Linert wrote: >> >>> I will post this message again. Hope to get some >>> responses this time. >>> Has anybody on the list ever researched the land >>> records from the Czech archives, particularly in the >>> Northern Moravia area? Just curious about >>> how useful they are in genealogical research. >>> Thanks, >>> Carl >> >> >> >> ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== >> Czech-L's webpage is at >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elainetmaddox/index.htm >> >> > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > The mailing list is configured to reply only to the list. If you are > making a personal reply to a poster, it will be necessary to delete the > list address and add the individual's address. > > >