Judi, I can't remember, are you over in the CR? I have access to very little because most everything now requires a professional or a person who has the time to do it and is physically in the CR. I have used Jaroslav Fiala successfully. He's a good man to work with. I have also used the people at http://czechcensus.tripod.com/ and they were very responsive. They are the group which located my family in the church records and were able to send my photocopies of the pages detailing the family. Elaine BEAUTY PARLOR: A place where women curl up and dye. Hello judi On Tuesday, July 6, 2004, you wrote > Please tell me what it is that professional researchers have at their > disposal, that we don't have access to at the archives. I do understand > that land records are not easy to get to. Why is that? > Judi