I would also be interested in an example of land records. thanks Darla Hoskins (Barta) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Pytr" <maxi@raz-dva.cz> To: <CZECH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 12:56 PM Subject: [CZ] Re: Land Records in Moravia, CZ Republic > Dear Carl, > > My name is Martin Pytr, I am a full-time researcher and I live at northern > Moravia. > Several times I worked with land records, stored at Zemsky Archiv at Opava, > where are stored records from northern Moravia and Czech Silesia. > Land records as resources for genealogy was on of my presentations at CGSI > conference at Houston, last year (www.cgsi.org) > > ------ > Land registers are stored in the Regional State Archives. Records described > mainly the changes of the holders of farmsteads, houses and and another > immovables. The records tells not only about the succession of farmstead > holders by the time but often also about their material relations and duties > to the parents and siblings. New holder had to pay to siblings their parts > and also to care about the former holders, who were mostly his parents. > In the land registers are also written a lot of interesting facts about the > prices of the properties (what were in different numbers and curency, and > changed during the times), numbers and kinds of domestic animals and fruit > trees hold by the farmstead holder, bout their taxes, debts and heritages, > about the drudgery and another obligations of the peasant to the landlords. > Land registers sometimes referred also about destroyed and deserted > farmsteads as the consequences of wars or natural disasters. Another > interesting fact what the land registers refering about, is problem of the > escaping peasants. It happened sometimes that the holder left his farmstead > and escaped to the another domain. It was mainly for the debts but sometimes > also for too high number of obligation in drudgery or for confessional > oppression. > Land registers are written in Czech and German languages, since the end of > the 18th century the records were written in German language also in Czech > speaking areas. > ------- > > If you wish I can send you some examples of land records. > I am also ready to research in the land registers for you. > > Martin Pytr > Potocni 381 > MORKOV 742 72 > Czech Republic > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carl Linert" <carlgenlnrt@yahoo.com> > To: <CZECH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 4:25 PM > Subject: Land Records in Moravia, CZ Republic > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > ______________________________ > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > All matters pertaining to list administration are exclusively > handled by the List Administrator. If you have personal > problems, questions or suggestions about list mail send an > email to the administrator. The subject is not appropriate > for list discussion. >