This is a forwarded message From: Bohunkjoe@aol.com <Bohunkjoe@aol.com> To: CZECH-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, November 14, 2002, 12:15:49 AM Subject: [CZ] HOUSE #' 's ===8<==============Original message text=============== In a message dated 11/12/02 11:13:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, CZECH-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Can someone please tell me what "House #41" means? When I acquired birth > records from CR, house numbers were all over. > HI Liz !! Yes, typical of Czech B records. Its one of the most important factors that were recorded. If you have a actual copy of the B rcd, I would expect it would show the house #'s of both sets of parents too. Sometimes tho, the Mom and Mom in Law, have the same hse # as their husband, sometimes maybe it shows their hse #, perhaps where they were born or raised prior to Marriage. The "Baba" or midwife might also have her house # shown, as well as the witnesses. Sometimes also, the birth accurred in the midwife's house or another place away from where the lucky couple resided. At, least, this is my observations from what I have seen. A freind turned me on to checking a house # for all the births that occured in that house. EX: start w/ one birth record book, and look thru it all. Fascinating and sometimes you may find allied families/relatives/ in- laws, etc. Normally, the oldest Son inherited the family house thru the years. I have also seen alot of movement between houses, OR perhaps it was a recording error. I agree w/ has been previously stated abt hse #'s, # 1 was built 1st. # 21, built 21st in the village. Liz, did you get a copy, or was it just transcribed and typed up in Cz. or English? Mike in AZ SWARTZ~SVARC / CERNY / HAJEK / HOSEK / KREISSINGER / HRABAC ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe, send an e-mail message to: CZECH-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) CZECH-D-request@rootsweb.com (for a digest of multiple messages) In the body include only one word: unsubscribe ===8<===========End of original message text===========