This is a forwarded message From: ChBelinda@cs.com <ChBelinda@cs.com> To: CZECH-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 12:22:27 AM Subject: [CZ] House numbers? ===8<==============Original message text=============== Also, in addition to recent comments about "house numbers", they were political designations, and were not allowed to be changed or taken from the original house and given to another house. My father's home was Kleinbosig 19. This number will remain on that house until it falls down, is burned, or razed. Perhaps a bit of stability in a changing world? Mary Hosteny ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of the author. Read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy at http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html. ===8<===========End of original message text===========

My 2 cents worth. I doubt if any universal rules apply to house numbers; I have heard dozens of different explanations on this list. I have personally found a similar situation to Mary's for a house in Nasedlovice, Moravia. The number that was given and used on that house before 1800 is the same number used today; ie , 2004! It may be a local custom to leave these numbers alone despite the fact that some have said on this list that the entire system was redone several times in history and that "old" numbers have no relationship to "new" numbers. I wrote to a resident of Nasedlovice inquiring about a family and a particular number and they replied that the house carries the same number today as it did then and the local Village Chronicler identified the family that lived there in the early 1800's as the same family I was looking for. Ron Mlejnek At 08:48 PM 04/17/2004 -0400, you wrote: >This is a forwarded message >From: ChBelinda@cs.com <ChBelinda@cs.com> >To: CZECH-L@rootsweb.com >Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 12:22:27 AM >Subject: [CZ] House numbers? > >===8<==============Original message text=============== > > >Also, in addition to recent comments about "house numbers", they were >political designations, and were not allowed to be changed or taken from the >original house and given to another house. > >My father's home was Kleinbosig 19. This number will remain on that house >until it falls down, is burned, or razed. > >Perhaps a bit of stability in a changing world? > >Mary Hosteny