I am new to this mailing list, and appreciate all the information I have learned about the area my ancestors came from. Thank you, Aida, and others for the information about the Pilsen archives. I am assuming the availability of records for A-L refers to an alphabetical listing of places and not surnames. I have successfully opened an account and viewed records. However, there are two column headings in the index that I don't understand what is meant. The terms are: Puvodce, translated as "originator" and Snimky, translated as "screenshots" Any information on what these mean would be appreciated. Thanks for your help, BJ Egelston Pittsburgh, PA

Yes, the letters mean the alphabetical listing of villages by the starting letter of their Czech names, not their German names. So don't look under B - Bischofteinitz but wait until they have archived H - Horovsky Tyn (Bischofteinitz in Czech). Snimky refers to the scan (picture taken) of the original church register. Her is a tip for you: You should familiarize yourself with German script in order to read handwritten entries in the German language. In general, the German cleric was very neat and the letters are mostly legible, but you have to learn what the letters look like. This may help you identifying them: During the 1700s they used Latin, and a Latin glossary is also helpful. Thereafter, they were allowed to either record it at their Church in either German or Czech, depending on the majority of ethnic population in that particular parish. Here is a little trick to help you with filing the information you find in the archives. Use the snipping tool to copy and save your ancestor's entry to your computer files (in your picture file), and go over it at your leisure later. You will get better as you keep working on it. Anything printed in Fraktur (which looks like old Gothic lettering) , or handwritten in "Kurrent," which is also known as "Deutsche Kanzleischrift" and after 1933 they developed the "Sütterlin" German script.... all of them have to be "transcribed" to conventional lettering before you can run it through a translator. Enjoy the challenge Aida ------------------------------------ On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Dave Egelston <[email protected]> wrote: > I am new to this mailing list, and appreciate all the information I have > learned about the area my ancestors came from. > > Thank you, Aida, > and others for the information about the Pilsen archives. I am > assuming the availability of records for A-L refers to an alphabetical > listing of places and not surnames. I have successfully opened an > account and viewed records. However, there are two column headings in > the index that I don't understand what is meant. The terms are: > Puvodce, translated as "originator" and Snimky, translated as > "screenshots" Any information on what these mean would be appreciated. > > Thanks for your help, > > BJ Egelston > Pittsburgh, PA > > > > > German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >