I did everything it says in the instructions from Ken Chromy and think I am registered. The only thing I couldn't figure out is how to "log out." Where does one go to log out? By the way, when I said I didn't know if I were logged in or not, is that it showed me the new registration page again, but I was able to click on the sidelines to go to the Plzen archives. Since I can't read Czech, I'm not sure what it was telling me, but a word like "problem" seemed to be in one of the sentences. Maybe that's because I put in the search for Marianske Lazne, and that's not digitized yet--still only to J, it seems. Would like some help on this and the logging out. Thanks! Mary --- On Tue, 3/2/10, Ken Chromy <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Ken Chromy <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 31 > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 6:07 AM > > > Karen, > > I do not really read or write much Czech, but have been > able to get logged on and find family parish records, so I > will attempt to guide those that need some help with > instructions below.   When they first came > online in early January, things seemed to work fairly > easily, but as they’ve added more parishes and attempted > to correct some problems, things have seemed to go south on > them.  I currently can’t get records to load for the > parishes that I have interest it.  I am not sure > whether this is affecting all their parish books (I don’t > think so) or not.  From their comment that they have > posted, I believe they are aware of this and are working on > it so it should be just a matter of time until things are > working better again. > > The archive at http://www.actapublica.eu/ contains > records for both the Pilsen and Brno Archives.  Unlike > the Trebon Archives (which by the way seems much easier to > navigate) you must first register to have access to these > records.  I use a google tool bar that automatically > translates most of the html code on pages (not the actual > images).  I really does a fairly decent job and most > translations make some sense.  I will list things below > as they appear in Czech with some English > translations.  > > Go to www.actapublica.eu > > There are four icons across the page below the words > Prohlizeni matrik (Viewing registers) > >     *  Informace o projektu >     *  Registrace nového uživatele/New > registration >     *  Náhledy aplikace >     *  Přihlášení do systému (Log into > the system) > > It is the second one you need to register at and the last > one after you are registered to get logged in.  > > Click “New registration”.  > > The words in red says, “When entering the login name > (login) and login password Enter the characters without > diacritical marks and no spaces.”  I think all of the > boxes have English descriptions following the Czech > words.  There is one for “Číslo OP/Doc. > No.”  It won’t let you complete the registration > unless you put sometime in this box.  They want an > identity  number.  I used my drivers license > number and it worked fine.  I’ve heard some people > used a passport number or made up a number (as they were > concerned about identity theft) and that also works, I > don’t know if it does, I just know you can’t leave it > blank. > > Near the end, you have to check the box in front of  > “Souhlasím s podmínkami užití služeb/I agree with > term of use”  and then click the box “Registravat > se” > > That should get you registered. > > You can now go back to the home page and click on the 4th > icon, to log into the system. > > Enter your login name in the first box, your password in > the second box and click on  “Prihlasit se” > below.  Don’t click on “zapomenuté heslo” as > that means “Forgotten Password”. > > The next page shows  a section boxed in called > “vyhledavani” meaning “search”.  In the > beginning you should be in the Brno archives - see the > second line that says “Archiv”.  To work in the > Pilsen region, select the drop down box in the first line > that says  “Statni oblastni archiv v Plzni” and > click on the icon “Zobrazit”.  That should change > the archive from Brno to Pilsen. > > Now you will need to enter the village name that you are > looking for.  Actually, you’ll probably only want to > enter the first part of the village name as it will search > through those that are available and allow you to select > from a drop down section the village/parish combination that > you want..  You don’t have to do anything in the next > two boxes, just click on the icon “Hledat” (Search). > > You may get a page that comes up with  the phrase, > “Matriky pro tuto obec nejsou zatím zadané v > systému.”  This means Registers for this community > are not yet entered in the system. > > Or, you could  get a listing of the parish books that > have the village name you entered.  If so, the columns > roughly mean: > > Parish and book # > District (like counties here in the states) > Municipality - putting the curser over the number in this > column shows the names of the villages in this book > Source (generally which Roman Catholic Parish) > Births > Marriages > Deaths > Indexes - they use a star for birth indexes, circle for > marriage indexes and plus sign for death indexes when > available.  They will usually be at the end of these > parish books > Next column is often blank - I think it refers to how many > images are in that particular book > The Last Column - if it has a magnifying glass in it, that > is the link you need to click to get to that parish book. > > What’s happening now to the parishes that I’m > searching, its that the page (image 1) is loading, but it > never actually loads. > > If I see where it is working better, I’ll email the list > again.  If anyone else is new having success loading > those pages, please share it with the list. > > In January, the Pilsen Archives were working on parishes > beginning with the letters A-D.  Now I believe they are > working parish through to the letter J.  > > I have also found parish records of family in the Brno > Archives.  They seem to have went at the loading of > records differently.  Rather that loading all records > for some parishes first, they are loading the most commonly > requested parish books first.  So many parishes have a > few parish books online, but very few parishes are completed > - typically books that cover the 1800's are load before > those from the 1600's and 1700's. > > Good luck.  - Ken Chromy > > >       > > 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