Thank you so much Stephanie, I can see that there is far more now than was listed as being available earlier. Lets all file this link for reference. If you see the words "farni obvod" listed there, this means "Parish District" and it helps if you have the names of your ancestors villages handy with their Czech names. Use this to look in the alphabetical listing for more information under the village name, and if you cannot find it there, go to the main parish district. This is important to know, because churches were built in villages as the population increased, but before the church of that village was built, the population had to go to the central Parish for documentation. A case in point: Schoenthal (Krazne) had no church, but a church was eventually built at Dreihacken (Tri Sekery), and before the Dreihacken Church was built, the records of the entire district was kept at Königswart (Kynsvart). So be aware, that if you cannot find what you are looking for, watch for the words "farni obvod" and find the Parish. Thank you again Stephanie, this is valuable information we really appreciate! Aida On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:51 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello to all :) > > > > here is a pdf file link, with an alphabetical list of all towns ( with > current Czech spellings/names) that will be added to the Pilsen Online > Archives. > > > > http://www.soaplzen.cz/sites/default/files/soa/seznam_matrik.pdf > > > > The list starts on page 5 !!! > > > > Currently, I am researching in Dolni Zandov (starts on page 93), but if I > try to access the Church records with "search central" I get nothing. I find > it much easier to just to use the REGISTER/MATRIKY link (top of search > page). > > Also - please don't forget to switch from the Brne Church books to the > Pilsen books before you start searching !!!! > > > > Good luck !!!! > > > > Stephanie > > (Germany and Florida) > > 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