Looking for parish records translation?

I'll be happy to help you with that! 

I'm transcribing and translating parish records (and not only those, but also cadastral or estate records, chronicles, census records and much more) all languages that were used in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia in the past - from Czech, German, Latin or Polish. You will receive not only a transcript and translation of the recording, but also explanations of unusual words and other explanations.

The flat rate is $8 per parish record. The rate for other resources depends on the resource - and I'll provide you an estimation before the translation is done.

If you are interested in translations, contact me on e-mail info@nase-koreny.cz.

Patreon site

I've mentioned the Patreon site before - and since October I'm writing new blog posts there, Some posts are patrons-only, but there is still a number of public posts there, so I recommend to follow my page there: 

https://www.patreon.com/czechgenealogy

I'll be more than happy if you decide to become my Patron there because it will unlock you more posts and possibilities.

Surnames derived from water

September voting about surname topic for October showed you are interested in surnames which were derived from water. So let's take a look on such surnames - and see how many of those we have.

Water is voda in Czech and Wasser in German. I'll use both languages as both were used here in the Czech Republic in the past. 

Male first names in Latin

There are thousands of first names today. But our ancestors used just a few tens of them. They wanted to fit in, not to stand out, because anyone who stood out was usually suspicious.

Records in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia are usually writen in Latin between abt 1730 and 1784. And Latin uses declension and has six cases:

• nominative
• genitive
• dative
• accusative
• vocative
• ablative

Patrons only posts on Patreon

If you have thought about supporting this blog and its authors on Patreon, maybe you hesitated to sign up because you don't know what to expect there.

https://www.patreon.com/czechgenealogy 

Right now you can read the public posts. But there are also Patrons only posts. Curiosities from the parish books and other documents, but not only that. Photos from different places in the Czech Republic (such as Kutná Hora, Praha, Telč etc.). Polls about upcoming posts. Bonuses to the public posts. And of course, free record translation every month if you become Sponsor or Benefactor.

And here is an example of a post I would usually post for Patrons only - one of the curiosities from my own research...

Czech archives collect not only parish or cadastral books and other official materials, but also other documents. 

This one is from the Opava district archives and it's a poster for the exhibition of hunting trophies and dog exhibition which took place in Opava on Sunday 22nd September 1895.

Do you like the drawings? I love them!

Funny surnames

There is a very old blog post about how surnames were created. This blog post describes that sometimes the person received a surname which was funny because of his appearance or behaviour. 

And there are surnames which were considered funny those days - and they still exist until today and still are funny. Here are some examples of such surnames - and I hope you'll have fun reading the explanation.

Moravian land registers of 1656-1676, part II

I mentioned in the previous post how to navigate in these oldest land registers. This time I'll describe the system of the measurements used in these documents.

So - it will be a bit complicated. I have to explain the measurements which were used in the past, as well as three different classes of the soil which were used to calculate the tax burden.