| Records | Where to find the Records |
|---|---|
| Family Records | Living family members, former possessions of deceased members; family Bibles, diaries, letters, photos, scrapbooks; local & state historical societies; LDS |
| Obituaries | Local & ethnic newspapers – historical societies, libraries; family records & scrapbooks, membership & fraternal organization publications |
| Naturalization records | Courthouse, usually in the Clerk of Courts Office; state historical societies & affiliates |
| U.S. census records | State historical societies; LDS; public libraries (local area censuses) |
| State, county or town histories | CGSI library, county & state genealogical & historical society libraries, public & university libraries, LDS |
| Baptismal & marriage certificates | Czech & Slovak Archives. CGSI has forms for requesting information from the archives (Information is more important than a certificate) |
| County maps & road atlases | Public & university libraries; CGSI library, purchase from various sources including CGSI, tourism offices, several web resources. historical and contemporary |
| Gazetteers | Public & university libraries, CGSI library; state & county genealogical society libraries |
| Leo Baca’s Czech Immigration Passenger Lists | CGSI library, state & county genealogical society libraries, state historical society libraries, large public libraries. Passenger List Volumes 5, 6, 8 and 9 are available in the Members section of this web site. The additional 5 volumes well be available at a later date. |
| Original passenger lists on microfilm and other immigration records | Order from U.S. National Archives (catalog in CGSI library & many public libraries), or order through LDS Family History Centers or some larger county libraries; state historical society libraries; American Genealogical Lending Library; first and second papers, alien registration, other, Ellis Island on-line, U.S. Dept. Homeland Security |
| Czech & Slovak town books | CGSI Library |
| Czech & Slovak State Archives | Located in the Czech & Slovak Republics. CGSI has forms for requesting information from the archives; from professional researches |
| Czech & Slovak telephone directories | CGSI library or Internet at http://phone.fin.cz/ for Czech Republic & http://telefonny.zoznam.sk/ for Slovakia |
| 1651 religious census & 1654 Berni rula property census | CGSI library |
| Names of professional genealogical researchers for the Czech & Slovak Republics | CGSI Web Site, CGSI quarterly Nase rodina, & CGSI Executive Committee members |
| Surname Index – CGSI members and family members being researched | CGSI library or can be purchased from CGSI |
| Church records | Slovak – LDS films, Czech – on-line scans & archives |
| Foreign population and tax census | Slovak – Magyar 1869 census |