RESOURCES
Das Konigreich Bohmen: statistisch-topographisch dargestellt (The Kingdom of Bohemia: statistically-topographically shown) by Johann Gottfried Sommer; Vols. I-XVI, published 1833-1849.
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Highly recommended for research of Bohemian locales. This is a 16-volume series; each volume covers one of the districts (Kreis) of Bohemia. Each volume contains detailed descriptions of: the entire province as a general overview (Allgemeine Ubersicht), each estate (Herrschaft or Gut), and individual towns and villages. Written in German; printed in Fraktur script.
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Available: from the Digital Library of the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International to its members ($35 per year).
Soupis Poddaných Podle Víry z Roku 1651 (List of Subjects According to Their Faith of the Year 1651).
A census from the year 1651 to monitor the Hapsburg Monarchy’s re-catholization efforts and some information regarding local damage from the recent war. Individuals (older than 11 years) are listed for each household with information about their relationship to the head of household, age, occupation, legal status (noble, free, non-subject, or subject/serf); if Catholic, or how likely to convert and if a widow or orphan. Records are available for all Bohemian districts with the exception of Litoměřice, Práchen, Slaný, and Vltav, which were destroyed. (written in Czech)
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Available for download from the Czech National Archives.
Websites with German Names for Czech Towns
Alphabetical by German name
Alphabetical by Czech Name
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Archaic German Occupations
Extensive list, but lacking terms starting with G, H, L, and M.
Alphabetical in German with all letters.
This site includes definitions and sometimes a short article about the nature of each occupation as it is not always obvious from the English translation.
A wonderful site that includes many regional & historic word variants. Terms are grouped according to occupation without an index, meaning that you might have to check the entire list.
German English Genealogical Dictionary by Ernest Thode (1992) Available at amazon.com.
Dictionary of German words of genealogical interest that includes abbreviations and examples of German Kurrent script handwriting.
Czech-English Genealogical Dictionary by Jan Parez (2016) Available at amazon.com.
Dictionary of Czech words of genealogical interest.
Website for German abbreviations; type in the abbreviation to find the full word(s).