The birth, death and marriage records of the former Jewish communities of Bohemia and Moravia, as well as the Catholic parish duplicates, are located at the Czech State Archives in Prague. The address is:

Czech State Archives
Statni istredni archiv
tr. Milady Horakove 133
CZ-166 21 Praha 6
Czech Republic
Email: arch@mvcr.cz

Statni Ustredni Archiv v. Praze;
Malastrana, Karmelitska 2;
118 01 Praha 1;
Czech republic
Tel: 531 551

Czech archives - central, district, county and city and their branches - are listed on the web site www2.genealogy.net/gene/reg/SUD/crarch-list.html#g1

Daniel M. Schlyter, A Handbook of Czechoslovak Genealogical Research , GenUn, 1985, 1990. (Excellent in-depth guide to research, detailing record types, archival addresses, microfilms available, translation helps, etc.)

'On-Site Jewish Genealogical Research in the Czech and Slovak Republics', by Edward David Luft and 'Archives in Bohemia and Moravia', by Claire Bruell, in Avotaynu XII:3 (Autumn 1996), pp. 15-19

'Connections in the Czech Republic', by Claire Bruell, in Avotaynu XII:2 (Summer 1996), pp. 21-26. (Travelogue)

'The Complete Catalogue of Records... Bohemia and Moravia', by Edward David Luft, in Avotaynu VII:3 (Autumn 1991), pp. 20-21

'Survey of Jewish Monuments in the Czech Republic', by Samuel Gruber, in Avotaynu IX:2 (Summer 1993), pp. 22-24

Also see Avotaynu IX:1, 63 (Book reviews)

'Beginner's Guide to Austrian-Jewish Genealogy', by E. Randol Schoenberg

'A Beginner's Guide to Czech Research', by Shon. R. Edwards, in FEEFHS Journal, VIII (2000), pp. 6-40.

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