Prague (Praha) City Archives, Czech Republic

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Archiv hlavního města Prahy Prague (Praha) City Archives Archivní 1280/6 149 00 Praha 4 Czech Republic Phone:+420 236 004 017 Website: Prague (Praha) City Archives, For Genealogists Map

Church Records

• Prague (Praha) City Archives website, "For Genealogists" Section
• Prague (Praha) City Archives, Czech Republic Church Records - Written instructions
• PDF listing and order numbers

Writing for Civil Registration and Church Records

If you need civil registration records, you will usually need to write for them, because they are recent enough to fall within privacy restrictions. You might also need church records which are not yet online because of privacy. Records too private to be posted online yet are still available to close family members for genealogical purposes. Instructions for writing are found in the article Czech Republic Letter Writing Guide. Here you will find a form letter for requesting records. More complicated requests can be written in English. You will also find information on the process for paying for the certificates.

Census Records

• 1800 - 1990 - Czech Republic Censuses and Inhabitant Registers, 1800-1990 at FamilySearch — Images
  • Czech Republic Censuses and Inhabitant Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records - Information and instructions

Tip

Before using this page you should verify that this is the correct archive for your town or parish. Use GenTeam Free Gazetteer to find out which archive holds the records that you need. GenTeam Instructions. If you do not know the name of the village or parish your ancestors lived in, see Czech Republic Finding Town of Origin, Czech Republic Determining a Place of Origin and Czech Republic Emigration and Immigration. If you need a different archive, Czech Republic Genealogy and the infobar below list links to every regional archive.