Miller, Olga K. Genealogical Research for Czech and Slovak Americans. Detroit: Gale, 1978. Call No. Local History Ref CS524.M54 (2nd floor open shelf).
Schlyter, Daniel M. Czechoslovakia: A Handbook of Czechoslovak Genealogical Research. Buffalo Grove, IL: Genun, 1985. Call No. Local History Ref E184.B67 S35 1985 (2nd floor open shelf). Especially good for use with (Mormon) Family History Library holdings.
(See also the Passenger Lists handout sheet)
Baca, Leonard. Czech
Immigration Passenger Lists. Hallettsville, TX: Old Homestead,
1983-. Call No. Local History Ref E184.B67 B33 (2nd floor open shelf). Vol. 1: Misc. lists. Vol. 2:
Galveston 1896-1906; New Orleans 1879-1899. Vol. 3: Galveston 1907-1914. Vol.
4: New York 1847-1869. Vol. 5: New York 1870-1880.
Central and Eastern European Maps Selected from the Andrees Allgemeiner Handatals of 1913. Call No. Microfiche 2818. Includes index and depicts many small towns. Can be a useful entry into the much larger scale maps of the Specialkarte maps (see below).
Gemeindelexicon der im Reichsrate Vertretenen Konigreiche und Lander. Vienna, 1903-1908. [Incomplete - lacking entries for Moravia.] Call No. Microfilm 1190. Reel 3 contains listings for Bohemia and Silesia.
Specialkarte der Osterreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Vienna, 1873-1918. Call No. Microfiche 1179. Specify fiche number using index map in General Reading Room.
Meyerhoffer, Hans. Oesterreich-ungarisches Orts-Lexicon. Vienna: C. Fromme, 1896. Call No. Local History Ref DB15.M39 1896a (2nd floor open shelf).
(See also Chicago Genealogy Sources handout sheet) Adresar a Almanach Ceskiho Obyvatelstva v Chicago. Directory and Almanac of the Bohemian Population of Chicago. 1915. Call No. F548.9.B6 A4 1915.
Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago: Chicago Genealogical Society, 1995-. Call No. Local History Ref F548.61.B64 (2nd floor open shelf). Burial records 1877-1887.
Bubenicek, Rudolf. Dejiny Cechu v Chicagu. Chicago, 1939. Call No. F548.9.B6 B8 (also Microfilm 1071). Rich in biography and family history.
Chicago Genealogist XXVII: 1 (Fall 1994). Call No. Local History Ref F548.1C45 (2nd floor open shelf). This issue contains a number of helpful articles concerning Bohemian research in Chicago.
Droba, Daniel D. Czech and Slovak Leaders in Metropolitan Chicago. Chicago: Slavonic Club of the University of Chicago, 1934. Call No. E 48962 .24.
Novak, Joe (ed.). Obituary Dates from the Denni Hlastel. Chicago: Chicago Genealogical Society, 1995-. Call No. Local History Ref F548.25.O35 (2nd floor open shelf).
Psenky, R. Jaromira. Zlata Kniha Ceskoslovenskeho Chicaga. Chicago: Geringera, 1926. Call No. F548.9.B6 Z5. Numerous biographical sketches.
Anglicko-Cesky a Cesko-Anglicky Slovnik. Prague: Statni Pedagogicke Nakladatestvi, 1991. Call No. Local History Ref PG4640.A484 1994 (2nd floor open shelf)
Name Index, Fraternal Herald. 1991 Call No. Microfilm 1100. Microfilm of index cards for obituaries in the Western Bohemian Fraternal Association's periodical, the Fraternal Herald (Bratrsky Vestnik), also mortality claims with the Association. Covers early 20th century through 1990, primarily Midwestern and Western states.
Habenicht, Jan. History of Czechs in America. Call No. folio E184.B67 H213 1996. English translation of the classic Dejiny Cechuv Americkych. Rich in biography and family history.
Rosicky, Rose. A History of Czechs (Bohemians) in Nebraska. Omaha: Czech Historical Society of Nebraska, 1929. Call No. F 924 .757.
Helpful subject headings: In card catalog look under Czechs in . . . or Bohemians in . . . In card and computer catalogs also try Czech Americans (example: Czech Americans-Kansas-Decatur County).
Researchers who have identified an ancestral location in Czechslovakia are urged to consult the catalog of the Family History Library (Salt Lake City) as part of the CD-ROM reference set Family Search located next to the second floor reference post or at www.familysearch.org. The Family History Library has filmed many Czech records which can be obtained on loan through local Mormon Family History Centers or through the Newberry Library (ask at reference desk).