![]() ![]() The German town names are cross-referenced to the Czech names, so Taus and Domazlice both appear (the main article is given under the Czech name) and Locse (Levoca) and Szepessombat (Spisska Sobota) are cross-referenced to their Slovak names. Sub-Carpathian Rus (Ruthenia) is there in detail, Slovakia, Silesia, Moravia, and the Czech lands (Bohemia). It covers not just the Sudetenland (the German-speaking portion of pre-1945 Bohemia), but all of Czechoslovakia between the two World Wars. It is a reprint of 'Orientierungslexikon der Tschechoslowakischen Republik' originally published in the 1930s. This little book, at a cost of about $35, is a bibliographic gem. Available from Preussler Verlag, Rothenburger Str. ![]() Ortslexikon Sudetenland (Preussler Verlag, Nurnberg, 1987). The other missing element: Names used before World War II in Bohemia and Moravia (German) and names used before World War I in Slovakia (Hungarian). The only towns missing are those which were wiped out to create the border zone in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The excellent index shows all towns, cities, and almost every little village in Slovakia. Velky Autoatlas. The road atlas of the Czech and Slovak Republics, with maps at 1:200,000 scale, published by Kartografie Praha.Now available in paperback for $45, this is the only systematic presentation of political-geographical boundaries from before the Middle Ages to the present. Historical Atlas of East Central Europe (University of Washington Press, 1993). Harvard Dictionary of Ethnic Groups. This book has some errors and may now be slightly dated, but if you want to know about the Gypsies (the Rom), the Slavs, the Rusyns, here you have it.No matter what edition or encyclopedia you use, the basics are very important reading for every family historian. The articles are longish and reflect opinions and attitudes prevalent at the time. I like the earlier editions (without the Micropedia, Macropedia breakdown) and have a copy of the 11th, published 1910-1911 when Austria-Hungary still existed. Encyclopedia Britannica, various editions.There are other good single-volume encyclopias also. The articles are nicely brief, but accurate, and you can read through everything of interest in an hour or two. A good one-volume encyclopedia with articles on Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Austria-Hungary, Ruthenia, Bohemia, Moravia, Hungary and other subjects of interest. Fifth edition 1993 (and earlier editions). Listed are those which I use frequently, but there are others which are just as good. I have not tried to include diacritical marks since they will not reproduce on many computers and over the internet. ![]() Here is a short list of source references about the Czech and Slovak Republics. Some basic facts about geography, history, population, and culture are important parts of our genealogical research. ![]()
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