Bohemia • Moravia • Slovakia
Over 14 years of specialized archival research, paleographic transcription, and on-site document retrieval across the Czech Republic.
"Zero-hallucination standard: Every genealogical link is strictly verified against primary physical records."
Tracing roots in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire requires more than searching online indexes. Historical records in Bohemia and Moravia are written in Latin, Old Czech, and German, often using complex archaic scripts like Kurrent and Schwabacher.
Based directly in the Czech Republic, I combine deep paleographic expertise with direct access to regional state archives (including MZA Brno, SOA Zámrsk, and SOkA Jihlava). Whether you are breaking through a 19th-century brick wall or reconstructing a lineage back to the Thirty Years' War, I deliver documented, historical narratives.
Whether your family records are available in digital databases or hidden away in physical archive vaults, I provide comprehensive research solutions tailored to your needs.
Not all historical records are online. I personally travel to state, regional, and municipal archives across the entire Czech Republic. I locate offline records and provide high-resolution digital photographs of specific documents or entire unindexed books.
Using extensive knowledge of Czech, Moravian, and Slovak archives, I trace your family tree generation by generation. I cross-reference parish registers, Theresian cadastres, and land books to build a verified ancestral lineage.
Old documents are often written in difficult historical scripts like Kurrent or Schwabacher, and recorded in Latin, Old Czech, or German. I decipher these complex texts and provide accurate, contextual translations into modern English.
Proven Track Record
Examples of multi-generational reconstructions from our archive files. To protect the privacy of living descendants, all public case studies conclude prior to the 20th century.
A comprehensive, 400-year reconstruction of a bourgeois and artisan lineage in the Moravian town of Brtnice, tracing 12 unbroken generations through estate urbariums, tax rolls, land registers, and parish books.
Begins with Matouš Tůna (b. c. 1530) in the 1550 Collalto estate registers. His grandson, Vít Tůna, served as the Mayor (Purkmistr) of Brtnice from 1610 to 1612.
Survived the Thirty Years' War and the 1715 plague (verified via the Consignatio Personarum). Master butcher Martin Tůna owned house No. 204 on the main square with an official guild meat stall.
Following the loss of the family estate around 1800, the lineage transitioned to shoemaking, before Ignát Tůna (1841–1917) rebuilt their prosperity with a thriving workshop at house No. 96.
Tracing tailor Zygmunt Wojnar (b. 1865) and his wife Franciszka Mika from Central Europe to Philadelphia, USA. Documented the surname adaptation from Wojnar to Woyner and linked American records back to 18th-century European roots (Mikołaj Wojnar, b. c. 1794).
Reconstructed the lineage of Pavel Potůček (b. c. 1656) in Luková and Rokytnice. Navigated 350 years of phonetic surname shifts (Pauczek, Potocznik, Potuczek, Patuczek) and tracked property ownership through 1810 house renumbering (house No. 53 to No. 38) using 1830 cadastral maps.
Combined parish registers with Imperial Obligatory Imprint maps (1827–1830) to pinpoint exact ancestral dwellings—such as house No. 51 on Svatovítská Street in Staré Město (owned by the Duchtík family since 1777) and the Masař homestead in Podhradí dating back to 1641.
Demonstrating cross-border archival reach: traced the Kadlčák lineage in Březnice u Zlína back to 1637 using godparent network analysis to bridge missing register years (1698–1725), alongside the Paprčka lineage in Detva and Hriňová, Slovakia, back to 1724.
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"I would like to sincerely thank Martin for going to an archive in the Czech Republic on my behalf and doing an incredible job. In a short amount of time, he photographed around 1600 pages. The work was very reliable. Every instruction was followed precisely, and the results were organized and easy to access. I can wholeheartedly recommend Martin, anyone needing archival research done is in the best hands!"
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Send me what you already know—names, approximate dates, or a village name—and I will evaluate available archival records and provide a clear research proposal with no obligation.