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Guide to Austria ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Austria is landlocked and in a strategic location at the crossroads of central Europe bordering the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. The major river is the Danube. As a result of wars and political realignments, the internal and external boundaries of Austria have changed several times. German is the official language.

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The boundaries of Austria have changed over time. Your ancestor may have said he was from Austria, but actually he may have come from any of the countries that once belonged to the Hapsburg Monarchy or Austro-Hungarian Empire. Therefore, see also Research in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Provinces of Modern Austria

Austria (English) Burgenland Carinthia Lower Austria Upper Austria Salzburg

Österreich (German) Burgenland Kärnten Niederösterreich Oberösterreich Salzburg

Austria (English) Styria Tyrol Vorarlberg Vienna

Österreich (German) Steiermark Tirol Vorarlberg Wien