Liechtenstein Civil Registration

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Liechtenstein

Civil Registration

Resources

Online Records

• 1650-1875- Liechtenstein Births and Baptisms, 1650-1875 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index; also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($)

Offices to Contact

Civil registry office (ZSA)
Post:
St. Florinsgasse 3
P.O.Box 684
9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Telephone: +423 236 69 26
Telephone: +423 236 69 29

Email: info.zsa@llv.li

Background

1878-present for births, marriages and deaths
1789-present for family registers

Coverage and Compliance

Population coverage: 95%

Information Recorded in the Records

Births:

• Name of child
  
• Date and place of birth
  
• Names, residence, and occupation of parents
  

Marriages:

• Names
  
• Ages
  
• Residences
  
• Occupations of groom and bride
  
• Sometimes date and place of birth and/or ages
  
• Parents' names
  
• Date and place of marriage
  
• Residences
  
• Occupations
  
• Names of witnesses
  
• Name of officer who performed ceremony
  

Deaths:

• Name
  
• Age
  
• Date and place of death
  
• Occupation
  
• Name of surviving spouse
  
• Name and residence of informant
  
• Cause of death
  
• Sometimes date and place of birth
  
• Sometimes names of parents
  
• Sometimes names of children
  

Family registers:

• Names of parents
  
• Names of children
  
• Names of spouses
  
• Dates and places of births, marriage and death
  
• Ocupation for family members