Liechtenstein Court Records

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Court records (Gerichtsakten)

Research use: Used as a back up of parish registers for birth, marriage and death information, relationships, etc.

Record type: Records of local civil courts involving contracts, marriages, inheritance and property disputes.

Time Period: 1500-present.

Content: Name, sometimes age or birth date, place of residence, names of relatives, relationships, sometimes place of origin.

Location: State archives in Vaduz, District court archives in Innsbruck and Vienna.

Percentage in FamilySearch Library: 90%.

Population coverage: 20%.

Reliability: Good.[1]

References

  1. The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Liechtenstein,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1989-1999.