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== | ==How to Find the Records== | ||
Civil registration is births, marriages, marriage supplements, deaths, family registers kept by the government. | |||
== | ===Offices to Contact=== | ||
*Births and deaths began throughout on 1 January 1939. Civil registration of marriages started on 1 August 1938; however, marriages celebrated between 1 August 1938 and 31 December 1938 were conducted at regional district offices ''(Bezirkshauptmannschaften)''. | |||
To obtain a certificate, you need to contact the registry office which registered the event. For Vienna only [http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/civilstatus/index.html Municipal Department 35] provides the relevant service. To find an address for a local registry use the [https://www.help.gv.at/Portal.Node/hlpd/public/en Austrian Government Help Portal]. | |||
==Historical Background== | |||
Civil registration (Zivilstandsregister) is births, marriages, marriage supplements, deaths, family registers kept by the government. | |||
==Coverage and Compliance== | |||
*Births and deaths began throughout on 1 January 1939. | |||
*Civil registration of marriages started on 1 August 1938; however, marriages celebrated between 1 August 1938 and 31 December 1938 were conducted at regional district offices ''(Bezirkshauptmannschaften)''. | |||
*Civil registration began in Hungary in 1895 and those parts of the modern federal province of Burgenland which were then part of Hungary will have civil registration records. | *Civil registration began in Hungary in 1895 and those parts of the modern federal province of Burgenland which were then part of Hungary will have civil registration records. | ||
==Information | ==Information Recorded in the Records== | ||
===Births=== | ===Births=== | ||
*Name of child | *Name of child | ||
*Date and place of birth | *Date and place of birth | ||
*Names, residence, and occupation of parents | *Names, residence, and occupation of parents | ||
===Marriages=== | ===Marriages=== | ||
*Names | *Names | ||
*Ages | *Ages | ||
*Residences | *Residences | ||
*Occupations of groom and bride | *Occupations of groom and bride | ||
*Sometimes date and place of birth and/or ages | *Sometimes date and place of birth and/or ages | ||
*Parents' names | *Parents' names | ||
*Date and place of marriage | *Date and place of marriage | ||
*Residences, occupations, names of witnesses and officer who performed ceremony | *Residences, occupations, names of witnesses and officer who performed ceremony | ||
===Marriage Supplements=== | ===Marriage Supplements=== | ||
*Names of marriage partners | *Names of marriage partners | ||
*Documents showing proofs of births, deaths, prior marriages or divorces, proclamations, contracts, etc. | *Documents showing proofs of births, deaths, prior marriages or divorces, proclamations, contracts, etc. | ||
===Death Registers=== | ===Death Registers=== | ||
*Name | |||
*Name | |||
*Date and place of death | *Date and place of death | ||
*Occupation | *Occupation | ||
*Name of surviving spouse | *Name of surviving spouse | ||
*Name and residence of informant | *Name and residence of informant | ||
*Cause of death | *Cause of death | ||
*Sometimes date and place of birth, names of parents, names of children | *Sometimes date and place of birth, names of parents, names of children | ||
== References == | == References == | ||