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==Beginning Research in Austria== | ==Beginning Research in Austria== | ||
*[[Austria Finding Town of Origin|Finding Town of Origin]] | |||
*[[Austria Record Finder|Record Finder]] - gives suggestions for records to search | |||
*[[Austria Online Learning|Video Classes]] | |||
=== Determine the actual name of an ancestor === | |||
Before doing family history research in Austria, you will need to find: | Before doing family history research in Austria, you will need to find: | ||
*the actual name of an ancestor | *the actual name of an ancestor | ||
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*the religion of an ancestor | *the religion of an ancestor | ||
*Some ancestors adopted Anglicised names: this occurred often with given names and to a lesser extent with surnames. | *Some ancestors adopted Anglicised names: this occurred often with given names and to a lesser extent with surnames. | ||
*Surnames may have changed during wartime when immigrants found themselves in a new country now at war with their former homeland. | *Surnames may have changed during wartime when immigrants found themselves in a new country now at war with their former homeland. | ||
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