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==Resources==
===Online Resources===
*'''1835-1938''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10952/austria-vienna-jewish-vital-records-1835-1938?s=275764761 Austria, Vienna, Jewish Vital Records, 1835-1938] at My Heritage - index ($)
*'''1869-1900''' [https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_db48&view=all&Itemid=146&lang=en Index of Civil births in Vienna between 1869 and 1900] at GenTeam ($) index.
*'''1870-1939''' [https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_ziviltrauungen&view=all&Itemid=34&lang=en Civil marriages in Vienna between 1870 and 1939] at GenTeam,($) index.
*'''1870-1912''' [https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_db38&view=all&Itemid=80&lang=en Civil marriages in Graz and Salzburg between 1870 and 1912] at GenTeam ($) index.


===Offices to Contact===
'''Civil Registration''' ''(Standesamt-Register)'' of births and deaths began throughout [[Austria]] 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. <br>
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.  


To find an address for a local registry, use the list of [https://www.oesterreich.gv.at/id-austria/registrierungsbehoerden.html Registration Authorities] or see the list at [https://www.standesbeamte.at/system/web/gelbeseite.aspx?menuonr=221024271&typ=10 Standesbeamte.at].
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].  


For Vienna only, [http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/civilstatus/index.html Municipal Department 35] provides the relevant service.
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==Background==
 
Civil registration (Zivilstandsregister) is births, marriages, marriage supplements, deaths, family registers kept by the government.
 
==Coverage and Compliance==
 
*Records of births and deaths began 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.
 
==Information Recorded in the Records==
 
===Birth Records===
 
*Name of child
*Date and place of birth
*Names, residence, and occupation of parents
 
===Marriage Records===
 
*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 and officer who performed ceremony
 
===Marriage Supplements===
*Names of marriage partners
*Documents showing proofs of births, deaths, prior marriages or divorces, proclamations, contracts, etc. 
 
===Death Records===
 
*Name
*Date and place of death
*Occupation
*Name of surviving spouse
*Name and residence of informant
*Cause of death
*Sometimes date and place of birth, names of parents, names of children
 
==Strategy==
== References  ==
 
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Revision as of 13:00, 29 June 2013

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Civil Registration (Standesamt-Register) of births and deaths began throughout Austria 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.

To obtain a certificate, you need to contact the registry office which registered the event. For Vienna only Municipal Department 35 provides the relevant service. To find an address for a local registry use the Austrian Government Help Portal.