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== Record Finder Table for Austria ==
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
Typically, the most reliable sources are found at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:<br>
This Record Finder table links to the Austria topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
===Vital Events ===
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| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
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| align="left" | Birth date and place
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*[[Austria Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Austria Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]


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Step 1. '''In column 1''', find your goal.<br>
*[[Austria Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Austria Census|Census]]
*[[Austria Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Austria Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Biography
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| align="left" | Marriage place and date
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*[[Austria Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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*[[Austria Court Records|Court Records]]
*Biography
|-
| align="left" | Death place, date and burial
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*[[Austria Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Austria Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
*[[Austria Obituaries|Obituaries]]


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Step 2. '''In column 2''', find the types of records most likely to have the information you need. <br>
*[[Austria Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Austria Census|Census]]
*[[Austria Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Austria Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*Biography


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Step 3. '''In column 3''', find additional records that may be useful. <br>
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===Maiden Names and Family Members===
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|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
|-
| Age
| [[Austria Church Records|Church Records]], [[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Austria Court Records|Court Records]], [[Austria School Records|School Records]]
| [[Austria Emigration and Immigration|Emigration & Immigration]], Naturalization & Citizenship
|-
| Birth date and birthplace
| [[Austria Church Records|Church Records]], [[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Austria Court Records|Court Records]], [[Austria Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
| [[Austria Census|Census]], [[Austria Military Records|Military Records]], [[Austria Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Biography
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Boundaries (parish, district, or county)
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Austria Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Austria History|History]], [https://www.genteam.at GenTeam], Maps
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Austria Church History|Church History]], Historical Geography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| Death information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Austria Church Records|Church Records]], [[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Austria Court Records|Court Records]], [[Austria Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
*[[Austria Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Austria Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Biography
*[[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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|-
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| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Austria Emigration and Immigration|Emigration & Immigration]]
*[[Austria Church Records|Church Records]]
| Societies
*[[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Austria Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
 
 
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*[[Austria Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Austria Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Austria Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Austria History|History]]
*[[Austria Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| Maps
*[[Austria Directories|Directories]]
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*[[Austria Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*Societies
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Language helps
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Austria Language and Handwriting|Language and Handwriting]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| —
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Directories
*[[Austria Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| Societies
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
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|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| Maiden name 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Austria Church Records|Church Records]], [[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Austria Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| [[Austria Court Records|Court Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
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=== Residences and Locations ===
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|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Marriage information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| [[Austria Church Records|Church Records]], [[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| [[Austria Court Records|Court Records]], Biography
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| Naming customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Names, Personal
*[[Austria Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Austria Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]], Periodicals
*[[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Austria Emigration and Immigration|Emigration & Immigration]]
*Directories
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*[[Austria School Records|School Records]]
*[[Austria Taxation|Taxation]]
 
 
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=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
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|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| Noble families
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| Heraldry, Nobility
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| Societies
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Austria Occupations|Occupations]], Directories
*Nobility
| [[Austria Emigration and Immigration|Emigration & Immigration]], [[Austria Military Records|Military Records]]
*Heraldry
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|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Austria Church Records|Church Records]], [[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Austria Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Austria Church Records|Church Records]]
| [[Austria Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Austria Court Records|Court Records]]  
*[[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
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*[[Austria Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Austria Occupations|Occupations]]
*Directories
*[[Austria Emigration and Immigration|Emigration & Immigration]]
*[[Austria Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Austria Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Austria Church Records|Church Records]]
| —
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Austria Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Austria Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], Maps
*[[Austria Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| Historical Geography
*Social Life and Customs
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Austria History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Austria Church Records|Church Records]], [[Austria Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Austria Emigration and Immigration|Emigration & Immigration]], Directories
*[[Austria Military Records|Military Records]]
| [[Austria School Records|School Records]], [[Austria Taxation|Taxation]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
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===Reading the Records===
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|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| [[Austria Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[Austria Language and Handwriting|Language and Handwriting]]
| —
*[[German Word List|German Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Latin Genealogical Word List|Latin Genealogical Word List]]
*[[French Genealogical Word List]]
*[https://script.byu.edu/german-handwriting/introduction German Script Tutorial]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naming patterns
| Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Austria Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
Personal Names
| Societies, Periodicals
|-
|-
| align="left" |Online classes
| Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| [[Austria Church Records|Church Records]], [[Austria Jewish Research|Jewish Records]]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-1 Old German Script]--[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-1 1: Letters]--[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-part-2 2: Words]--[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/old-german-script-german-church-and-civil-records-part-3 3: Records]
| [[Austria Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-paleography-seminar-introduction German Paleography Seminar]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/german-church-and-civil-records German Church and Civil Records]
|-
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
| Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| Social Life and Customs
*[[German Letter Writing Guide]]
| [[Austria History|History]]
 
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==Provinces of Modern Austria==
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|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each province, including links to actual records.'''
|}
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'''Austria''' (English)
*[[Burgenland, Austria Genealogy|Burgenland]]
*[[Carinthia, Austria Genealogy|Carinthia]]
*[[Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Austria Genealogy|Lower Austria]]
*[[Upper Austria, Austria Genealogy|Upper Austria]]
*[[Salzburg, Austria Genealogy|Salzburg]]
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'''Österreich''' (German)
*[[Burgenland, Austria Genealogy|Burgenland]]
*[[Carinthia, Austria Genealogy|Kärnten]]
*[[Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Austria Genealogy|Niederösterreich]]
*[[Upper Austria, Austria Genealogy|Oberösterreich]]
*[[Salzburg, Austria Genealogy|Salzburg]]
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'''Austria''' (English)
*[[Styria, Austria Genealogy|Styria]]
*[[Tyrol, Austria Genealogy|Tyrol]]
*[[Vorarlberg, Austria Genealogy|Vorarlberg]]
*[[Vienna, Austria Genealogy|Vienna]]


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[[Category:Austria Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]
'''Österreich''' (German)
*[[Styria, Austria Genealogy|Steiermark]]
*[[Tyrol, Austria Genealogy|Tirol]]
*[[Vorarlberg, Austria Genealogy|Vorarlberg]]
*[[Vienna, Austria Genealogy|Wien]]
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[[Category:Austria Research Strategies]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]

Revision as of 21:42, 5 November 2017

Austria Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Austria Background
Local Research Resources

This table can help you decide which records to search using the following steps:

Step 1. In column 1, find your goal.

Step 2. In column 2, find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

Step 3. In column 3, find additional records that may be useful.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age Church Records, Civil Registration, Court Records, School Records Emigration & Immigration, Naturalization & Citizenship
Birth date and birthplace Church Records, Civil Registration, Court Records, Jewish Records Census, Military Records, Cemeteries, Biography
Boundaries (parish, district, or county) Gazetteers, History, GenTeam, Maps Church History, Historical Geography
Death information Church Records, Civil Registration, Court Records, Jewish Records Cemeteries, Biography
Emigration information Emigration & Immigration Societies
Historical background History Maps
Language helps Language and Handwriting —
Living relatives Directories Societies
Maiden name Church Records, Civil Registration Court Records
Marriage information Church Records, Civil Registration Court Records, Biography
Naming customs Names, Personal Genealogies, Periodicals
Noble families Heraldry, Nobility Societies
Occupations Occupations, Directories Emigration & Immigration, Military Records
Parents, children, and other family members Church Records, Civil Registration, Genealogies Probate Records, Court Records
Physical description Military Records —
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps Historical Geography
Places of residence Church Records, Civil Registration, Emigration & Immigration, Directories School Records, Taxation
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogies —
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries Societies, Periodicals
Religion Church Records, Jewish Records Cemeteries
Social activities Social Life and Customs History
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