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==How to Research== | ==How to Research== | ||
# '''[[Identify What You Know|Identify what you know]]:''' Work from the known to the unknown. Don't jump straight back to a distant ancestor. Begin with the present and confirm/document the information and relationships as you work your way back. | # '''[[Identify What You Know|Identify what you know]]:''' Work from the known to the unknown. Don't jump straight back to a distant ancestor. Begin with the present and confirm/document the information and relationships as you work your way back. | ||
# '''Document/source your tree:''' As you gather information, identify where and who each piece of information came from. [[Evaluate the Evidence|Evaluate how reliable the sources are]], and ensure you are interpreting them correctly. Don't simply accept ancestral information on your tree. Instead, look for records or other reliable sources to support each date, place, and relationship. | # '''Document/source your tree:''' As you gather information, identify where and who each piece of information came from. [[Evaluate the Evidence|Evaluate how reliable the sources are]], and ensure you are interpreting them correctly. Don't simply accept ancestral information on your tree. Instead, look for records or other reliable sources to support each date, place, and relationship. | ||
# '''[[Decide What You Want to Learn|Decide what you want to learn]]:''' Have a specific research goal or objective. This is defined by pursuing a [[A_Guide_to_Research#2._Decide_What_You_Want_to_Learn_About_Your_Family|specific piece of information]] about a specific ancestor. An example of a ''bad'', or ''too-generic'' research goal is: | # '''[[Decide What You Want to Learn|Decide what you want to learn]]:''' Have a specific research goal or objective. This is defined by pursuing a [[A_Guide_to_Research#2._Decide_What_You_Want_to_Learn_About_Your_Family|specific piece of information]] about a specific ancestor. An example of a ''bad'', or ''too-generic'' research goal is: "I want to know more about my great-grandfather." An example of a ''good'' research goal is: "I want to find the marriage date of my great-grandparents." | ||
# '''[[Select Records to Search|Select records to search]]:''' Each country's record-keeping practices are different. See your country's [[ | # '''[[Select Records to Search|Select records to search]]:''' Each country's record-keeping practices are different. See your country's [[Austria Record Finder|Record Finder]] table to determine what kind of record could provide the desired ancestral information. Search the desired records. | ||
# '''[[Use the Information|Analyze/use the information]]:''' When you find new sources, carefully [[Evaluate the Evidence|evaluate them]] to ensure they are about the correct ancestors, and that the information in the evidence is being accurately interpreted. [[Transfer_the_Information#Cite_Your_Sources|Cite]] or document your sources in your family tree establish the accuracy of your findings. | # '''[[Use the Information|Analyze/use the information]]:''' When you find new sources, carefully [[Evaluate the Evidence|evaluate them]] to ensure they are about the correct ancestors, and that the information in the evidence is being accurately interpreted. [[Transfer_the_Information#Cite_Your_Sources|Cite]] or document your sources in your family tree establish the accuracy of your findings. | ||
==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|Online Learning]] - Video Classes | |||
=== Determine the actual name of an ancestor === | |||
Before doing family history research in Austria, you will need to find: | |||
*the actual name of an ancestor | |||
*the date of birth, marriage, and death (can be estimated) | |||
*the place of origin | |||
*the religion of an ancestor | |||
*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. | |||
*Sometimes these changes may have occurred in more than one generation. | |||
=== Determine the date of birth, marriage, and death === | |||
*If an exact date is not known, estimate the dates based on other information. | |||
*From a marriage date, it can be estimated that a man was married at age 25 and a woman at age 21. | |||
*It can be estimated that a first child was born one year after the parent's marriage and that subsequent children were born every 2 years after that. | |||
=== Determine the place of origin === | |||
*Records are kept on a town or parish level, thus an exact town of origin must be known. | |||
**[[Austria Finding Town of Origin|Austria Finding Town of Origin]] | |||
=== Determine the religion of an ancestor === | |||
*Until the 1900s, vital records were kept by church parishes or Jewish congregations. | |||
*The records of different religions were kept separately. | |||
*Determine the ancestor's religion by first searching Roman Catholic records; Catholicism was the dominant religion in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. | |||
*Not every village in Austria had its own parish and often, several smaller villages belonged to one parish. | |||
*Use a gazetteer to determine the proper record keeping jurisdiction. | |||
:*[[Austria Gazetteers|Austria Gazetteers]] | |||
==Austria-Jewish Genealogy - Getting Started== | |||
*[https://www.jewishgen.org/austriaczech/ausguide.htm Beginner's Guide to Austrian-Jewish Genealogy] by JewishGen.org | |||
[[Category:Austria]][[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]] | [[Category:Austria]][[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]] | ||