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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.
-=== Civil Registration (Zivilstandsregister) ===
+===Offices to Contact===
-Research use: Information can be used to compile pedigrees and family groups.  Identifies parents, children and spouses and dates and places of vital events.  Other relatives are often identified.
+To obtain a certificate, you need to contact the registry office which registered the event. <br>
-Record type:  Births, marriages, marriage supplements, deaths, family registers.
+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].
-Time period:  1867-1938 (a few areas only); 1938-present for all of modern Austria.
+For Vienna only, [http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/civilstatus/index.html Municipal Department 35] provides the relevant service.
-Contents:  Births:  Name of child, date and place of birth; names, residence, and occupation of parents.  Marriages;  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 registers:  Name, age, 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.
-Location:  Civil registrars’ offices in towns and cities; some in regional archives.
+==Background==
-Population coverage:  Before 1938, 5%; after 1938, 95%.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Austria,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.</ref>
+Civil registration (Zivilstandsregister) is births, marriages, marriage supplements, deaths, family registers kept by the government.
-=== Civil Registration (Standesamt-Register)===
+==Coverage and Compliance==
-Births and deaths began throughout [[Austria Genealogy|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)''.
+*Records of births and deaths began on 1 January 1939.
-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 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].
+*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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+<br>
 [[Category:Austria Military Records]]
 [[Category:Civil Registration]]