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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===
To obtain a certificate, you need to contact the registry office which registered the event. <br>
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].
For Vienna only, [http://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/civilstatus/index.html Municipal Department 35] provides the relevant service.
==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 (Zivilstandsregister) ==
Civil registration is births, marriages, marriage supplements, deaths, family registers kept by the government.
==Time Coverage==
*Births and deaths began throughout 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.
*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 Content==
==Information Recorded in the Records==
===Births====
 
===Birth Records===
 
*Name of child
*Name of child
*Date and place of birth;
*Date and place of birth
*Names, residence, and occupation of parents
*Names, residence, and occupation of parents
===Marriages===
 
===Marriage Records===
 
*Names
*Names
*Ages
*Ages
*Residences
*Residences
*Occupations of groom and bride;
*Occupations of groom and bride
*Sometimes date and place of birth and/or ages,
*Sometimes date and place of birth and/or ages
*Parents' names,
*Parents' names
*Date and place of marriage,
*Date and place of marriage
*Residences, occupations, names of witnesses and officer who performed ceremony
*Residences, occupations, names of witnesses and officer who performed ceremony
 
===Marriage Supplements===
===Marriage Supplements===
*Names of marriage partners,
*Names of marriage partners
*Documents showing proofs of births, deaths, prior marriages or divorces, proclamations, contracts, etc.   
*Documents showing proofs of births, deaths, prior marriages or divorces, proclamations, contracts, etc.   
===Death Registers===
*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.


===Death Records===


==Accessing the Records==
*Name
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].
*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  ==
== References  ==


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