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Civil Registration

Civil Registration (Zivilstandsregister)

Civil registration is births, marriages, marriage supplements, deaths, family registers kept by the government.

Time Coverage

• 1867-1938 (a few areas only, 5%)
• 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).

Information Content

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,
• 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.

Civil Registration (Standesamt-Register)

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.