Luxembourg Civil Registration

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How to Find the Records

Online Collections

• 1662-1840 Luxembourg Births & Baptisms at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index only; Also at Ancestry ($); Also at MyHeritage ($)
• 1700-1810 Luxembourg Marriages at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index only; Also at Ancestry ($); Also at MyHeritage ($)
• 1702-1798 Luxembourg Deaths & Burials at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index only; Also at Ancestry ($)
• 1796-1941 Luxembourg, Civil Registration, 1796-1941 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images, also at Ancestry ($), browsable images
• 1796-1923 Luxembourg, Civil Registration, at National Archives of Luxembourg, free, browsable images

Offices to Contact (records from last 100 years)

National Archives of Luxembourg (Archives de Nationales Luxembourg), Genealogy

Civil registration offices of the commune (municipality) where the birth, marriage, or death took place keep one copy of the record. This is important for records more recent than 100 years. Requests for records that are not publicly available can be made using the government website at Guichet.lu.

Additional Possible Locations of Certificates

Hôtel de Ville – Ville de Luxembourg (Municipal administration of the city of Luxembourg)

Bierger-Center

Historical Background

Civil Registration

Official civil registration was introduced in the Grand Duchy by a French decree in 1797. At that time the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was a part of France under the name of "Departement des Forêts."

Documents are written twice in the original. One copy remains in the commune (municipality); there are 126 commune (municipality) offices in Luxembourg. The second is sent to the appropriate tribunal in Luxembourg City or in Diekirch. The indexes are preserved in the National Archives of Luxembourg or the Public Records Office of Luxembourg and run from 1797 to the present. The records were written in French or German.

All civil records for Luxembourg are restricted for 100 years from the date of the event, with the exception of public authorities or the following people:

• the person recorded in the document

• surviving spouse

• legal representative

• ancestors, descendants, or legal heir.

Coverage and Compliance

Every 10 years tables décennales (decennial tables) were made, in which births, marriages, and deaths are arranged in alphabetical order by date.

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth records

• Name of child
• Date of birth
• Names and ages of parents
  

Marriage records

• Date and place of marriage
• Birth dates or ages and birthplaces of bride and groom
• Names of parents
  

Death records

• Place of death
• Date of death
• Age
• Birthplace
• Parents' names