Questions tagged [austria]
For questions about ancestors and records in the country of Austria. This includes previous political entities within the geographical boundaries of present-day Austria, as well as the area that was part of the Austrian Empire.
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“Jos” name in itself or a short form of “Joseph” or “Johannes”?
I have here this German-Latin marriage record from Austria about the marriage between Angelus Constantin and Catharina Werckin on the 11th April, 1780 (last entry on page):
The father of Catharina ...
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Groom's birth place entry additions
I have a marriage entry here of someone (Edmund Hoffmeister von Hoffenegg) with birth place listed as Andrijevci in present day Croatia but then for some reason also mentions Klattau (Klatovy) in ...
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Vertical line and colon (“|:”) in register entry
I am have here a hard-to-read Austrian baptism register entry with several additional notes added later on (note in the image from the beginning of the 20th century).
That it's hardly legible is not ...
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Would the custom of Charon's obol still be practised in 1722 in Carinthia, Austria?
In church death records I recently found odd remarks. In the Diocese of Gurk (Carinthia, Austria) in Malta in 1722 in several entries there is the term nauli morte or morte nauli. Example for a full ...
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Unreadable word in latin 18. century church death record
I'm unable to decrypt some word in a Latin church record of a death in 1769. It is available at Matricula Online (the second last entry on the page). Since the image is licensed CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0 I ...
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Searching for Austrian WW2 Prisoner of War who was held in Worcestershire, England?
I am looking for information on a World War 2 prisoner of war from Austria name Peter Schmidt who was brought to my farm in England every day to work.
I believe he went back to Austria and had a ...
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Seeking information about Immigration to America from Austria?
My Great Grandfather, Joseph F. Kohl was born in Austria in 1860. Sometime in his life, he moved to America where his wife Vincencia Puhair gave birth to their child Frank James Kohl. I was wondering ...
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Correct spelling of Austrian surname Wasmanski?
My family has always always spelled our last name Wasmanski. On my grandfathers Declaration on Intention it is spelled Waksmunski. He was from Austria. I have seen so many different spellings of the ...
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Origin of Falez Surname?
My last name is Falez, which is a fairly uncommon surname. The farthest person back in the family tree that I'm aware of was, I'm told, Slovenian or Austrian, which obviously borders Italy and is in ...
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Identifying German soldier in WWII from single photo? [duplicate]
I found out that my grandfather was actually a German soldier in WWII who was in Austria in the year of 1945 but I only have a photograph and no other information.
Is there any way I can search for ...
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Reading Austrian public record?
This is a mention on a public record in Vienna, AT around 1916.
How can you help me reading additional mentions in 1928, 1939 and 1940?
Context is Matricula online from a church record in Vienna, ...
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What errors are in this transcription in Status Animarum from Slovenia?
I've attempted to transcribe the entry for Mali Cirnik 11 in the Austrian Empire in the first half of the 19th century:
This is written in German using Kurrent handwriting style.
In particular, I ...
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Did the spelling of this surname change or is it misread?
I have several examples of this same surname over time as shared in this answer for a marriage record.
Oldest example in Kurrent handwriting (around 1800):
Groom of the marriage in 1837:
Father of ...
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What town is meant by the location Gorn. Laknic?
I have a transcription provided by the Ljubljana church archives of Slovenia that says that Jozefa Zaman was born at Gorn. Laknic 8 on 17 Aug 1843. You can see an example of this underlined in red in ...
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What is this first name for Gregorčič witness to marriage?
I have a marriage record from 1837 written in German with a groom's witness with surname Gregorčič (written Gregorzhizh in German). It appears close to Anton but that doesn't quite work to my eye, so ...
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Is this surname Maizen?
I've got a marriage record from 1837 written in German and wish to determine the maiden name of the bride's mother underlined in red:
I think it says Maria Maizen, but I'm not sure.
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Is this last name Jurglič?
I have this last name written a bunch of times (underlined in red):
From a Status Animarium in early 1800s, the first instance is written to end in zh which I believe is German way to write č
Here ...
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What is this last name that looks like Kennet?
I'm trying to read this name, that I have written twice in this image (underlined in red):
My current working theory is Maria Kennet.
This is a marriage record from the Austrian Empire and is ...
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What coal mining towns in Austria were in common migration paths for Slovenians?
I have a marriage in Austria on January 10, 1898 between Jožefina Gregorčič most likely born in Veliki Cernik, Slovenia on February 24, 1874 and coal miner Alois Kovač born in Austria on June 30, 1872....
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What locality was meant by Trbontle, Yugoslavia?
I have the notes taken on behalf of an illiterate coal miner immigrant for his affidavit for naturalization in 1936. In there it is written:
which reads:
I am married, wife's name is Theresa ...
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Locating German World War One records when unit not known?
I see that this question has been asked and answered with a plethora of information as well as the notation that a lot of archives were destroyed in 1945. However, I thought it might be worth asking ...
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What does 1898 wedding/memorial announcement from Germany, Austria, or Slovenia say?
I have what I assume is a wedding announcement or memorial:
I believe this memorializes the marriage between Alois Kovach and Josephine Gregorčič who were married in either Germany, Austria, or ...
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Seeking German military service records for Jozef Mühlgay (or his brothers) of Bavaria?
I've been trying to figure out if my great-grandfather, Jozef Mühlgay, or his brothers were called up for the Great War.
What I know is that at the time of the war, my great-grandfather and his ...
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Identifying the father of a man born in Lemberg/Lviv/Lwow in 1884/85?
My great grandfather, Ignacy Isadore Pfeffer, was born in Lemberg, Austria in 1884/1885.
We know that this area has traded hands multiple times in the years since his birth and was also known as ...
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Finding parents/siblings of Pietro Bracchetti who lived in Ala, Trent,Tirol, Austria around 1678?
I am researching Pietro Bracchetti who lived in Ala, Trent, Tirol, Austria around 1678:
He was born in Lemma.
He traveled to Ala because he was the architect that worked at the construction of the ...
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Country other than Switzerland where place of origin is not same as place of birth?
In Switzerland we have a system where the place of origin is not the place of birth - the place of origin is transmitted from father to son just like the surnames are, and is strongly linked with the ...
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What does it mean for two DNA half-matches to not match each other?
I'm looking at my gedmatch.com kit A951428 and found close matches at the same overlapping location of chromosome 3:
Kit Chr Start Pos End Pos cM SNPs
F236166 3 25,435,600 38,396,...
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Find Austrian vital records?
My grandfather was born 1931 in Deutchkreutz Austria.
Are there any websites I could find any records of his (especially birth record)? I tried to look up his name in Ancestry with no luck.
Are there ...
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Slovakia, Bratislava, Reca - Jewish records
I would like to know if someone has any hints about finding Jewish records dated circa 1810 for the small village of Reca, Slovakia. My grandfather was born there in 1812 and moved to Vienna, but I ...
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Ancestors in Lemberg (Lviv) and Czyczkow/y
My great-grandfather was born in Lemberg, Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine). However, I am unsure how to proceed to further back in the family tree. I have written to the archives in Lviv which hold the ...
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Lists of casualties of the Battle of Mollwitz
As a battle of the War of the Austrian Succession, the Battle of Mollwitz was fought between Prussian and Austrian forces on 10 April 1741. I wonder if there are lists of casualties available?
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Where to find information on villages Jablonow & Suchostaw, Husiatyn, Ukraine (Galicia area, formerly Austria & Poland)?
Looking for information or databases that will help with my research of Jablonow & Suchostaw, Husiatyn, Ukraine. These two villages are in the area known as Galicia and have in the past been part ...
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Proper Citation for Hungary/Austria Birthplace [duplicate]
I am tracing ancestors born in the late 18th through mid 19th century from a village which at the time was in western Hungary. Following the end of WWI, the area was transferred to Austria and the ...
