Most of these are in German though some do have an "English" facility. Many of these resources are not, strictly speaking, genealogical but might nevertheless be of interest for researchers
abroad.
| Review | Link/Service/Resource and Comments |
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| 08/2017 |
Summary: Castle Links (Wikipedia) See also NÖ-Burgen (below). |
| 09/2014 |
Austrian Church Resources
- Catholic: www.katholisch.at - Jewish / Israelitische Kultusgemeinde: www.ikg-wien.at - LDS: www.kirche-jesu-christi.at |
| 09/2014 |
Summary: Links to Austrian Media (Wikipedia) selected daily papers, radio, TV. |
| 05/2018 |
ZEDHIA is an interactive online data base available for access to the public and permitting comprehensive historic research; various subscription models are available. The platform makes digitalized full text and in depth structured information resources available on the history of Central Europe's business and economy as well as on Central European genealogy. In addition, the 28.362 volumes and 1.3 million pages of the publications comprised in ZEDHIA register the history of Austrian business from 1812 through 2003. |
| 03/2018 |
Online access to church registers (mostly books of birth, marriage and death) from various European countries (currently Austria, Germany, Poland and Serbia). |
| 03/2018 |
ÖFR (in German) Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Familien- und regionalgeschichtliche Forschung (ÖFR) The Austrian Society for Research on Genealogy and Regional Heritage (ÖFR) - see introduction in English |
| 02/2017 |
ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online (in German) by the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library) including online search of historical newspapers (1689-1946). |
| 08/2017 |
NÖ-Burgen (in German) details about some 2600 castles and historic buildings in Lower Austria (Niederösterreich). |
| 09/2014 |
Historikerkanzlei Genealogisch-Historische Recherchen GmbH was founded in 2004 by four historians in cooperation with a university professor for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna and has been concerned with global genealogic-historic research from the beginning. The service package includes: Procurement of (historic) diploma, birth, marriage, and death certificates, procurement of citizenship certificates (if desired in cooperation with lawyers also their validation), search for relatives and ancestors, drawing up genealogical trees, global search for unknown heirs, procurement of certificates ascertaining nobility status, procurement of documents necessary to claim restitution
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| 11/2014 |
Lehmann Online - Digital Address Books, Vienna 1859 - 1942 The "Wiener Adressverzeichnis Lehmann" is now available online (in German). Some 200.000 pages list only proprietors and tenants, but not subtenants. |
| 03/2018 |
MOM - Monasterium [Virtuelles Urkundenarchiv österreichischer Klöster] An online archive of medieval charters (till 1500) and a representative collection of documents of the following centuries from many sources including the following monasteries: Aggsbach, Altenburg, Ardagger, Dürnstein, Gaming, Geras, Göttweig, Heiligenkreuz, Herzogenburg, Klosterneuburg, Lilienfeld, Mariazell in Österreich, Mauerbach, Melk, Neukloster, Pernegg, Säusenstein, Schottenstift, Seitenstetten, St. Andrä, St. Dorothea, St. Pölten and Zwettl.
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| 09/2014 |
Heraldisch-Genealogische Gesellschaft "ADLER" Information about the genealogical society and its library in German but very little content or research guidance.
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| 09/2014 |
Austro-Hungarian Land Forces 1848-1918 by Glenn Jewison & Jörg C. Steiner
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| 09/2014 |
The Museum of Military History in Vienna
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| 09/2014 |
The Wien Museum A general-purpose metropolitan museum with a wide range of collections and exhibitions – from the history of the city to art, fashion and modern culture, from the earliest settlements to the present day. If you are interested in Vienna, this is the place to pick up its traces.
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| 09/2014 |
Genealogic Research in Carinthia by Hans Pawlik jr.
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| 09/2014 |
Dorotheum the famous Austrian auction house (antiques, art, etc.)
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| 04/2015 |
Heraldik Atelier - Erika Watzenegger a commercial heraldry, calligraphy and genealogy service in Vorarlberg (in German).
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| 09/2014 |
Jewish Museum, Vienna with information about its exhibitions and archives.
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| 09/2014 |
The Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW) with information about the library and archive.
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| 09/2014 |
Vienna
Database on European Family History very interesting ennumerations and census information. Some interactive queries are possible but offline analysis requires installion of Kleio, special DB program developed at the Max-Planck Institute for History in Göttingen. Thanks to Ludwig Blaha for finding this link.
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| 02/2017 |
FAMILIE AUSTRIA - Österreichische Gesellschaft für Genealogie und Geschichte an Austrian society for genealogy and history, located in Vienna.
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| 09/2014 |
Austrian Family History an excellent site by Kent Stuetz that provides a helpful source of information and tools to assist you to conduct successful Austrian genealogical research. Also information about the "Southern Waldviertel Family History Project"
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| 03/2018 |
founded Ing. Felix Gundacker, these free databases containing more than 10 million records are made by and for genealogists (more than registered 25,500 users).
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| 03/2018 |
IHFF - Institute for Historical Family Research is a company (established 1989 by Ing. Felix Gundacker) that can undertake to do your research for a fee.
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| 09/2014 |
The Burgenland Bunch is a group of genealogists performing various research projects relating to the province of Burgenland. Excellent free monthly newsletters.
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| 09/2014 |
Online Telephone Directory
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| 09/2014 |
The Austrian National Library As the central academic library of the Republic of Austria, the Austrian National Library (ANL) looks back over a history rich in tradition going as far as the 14th century.
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| 09/2014 |
The Austrian State Archives with essential information for researchers.
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| 09/2014 |
The Libraries of the University of Vienna See also: Universities in Austria (Wikipedia)
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| 09/2014 |
Austria-Forum including the AEIOU-Lexikon, an encyclopedia of Austrian culture and heritage with a search facility.
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| 09/2014 |
The Vienna City Council including information about the Vienna City Archives and Tracing Your Ancestors in Vienna.
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| 09/2014 |
Austria National Tourist Office provides some useful information about Austria today.
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| 09/2014 |
The Central Statistical Office in Austria with useful census information.
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| 08/2017 |
Topotheque is an online archive, operated in local entities. It is an regional historical source of reference, focusing on not only preserving historical material kept in private hands but making it visible to the public.
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