Austria, Upper Austria, Linz, Miscellaneous City Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Record
Österreich, Oberösterreich, Linz, ausgewählte Bestände des Landesarchivs 1485-1894

Record Description
This collection includes court records, orphan records, marriage contracts, citizenship records, and account books. The original records are located in the Upper Austrian State Archives, Linz, Austria.

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Record Content
Key genealogical facts found in this collection contains the following information:

Invoice Records

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Citation Example for a Record Found in This Collection
"Australia Death and Burials 1816-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed March 4, 2011), Annie Jones, 28 Jul 1887; citing Territorial Records, reference Crookwell, FHL microfilm 1,238,833; Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.