Austria Jewish Records

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Vienna

 * 1784-1911 - at FamilySearch, index and images. How to use This Collection
 * 1826-1943 Vienna Registry of Jewish births, marriage, and deaths (Matrikel), 1826-1943, images. Includes Vienna, Leopoldstadt, Ottakring, Hernals, Währing, Fünfhaus and Sechshaus.
 * 1835-1938 Austria, Vienna, Jewish Vital Records, 1835-1938 at My Heritage - index ($)
 * 1850-1896 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1870-1914 Vienna circumcision and births of Jews (Matrikel), 1870-1914
 * Cemetery database of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien (Vienna)

Holocaust Dataabases: Victims and Survivors

 * Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance Shoah Victims database
 * Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
 * The Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names, Yad Vashem
 * Free Access: USC Shoah Foundation, Holocaust – Jewish Survivor Interviews, index
 * Austrian Holocaust Survivors, A Letter to the Stars

JewishGen.org Databases

 * JewishGen Austria-Czech Database
 * JewishGen.org Austria-Czech Special Interest Group (SIG]

Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People

 * The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP)
 * Location
 * Holdings for Austria

During the 1950s and 1960s, the Jewish community of Vienna deposited the majority of its records with The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP). The collection includes material dealing with the religious, community and government matters from the 17th to the 20th century (up to 1945), but mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection does not have birth, marriage or death records. Material of genealogical value may be found in voters' lists, taxpayers' lists, lists of potential 1930s emigrants, lists of deportees and a complete list of the Jews in Vienna in 1939.

Austria Finding Town of Origin

 * Austria Finding Town of Origin.

Austria may refer to:


 * The present-day country of Austria.
 * The Austrian Empire (1804-1867)
 * Austria-Hungary (1867-1918)

United States census records and arriving passenger lists often simply list the place of birth or origin as "Austria" meaning the Austrian Empire or Austria-Hungary. Careful research is needed to pinpoint the province and city/town.

Jewish Research resources on the FamilySearch Wiki are organized primarily by the present-day country, and not by the former designations. If possible, determine the city/town of origin and then search under its present-day country. For help, see Austria Finding Town of Origin.

History of the Jews in Austria

 * History of the Jews in Austria
 * Austria Virtual Jewish History Tour

Vienna Jewish History

 * When Poland was partitioned among its neighbors in 1795, the Austrian Empire (later the Austro-Hungarian Empire) received the southeastern portion of the country heavily populated by the Jews, which it named Galicia.
 * Since internal boundaries did not exist within the Austrian Empire, many impoverished Galician Jews migrated to the capital, Vienna. By the end of the 19th century, Vienna had become a major center of European Jewry. On the eve of World War II, it had the third largest Jewish population in Europe''' (after Warsaw and Budapest).
 * Jewish genealogists with roots in Galicia should look for family branches in Vienna, especially if the family name was relatively uncommon.