Croatia Military Records

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 * Many recent documents (post 1867) were claimed by modern successor nations of the Empire


 * Most military records are under the guardianship of the Wiener Kriegsarchiv in Vienna, Austria. Kriegsarchiv documents are divided into two large record groups:

1. Central Command 2. Individual Units

Commissions
1466-1866, containing commissions, instructions, appointments and information concerning military service (complete with biography).

Nobility Grants
1636-1753, these grants, which involved the bestowal of certain rights, were received for distinguished service or valor, or for thirty years of service.

Vital Certificates
a small but indexed collection of birth, marriage and death certificates.

Wills
1639-1771, this collection is incomplete yet indexed, and is arranged chronologically.

Pension and Assistance Records
accessed by unit designation (regiment):
 * Pensions 1749-1922
 * Invalid Office 1723-1803
 * Orphans’ Commission 1702-1770
 * Soldier Orphans 1770-1870

Army Rank and Regiment Schematics
1583-1849, record continue commission records and include decorations, orders and sometimes death dates.

Payment Books
1753-1819, documents pension records, wages, and salary data, with supplementary biographical data. Completely indexed.

Marriage Bonds
1750-1918, officers less in rank that Lt. General, use as a supplement to regular muster lists, contains officer’s name, name of spouse, spouse’s place or origin, and occasionally spouse’s parents. Records are completely indexed.

Military School Records
biographies of students
 * Marine-Akademe 1802-1918
 * Kriegsschule Wien 1871-1914