Luxembourg Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * 1662-1840: at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($); Also at MyHeritage ($)
 * 1700-1810: at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($); Also at MyHeritage ($)
 * 1702-1798: at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($)
 * 1796-1941 : at FamilySearch, FamilySearch, free, index and images, ''also at Ancestry ($), browsable images
 * 1796-1923: Luxembourg, Civil Registration, at National Archives of Luxembourg, free, browsable images

Offices to Contact
National Archives of Luxembourg (Archives de Nationales Luxembourg), Genealogy Tray of the Holy Spirit L-1475 Luxembourg Luxemburg

Postal address B.P. 6 L-2010 Luxembourg Luxemburg

Telephone: (+352) 247 8 66 60 Fax: (+352) 47 46 92 Email: [mailto:archives.nationales@an.etat.lu archives.nationales@an.etat.lu]

Civil registration offices of the commune (municipality) where the birth, marriage, or death took place keep one copy of the record. This is important for records more recent than 1941.

Monsieur l'officier de l'état-civil Mairie de (Town) (Postal code) (Town) Luxembourg

Requests should be written in French. You can successfully write in French using this French Letter Writing Guide.

Additional Possible Locations of Certificates
Hôtel de Ville – Ville de Luxembourg (Municipal administration of the city of Luxembourg) État-Civil 42 Place Guillaume L-2090 Luxembourg

Tel.: (011) (352) 47 96-1

Bierger-Center 26a, bd Royal L-2449 Luxembourg L-2090 Luxembourg

Telephone: +(352) 4796 2200 Fax: +(352) 26 2709 99 E-mail: [mailto:bierger-center@vdl.lu bierger-center@vdl.lu]

Historical Background
1797-present. Official civil registration was introduced in the Grand Duchy by a French decree in 1797. At that time the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was a part of France under the name of "Departement des Forêts."

Documents are written twice in the original. One copy remains in the commune (municipality); there are 126 commune (municipality) offices in Luxembourg. The second is sent to the appropriate tribunal in Luxembourg City or in Diekirch. The indexes are preserved in the National Archives of Luxembourg or the Public Records Office of Luxembourg and run from 1797 to 1952 inclusive.

All civil records for Luxembourg are restricted for 100 years from the date of the event, with the exception of public authorities or the following people:


 * the person recorded in the document


 * surviving spouse


 * legal representative


 * ancestors, descendants, or legal heir.

Coverage and Compliance
Every 10 years tables décennales (decennial tables) are made, in which births, marriages, and deaths are arranged in alphabetical order by date.

Information Recorded in the Records
Birth records Marriage records
 * Name of child
 * Date of birth
 * Names and ages of parents
 * Date and place of marriage
 * Birth dates or ages and birthplaces of bride and groom
 * Names of parents

Death records
 * Place of death
 * Date of death
 * Age
 * Birthplace
 * Parents' names