Austria Compiled Genealogies

Online Records

 * 1800-1938 - "Wer einmal war" - The Jewish Grand Bourgoisie of Vienna 1800-1938 This database is an index to the book by Georg Gaugusch: "Wer einmal war" - The Jewish Grand Bourgoisie of Vienna 1800-1938, published by the Amalthea-Publishing House. The first volume with the letters A-K appeared in print in November 2011, contains 1.700 pages and covers about 250 families (ISBN: 978-3850027502).

Genealogical collections (Genealogische Sammlungen und Ortssippenbücher)
Research use: Provides excellent pedigree linkage, usually lists all family members, sometimes even brief histories are included. Records give surname access when patron does not know ancestor's town of origin.

Record type: Manuscript genealogies, pedigrees, family groups, town lineage books and card files.

Time Period: 1200-present.

Contents: Names of persons, relationships, birth or christening dates, marriage and death dates, places of birth or residence, occupations, sometimes brief histories of families and villages. Town lineage books have all families of a given town arranged into family groups.

Location: City and state archives; some in private archives.