Luxembourg Genealogy

Guide to Luxembourg ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Country Information
Luxembourg is a country in Europe bordered by Belgium, Germany, and France. The official languages are Luxembourgish, German, and French. Records will be in Latin, French and German.

Finding Your Ancestors' Town in Luxembourg

 * Genealogical records are organized by geographical locality. Civil registration (government birth, marriage, and death records) were kept in the commune, and church records (christenings/baptisms, marriages, and burials) were kept at the parish. To search these records, you must know the town where your ancestors lived. Search the Gazetteer to locate the commune or parish when you have the town.
 * If you do not know your ancestors' town, follow the advice in the Wiki article, Luxembourg Finding Town of Origin, to search a variety of records that might provide that information.

Luxembourg Clickable Map
Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Luxembourg. Click on a place below to go to the corresponding Wiki article listing more information.

Jurisdictions
Genealogy records are kept on the commune level in Luxembourg. Click on a place below to go to the corresponding Wiki article listing more information.

Luxembourg has over 100 communes within 12 cantons organized into 3 districts.


 * District de Diekirch northern part of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
 * Clervaux
 * Diekirch
 * Redange
 * Vianden
 * Wiltz


 * District de Grevenmacher eastern part of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
 * Echternach
 * Grevenmacher
 * Remich


 * District de Luxembourg western part of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
 * Capellen
 * Esch-sur-Alzette
 * Luxembourg
 * Mersch

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.
 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records

Other Resources

 * BYU Script French Tutorials
 * BYU Script German Tutorials
 * BYU Script Latin Tutorials