Liechtenstein Court Records

Court records (Gerichtsakten)
Research use: Used as a back up of parish registers for birth, marriage and death information, relationships, etc.

Record type: Records of local civil courts involving contracts, marriages, inheritance and property disputes.

Time Period: 1500-present.

Content: Name, sometimes age or birth date, place of residence, names of relatives, relationships, sometimes place of origin.

Location: State archives in Vaduz, District court archives in Innsbruck and Vienna.

Percentage in Family History Library: 90%.

Population coverage: 20%.

Reliability: Good.