Austro-Hungarian Empire Ortsippenbücher

Town Compilation of Records (Ortssippenbuch or Ortsfamilienbuch)

 * An Ortssippenbuch (town lineage book) or Ortsfamilienbuch (town family book) generally includes birth, marriage, and death data for all persons found in the local records during a specified time period, compiled into families. If one is available, it can act as an index or guide to finding the original records. However, they may contain errors, so it is best to verify their information in original records.
 * Sources may include the local parish registers, civil registration records, court and land records, and sometimes published material. In the printed book, this information is then arranged in a standardized format, usually alphabetically by surname and chronologically by marriage date.

Finding an OFB

 * Genwiki Online OFB Collection. Scroll down past the lists of OFB's for Germany to the lists for other regions.
 * Genwiki Ortsfamilienbücher zum Banat
 * [[Media:1-Online_Ortsfamilienb%C3%BCcher-Instruction.pdf|OFB Instructions]]