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 (records from last 100 years)
National Archives of Luxembourg (Archives de Nationales Luxembourg), Genealogy

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 100 years. Requests for records that are not publicly available can be made using the government website at Guichet.lu.

Additional Possible Locations of Certificates
Hôtel de Ville – Ville de Luxembourg (Municipal administration of the city of Luxembourg)

Bierger-Center

Civil Registration
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 the present. The records were written in French or German.

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) were 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