Austria Vienna Population Registers

POPULATION REGISTERS

for individual residents of the city of Vienna, Austria. The cards include name, birth date and place, marital status, old and new places of residence, dates of arrival and departure. Occasionally the name of spouse and children are listed. Most records range from 1890 to 1925. The beginning surname on each microfilm is shown. The same name may also appear on the preceding microfilm. All male (männliche) names are filed first, followed by all female (weibliche) names in a separate sequence.

HOUSEHOLD REGISTRATION CARDS

for families living in the city of Vienna, Austria. The cards contain the name of the head of the household, spouse and children and include birth dates and places, occupation, religion, dates and places of former and current residences. The records were compiled from 1940 1948, but contain genealogical data often from earlier years. The beginning surname on each microfilm is shown. The same name may also appear on the preceding microfilm.

PHONETIC FILING ORDER OF NAMES:

An unusually complex system was used for filing surnames. This system files letters of the alphabet in a different sequence than usual. The following instructions are recommended to help locate the surname you are seeking in these files. Here are described the values of the letters of the alphabet, and their unusual filing orders.

THE ALPHABET:

(A), (Au), (E, Ä, Ö), (Ei, Eu, Ej, Ey, Ai, Aj, Ay), (I, Ie, J, Ü, Y), (O, Ou), (U), (B, P), (C, G, K, Q, X, Ch, Ck, Cs, Cz, Ks), (D, T, Th), (F, V, W), (H), (L), (M), (N, Nck, Ng, Nk), (R), (S, Sch, Sz, , Cz, Tsch, Tz, Z).

Note that all vowels are filed before the consonants, rather than in their normal alphabetic sequence. Letters or combinations of letters within the same parenthesis are used interchangeably and thus not regarded as different in filing. Each of the letters or combination of letters occupy one space in the filing sequence.

SPECIAL FILING RULES FOR SPECIFIC LETTERS:

Double letters with one sound are filed as one (Ott). Double letters with two sounds are filed separately (Ollerieth).  and Cz are filed as C when it is at the first of the word (Czermak).  and Cz are filed as S when not at the first of the word (Baczek). E is disregarded in filing when it is not voiced (-el, -er, ie). E is filed as E when it is voiced (Noel). H is filed as H when it is the first letter of the word (Hermann). H is filed as C within a word if it is voiced (Neuhofer). H is disregarded in filing when it is not voiced (ah, eh, ih, oh, uh, ch, gh, ph, th) (Rohrer).

Names beginning with vowels are filed by the first vowel sound, and then by the next vowel sound if present, and then by the first consonant sound. They are then filed by the second consonant sound grouped in order first by the vowels preceding the second consonant. Names with no vowels preceding the second consonant are filed following those that have vowels between the first and second consonants. This pattern continues until the end of the word, filing by each consonant, first running through all the vowels preceding that consonant.

Names beginning with consonants are filed together with their sound alike group. After the first consonant sound, names are filed by the second consonant sound grouped in order first by all of the vowels preceding the second consonant. Names with no vowel preceding the second consonant are filed following those that have vowels between the consonants. This pattern continues for the entire name.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. First convert the spelling of the surname you want to find by writing it according to the phonetic letters outlined below.

2. Then substitute the first letter of the phonetic group for the other letters in the same group.

3. Then find the surname in the library catalog list according to the special filing rules outlined, and note the film number associated with it.

4. Check to make sure you have the right selection by converting the catalog listed surnames to their phonetic spellings also.

EXAMPLE SPELLINGS:

Name			Phonetic Spelling

Pelzer			Belsr Prajka			Breica Gröpel			Crebl Kruppner		Crubnr Tryzubsky		Drisubski Dwornik		Dfornic Waldhauser		Faldcausr Florimund		Florimund Viertelbock		Firdlboc Holzmüller		Holsmilr Lomatschenko		Lomasenco Muckenschnabel	Mucnsnabl Neubinger		Neibingr Röntgentaler		Rendcndalr Scheichel		Seicl Schäfer		Sefr Staininger		Sdeiningr Slutzko		Slusco Zweyacker		Sfeiacr Zöhner			Senr

EXAMPLE FILING SEQUENCES:

Name			Phonetic Spelling

Kahovec		Cacofec Gager			Cacr Keck			Cec Cechota		Cecoda Gegner			Cecnr Geiger			Ceicr Kiegler			Ciclr Koch			Coc Couquelet		Couceld Kukel			Cucl Kugler			Cuclr Kuhecz		Cucs Kadlec			Cadlec Chader			Cadr Kautor			Caudr Cautillon		Caudilon Czettel			Cedl Geider			Ceidr Kittler			Cidlr Gottfried		Codfrid Gottlieb		Codlib Koutroumbopoulos	Coudroumboboulos Gutt			Cud Gutleber		Cudlebr Czudnowski		Cudnofsci Kafka			Cafca Gavrilovic		Cafrilofic Kaufmann		Caufman Giovanetti		Ciofanedi Kovacs		Cofac Kovarik		Cofaric Cufer			Cufr Gföhler		Cfelr Cwitl			Cfidl Gall			Cal Chalupa		Caluba Kalch			Calc Ruzicka		Rusica Sabata			Sabada Schauperl		Saubrl Seeber			Sebr Schey			Sei Seiber			Seibr Seibert			Seibrd Schippani		Sibani Schop			Sob Sobolew		Sobolef Schober		Sobr Schuh			Su Schubert		Subrt Spang			Sbang Spaek			Sbasec Spendal		Sbendal Sperling		Sberling Spielbichler		Sbilbiclr Spirk			Sbirc Spitzner		Sbisnr Sporer			Sborr Springer		Sbringr Sax			Sac Sacher			Sacr Szekely		Seceli Scheichl		Seicl Siegfried		Sicfrid Siegl			Sicl Siegmund		Sicmund Sykora			Sicora Soukup		Soucub Szobol			Socol Sukalavopulos		Sucalafobulos Suchentrunk		Sucendrung Skala			Scala Skaral			Scaral Scocic			Scocic Skutezky		Scudeski Skleta			Scleda Sadlo			Sadlo Schatra		Sadra Sedlnitzky		Sedlniski Sedlarik		Sedlaric Sedlaczek		Sedlasec