Liechtenstein Civil Registration

Liechtenstein

Civil registration (Zivilstandsregister)
Research use: Information can be used to compile pedigrees and family groups and to perform temple ordinances. Identifies parents, children and spouses and dates and places of vital events. Other relatives are often identified.

Record type: Births, marriages, deaths, family registers.

Time period: 1878-present for births, marriages and deaths. 1789-present for family registers. Contents: Births:  Name of child, date and place of birth; names, residence, and occupation of parents. Marriages; Names, ages, residences, occupations of groom and bride; sometimes date and place of birth and/or ages, parents' names, date and place of marriage, residences, occupations, names of witnesses and officer who performed ceremony. Deaths: Name, age, date and place of death, occupation, name of surviving spouse, name and residence of informant, cause of death, sometimes date and place of birth, names of parents, names of children. Family registers: Names of parents, children, spouses, dates and places of births, marriage and death, occupation for family members.

Location: Local civil registry offices, state archives.

Percentage in Family History Library: 16%.

Population coverage: 95%.

Reliability: Excellent.