All posts in Austrian Crown Lands & Provinces

A map-first guide to the Habsburg crown lands, their modern countries and where each region keeps its records.

Where to find Lower Austrian church and civil records, and how Vienna shapes the search.

Church, Evangelical and archive records for Upper Austria and Salzburg.

Church books, archives and border changes for Styrian and Carinthian research.

Tyrolean and Vorarlberg church book portals, archives and military sheets.

Why Burgenland records differ from the rest of Austria and where each layer is held.

How to follow a Viennese or Austrian family back to Bohemia, Moravia or Silesia.

Where records for Galician and Bukovinian families are held, and what Vienna can add.