How do I order archive records by e-mail?
If you prefer to order archive records via e-mail, please prepare specific detailed information on your research topic for your first contact. Please note that ordering archival records does not replace your preparation as well as your detailed research. Any elaborated research conducted by our staff of is subject to charges except for the first half hour; use form "Schriftliche Anfagen" (written requests).
If you are interested in personal/biographical research, please use our online sources. You can research the following topics by yourself online:
- Qualification lists ("Qualifikationslisten") (for officers and military officials)
- Registration sheets („Grundbuchsblätter“) of the regiments, branches and corps - name registers
- Registration sheets („Grundbuchsblätter“) of the regiments, branches and corps
- Registration sheets („Grundbuchsblätter“) DIVERSE A - Z ("1790-1864" = birth years)
- Registration sheets („Grundbuchsblätter“) DIVERSE I A - Z ("1790-1864" = birth years)
- Alphabetical series of the crown lands and successor federal states of Austria, registration sheets („Grundbuchsblätter“) Vienna, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Burgenland, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg A - Z (up to birth year 1864) (filed by present-day federal states)
- Alphabetical series of the crown lands and successor federal states of Austria, registration sheets („Grundbuchsblätter“) Vienna by individual years of birth (A - Z in each case)
- Alphabetical series of the crown lands and successor federal states of Austria, registration sheets („Grundbuchsblätter“) of Lower Austria according to individual years of birth (A - Z in each case)
- Alphabetical series of the crown lands and successor federal states of Austria, registration sheets („Grundbuchsblätter“) Carinthia by individual years of birth (A - Z in each case)
- „Militärmatriken“ (Baptism, death and marriage books for military personnel)
- Church registers
Please consider the following points before sending an order by e-mail:
- Narrow down your research topic and use the information on our website to match it to the respective Department
- Use our Archive Information System ("Archivinformationssystem", AIS) to find whether archive records are already accessible online
- Or maybe you have already identified the specific signatures relevant to your research topic?
If you checked all these points, then you have prepared everything you need to place an order by e-mail. Get in touch with the responsible department by e-mail by using the department mailbox and tell us your request or use the online form "Aktenvorbestellung". We will keep you informed about your request.
The files have been ordered - what happens next? You can go through the files during a personal visit. Please continue reading here from point 4 onwards.