Austria, Upper Austria, Linz Citizen Rolls - FamilySearch Historical Records

Foreign Language Title
Austria, Oberösterreich, Linz Bürgerbücher

Collection Time Period
This collection of citizenship records includes the years 1658-1937.

Record Description
This collection of citizen rolls for the city of Linz may give the name, residence, age, occupation, and tax information for each citizen. Text is handwritten in German. Some documents are handwritten in ledger type format and others in narrative style. It also includes citizen land catasters (burgerkataster), tax invoices (rechnungen), orphan books (waisenbuch), list of proprietors (hauserverzeichnis), certificate of family origin (heimatschein).

Record Content
Key genealogical facts found in new citizenship lists may include:
 * Date issued
 * Name of principal
 * Occupation
 * Marital status
 * Residence
 * Age
 * Physical description
 * Language that speaks

Key genealogical facts found in outstanding taxes may include:
 * Name of person
 * Marital status
 * Place of residence

Key genealogical facts found in citizenship oath of allegiance lists may include:
 * Name of person
 * Age or date of birth
 * Place of residence
 * Occupation
 * Signature of person swearing the oath
 * Name of representative if any

Key genealogical facts found in inheritance taxes may include:
 * Name of the deceased person
 * Names of heirs
 * Taxes information

How to Use This Collection
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Record History
This collection has a variety of legal records all relating however to citizen records of residence status, their property, their taxes, their heirs, etc.

Why This Record Was Created
These records were created to keep the identification of all citizens and those applying for citizenship and their taxes.

Record Reliability
Citizen records are reliable, but have in mind that these do not have as much information as church and civil records. Use this records when vital information can’t be found elsewhere.

Related Websites

 * Austrian Citizenship
 * Citizenship Act
 * Obtaining Austrian Citizenship
 * Austrian Nationality Laws
 * Oberosteriches Landesarchiv

Related Wiki Articles
Austria

Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
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Examples of Source Citations for a Record in This Collection

 * "Delaware Marriage Records," index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org) : accessed 4 March 2011, entry for William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, married 23 November 1913; citing marriage certificate no. 859; FHL microfilm 2,025,063; Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover.
 * “El Salvador Civil Registration,” index and images, FamilySearch ([https://www.familysearch.org) : accessed 21 March 2011, entry for Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, born 9 April 1880; citing La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50; Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal de San Salvador.

Sources of Information for This Collection
Germany. Citizen books (Burgerbuch), 1658-1937. Upper Austria Regional Archive (Oberosterreichisches Landesarchiv), Linz, Austria.

Detailed instructions for adding citations are also listed in the wiki article: How to Create Source Citations For FamilySearch Historical Records Collections