Austria Occupations

Austria

Burgher rolls (Bürgerbücher)
Research use: Often a very useful linkage tool, sometimes several generations are listed; town of origin of an ancestor often also given.

Record type: Citizen lists and inhabitants of a given town; lists of persons entitled to the rights, privileges, and protection of a town or community.

Time Period: 1133-1853.

Content: Name, age, sometimes social and economic status of citizen, town of origin, date when citizenship rights in a town were acquired, family relationships, sometimes two or more generations or genealogies are listed.

Location: Local city and state archives.

Population coverage: 20%.