Austrian Archives Research

Farkas · February 27

Hello Gents,

I recently used the research services of the Austrian State Archives to find out the various addresses of my Family before ww2. They responded quickly in writing with an invoice for 35 euros, I paid it and then just a few days later I received the information. It was efficient and comprehensive.

It seems like Forever that I have been googling my Family, particularly my Grandfathers name. But unfortunately I mostly get ‘distracted’ by the records of family members killed by the Nazis, more and more records are digitalised allowing me to find the fate of family that my Father lost contact with.

Anyway…

to my point, my Grandfather was an Officer (Res. Lieutenant ) in KuK Infanterie Regiment 83 ( IR83 ).

Commanded a machine gun platoon and survived the war.

The website states that records, which should include his, are held at the Austrian State archives,

After my positive experience recently I have decided it’s worth the fee to obtain these records.

I thought as I go through the process I’ll share it on here.

First, this is the page that has the links for the application forms 👇

https://www.statearchives.gv.at/services1/inquiries.html

it looks like this 👇