I haven’t seen a whole lot available in book form on doing Austrian genealogy research. The Handy Guide to Austrian Genealogical Records by Dagmar Senekovic went out of print years ago. However, the researcher looking for information on their Austrian ancestors can now find a wealth of information online. Following are a few important links to Austrian online data now found at FamilySearch.org:
Austria Births and Baptisms, 1651-1940 – Index to selected Austria births and baptisms. Only a few localities are included and the time period varies by locality. 298,098 records after 27 April 2010
Austria Burials, 1768 – 1918 – Index to selected Austria burials. Only a few localities are included and the time period varies by locality. 31,756 records as of 27 April 2010
Austria Marriages, 1722 – 1898 – Index to selected Austria marriages. Only a few localities are included and the time period varies by locality. 25,383 records after 27 April 2010
Austria, Oberösterreich, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1910 – Imaged Records – Images of Roman Catholic Church records and indexes from the province of Oberösterreich (Upper Austria), Austria. 516,424 images as of 17 March 2011 – Original images are housed at the Oberösterreichischen Landesarchiv, Anzengruberstrasse 19, 4021 Linz.
Austria, Upper Austria Seignorial Records, 1537-1888 – Imaged Records – This collection includes a variety of feudal land records from numerous jurisdictions generally within the state of Upper Austria. This collection is being published as images become available – 116,183 images as of 14 July 2011
Austria, Vienna Population Cards, 1850-1895 – Imaged Records – Population Registers for individual residents of the city of Vienna, Austria. The cards include name, birth date and place, marital status, old and new places of residence, dates of arrival and departure. Occasionally the name of spouse and children are listed. Most records range from 1890 to 1895. Many people from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Eastern Europe passed through Vienna and are included on these cards. The broader collection includes content through 1928, however, the current publication only includes content through 1895. This publication is being produced in cooperation with the Vienna City and Provincial Archives – 54,980 records and 55,821 images as of 2 May 2011
Austria, Wien, Evangelical-Lutheran Church Records, 1848-1900 – Imaged Records – Church book duplicates from the Evangelische Kirche Augsburgischen Bekenntnisses in Österreich (Evangelical-Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria). 42,522 images as a 17 March 2011. The original duplicate books are found at the Kirchenamt der Evangelischen Kirche A.B. in Österreich, Severin-Schreiber-Gasse 3, 1180 Wien.
Family History Library Catalog for Austria – 113 topics are listed under Austria
Looking for records pertaining to information on my grandfather Ferdinand D Diensl. He was born in Vienna Austria about 1870 and immigrated to the US around 1900. He earned his apprenticeship as a baker in Vienna in 1898 as a baker at 18 yrs of age. My grandfather died in Woodville MS about 1947. He was married to my grandmother Alma Hammons Denstel. The spelling of my grandfathers last name was changed in the US to sound more Anerican during WWll. He was also know in the US as Fred and had a brother who came to US also but he drowned in AK. I think his name was Isaac. They were loggers for awhile.
Are there any people that will do family history research in Upper Austria? I do not speak German and it is very difficult for me to read so I would like some help at a reasonable cost. Please contact me if you are skilled at doing this research and will charge an affordable fee. Thanks.