The Knowles Collection: Austria, Vienna Population Cards, 1850-1895 at FamilySearch.org

24 January 2012

Austria, Vienna Population Cards, 1850-1895 at FamilySearch.org

For those researching their Jewish ancestors in Austria, especially Vienna, there is a great database available at http://www.familysearch.org/. FamilySearch, in cooperation with the Vienna City and Provincial Archives, has produced the database of Austria, Vienna Population Cards, 1850-1895.

The images to the records are also part of the collection are also included. A search for Israel Antler yields the following record. It includes the date and place of birth, when he arrived, his location and religion.

Clicking on the original image yields the document below.

For those who are researching those who lived in Vienna or the many who travelled through the city this is a wonderful source for identifying more information about those ancestors.

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Growth and Change

In the 12 years since the Knowles Collection was first published, the numbers have climbed from 7,500 to over 1,4000,000. So many of our ancestors left their native lands for new homes. Because of that movement the collection will now be in 6 different databases. All of them will be under the Knowles Collection umbrella. They are Jews of The British Isles; Jews of the North America; Jews of Europe; Jews of South America and the Caribbean; and Jews of Africa and the Orient and the newest one, Jews of the Southern Pacific.. This is a great indication of how universal our families are, and of how much still needs to be done.