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Civil Registration

Civil Registration and Indexes (enregistrement civil, état civil)

Time period

1797-present. Official civil registration was introduced in the Grand Duchy by a French decree in 1797. At that time the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was a part of France under the name of "Departement des Forêts."

Contents

Birth records:

name of child

date of birth

names and ages of parents.

Marriage records:

date and place of marriage

birth dates or ages and birthplaces of bride and groom

names of parents.

Death records:

place of death

date of death

age

birthplace

parents' names.

Index: Every 10 years tables décennales (decennial tables) are made, in which births, marriages, and deaths are arranged in alphabetical order by date.

How to Obtain Copies of the Records

Documents are written twice in the original. One copy remains in the municipality; there are 126 municipal offices in Luxembourg. The second is sent to the appropriate tribunal in Luxembourg City or in Diekirch. The indexes are preserved in the Public Records Office of Luxembourg and run from 1797 to 1952 inclusive.

FamilySearch Historical Collection

• 1796-1941 - Luxembourg, Civil Registration, 1796-1941 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1796-1941 - Luxembourg, Civil Registration, 1796-1941, free, browsable images. Records have their own indexes.

Ancestry.com

• 1793-1941 - Luxembourg, Civil Registration, 1793-1941, browsable images, ($).

Writing for the Record

Local “Commune” (City Hall)

Civil registration offices of the municipality where the birth, marriage, or death took place keep one copy of the record. This is important for records more recent than 1941.
Address the envelope to:

Monsieur l'officier de l'état-civil

Mairie de (Town)

(Postal code) (Town)

Luxembourg

Requests should be written in French. You can successfully write in French using this French Letter Writing Guide.

Additional Possible Locations of Certificates

Administration Communale

Administration Communale

Hôtel de Ville – Ville de Luxembourg

État-Civil

42 Place Guillaume

L-2090 Luxembourg

Tel.: (011) (352) 47 96-1

Hours: Monday to Friday 08:00am to 5:00pm (M-F)

The Bierger Center

Bierger-Center

26a, bd Royal L-2449

Luxembourg

L-2090 Luxembourg

E-mail: bierger-center@vdl.lu

Tel: +(352) 4796 2200

Fax: +(352) 26 2709 99

Hours: 8:00am to 5:00pm (M-F)

Archives of Luxembourg (Archives de Nationales Luxembourg)

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