Luxembourg, Church Records, 1601-1948

Images of Roman Catholic Church records including baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, indexes, and other records. Most of the items in the collection predate 1800.

Luxembourg, Church Records

What Is in This Collection?

The collection consists of images of Roman Catholic Church records including baptismal records, marriage records, and burial records. Most of the items in the collection predate 1800.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

These records are in either French and German. For help with these languages, see the following pages:

Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Luxembourg Church Records, 1601-1948.

Collection Content

Sample Images

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Baptism

  • Date and place of baptism
  • Birth date of child
  • Name and gender of child
  • Legitimacy of child
  • Names of parents
  • Names of grandparents
  • Names of godparents

Marriage

  • Date and place of marriage
  • Names of the bride and groom
  • Previous marital status (this could be “previously unmarried” or be “widow” or “widower.”
  • Their residences and ages
  • Names of groom's parents
  • Names of bride's parents
  • Names of the witnesses and their relationship to the bride and groom

Burial

  • Date and place of burial
  • Date and place of death
  • Name of deceased
  • Age of deceased
  • Names of their parents (if unmarried) or name of the spouse
  • Names of witnesses and with their relationship to the deceased