Military records

Military records contain the recruit’s date and place of birth, parents’ names, height, distinguishing marks, civilian profession, religion, and the entire course of service. For 19th-century Galicia these are the Austro-Hungarian files preserved in Vienna and Prague; for Congress Poland and the German Empire, the Russian and Prussian ones.

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A handwritten military service record from an Austro-Hungarian regiment with personal data, ranks, and campaigns. — An Austro-Hungarian military service record. Archival signature: 29/33/1757 (MAG II 00745).