Europe Historical Records

Europe, a continent rich in history and cultural diversity, has been the cradle of many influential civilizations and empires. The historical records of Europe reflect its ancient Greek and Roman heritage, medieval kingdoms, Renaissance and Enlightenment periods, and the development of modern nation-states.

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Europe vital records France, Vital Records Index 357,634,225 records available England & Wales, Birth Index, 1837-2005 208,382,481 records available England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 192,202,228 records available France, Church Baptisms and Civil Births 156,504,188 records available France, Church Marriages and Civil Marriages 126,669,904 records available Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 109,729,735 records available England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1837-2005 95,986,534 records available England & Wales, Death Index, 1837-2005 87,011,461 records available England & Wales Births, GRO Indexes, 1911 - 1954 59,734,504 records available Hungary Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895 52,124,217 records available Denmark Church Records, 1576-1919 48,282,184 records available Norway Church Records, 1815-1938 42,248,250 records available Netherlands, Civil Deaths, 1811-1965 38,557,542 records available England Marriages, 1538-1973 59,734,504 records available Slovakia, Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1910 32,713,664 records available Netherlands, Civil Births, 1811-1915 31,860,841 records available Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929 28,419,732 records available Netherlands, Civil Marriages, 1811-1940 28,131,949 records available France Deaths 27,640,901 records available Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 26,690,840 records available Sweden, Baptisms, 1611-1920 26,179,599 records available Germany, Marriages, 1558-1929 28,419,732 records available Spain, Baptisms, 1502-1940 24,992,896 records available Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 26,690,840 records available England & Wales Deaths, GRO Indexes, 1969 - 2007 22,048,852 records available Norway, Baptisms, 1634-1927 21,726,709 records available Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Deaths 1874-1938 20,749,801 records available England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 19,608,860 records available Hungary Reformed Church Christenings, 1624-1895 17,018,521 records available Finland, Baptisms, 1657-1890 13,941,911 records available United Kingdom, Select Burial and Cremation Index, 1840-2014 8,881,513 records available Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923 8,659,563 records available Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Deaths 1874-1938 20,749,801 records available Germany, Hesse, Deaths 8,491,891 records available Spain, Marriages, 1565-1950 8,279,362 records available Wales, Parish Births and Baptisms 8,242,549 records available Germany Deaths and Burials, 1582-1958 7,080,942 records available Belgium, Death Notices 6,897,946 records available Austria-Hungary, Roman Catholic Indexes, 1612-1966 6,879,681 records available France, Nord Civil Deaths, 1820-1935 6,860,945 records available France, Nord Civil Births, 1820-1915 6,755,342 records available Netherlands, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1910 6,246,725 records available Belgium Marriage Notices 5,824,889 records available France, Index of Obituaries and Funeral Notices 5,639,021 records available Austria-Hungary, Roman Catholic Indexes, 1612-1966 6,879,681 records available Italy, Births and Baptisms, 1806-1900 5,639,021 records available Belgium Birth Notices 5,443,853 records available France, Nord Civil Marriages, 1792-1937 5,423,678 records available Netherlands, Church Burials, 1601-1811 5,327,026 records available England, Cheshire Parish Births and Baptisms 5,136,832 records available France, Marriages 5,115,110 records available Spain, Bilbao Diocese, Catholic Parish Records, 1501-1900 4,966,780 records available Norway, Marriages, 1660-1926 4,923,027 records available Finland, Karelia Births and Baptisms 4,786,438 records available Germany, Hesse Marriage Index, 1849-1931 4,770,560 records available Netherlands, Church Marriages, 1580-1811 4,557,545 records available Soviet Union, Soldier Memorials, 1915-1950 4,553,650 records available Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg and Posen, Church Book Duplicates, 1794-1874 4,464,190 records available Austria, Vienna, Catholic Church Records 4,338,463 records available England, Funeral Notices and Obituaries 4,313,522 records available Austria, Vienna Church Marriages 4,304,879 records available Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910 4,281,188 records available Spain, Navarre, Index of Baptisms, 1559-1910 4,235,647 records available Poland, Gravestones, 1800-2020 4,029,310 records available Lithuanian-Jewish Records from LitvakSIG, 1795-1940 4,027,833 records available Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910 4,281,188 records available Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia - Münster, Detmold, and Arnsberg Marriages, 1874-1899 4,027,833 records available West Prussia Church Books 3,948,912 records available West Prussia Church Books 3,948,912 records available Germany, Hesse Birth Index, 1874-1911 3,784,842 records available Spain, Biscay, Baptisms 3,771,312 records available Sweden, Births 3,698,599 records available Denmark, Marriages, 1635-1916 3,645,180 records available Wales, Parish Marriages and Banns 3,480,047 records available Russia, Cemetery Records 3,387,289 records available England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910 3,299,289 records available Wales, Parish Deaths and Burials 3,149,924 records available Sweden, Deaths 3,003,608 records available Ukraine, Kyiv Orthodox Consistory Church Book Duplicates, 1840-1845 2,999,844 records available England, Cheshire Bishop’s Transcripts Baptisms, 1526-1909 2,987,072 records available Switzerland, Baptisms, 1491-1940 2,918,283 records available England, Warwickshire Parish Registers, 1538-1900 2,649,945 records available England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941 2,493,190 records available Spain, Vitoria Diocese, Index of Baptisms, 1535-1903 2,493,190 records available England, Lancashire, Manchester Parish Baptisms, 1571-1907 2,397,318 records available Rotterdam, Netherlands, Death Index, 1811-1960 2,376,007 records available Sweden, Marriages, 1630-1920 2,358,286 records available Hungary, Jewish Vital Records 2,266,404 records available France, Compilation of Vital Records, 1585-1928 2,209,485 records available Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907 2,162,273 records available Italy, Marriages, 1809-1900 2,112,635 records available England, Cheshire Parish Deaths and Burials 2,009,427 records available See the entire collection catalog of vital records in Europe	Europe census and voter lists Sweden Household Examination Books 158,168,856 records available Netherlands, Population Registers, 1810-1936 37,795,269 records available 1911 England & Wales Census 36,329,790 records available 1939 Register of England & Wales 34,414,422 records available Netherlands, Population Registers, 1810-1936 37,795,269 records available Finland Church Census and Pre-Confirmation Books, 1657-1915 33,342,963 records available 1901 England & Wales Census 32,646,646 records available 1891 England & Wales Census 28,682,495 records available 1931 France Census 26,157,474 records available 1881 England & Wales Census 26,118,774 records available 1921 France Census 24,338,686 records available 1911 France Census 24,196,117 records available 1871 England & Wales Census 22,818,910 records available 1861 England & Wales Census 19,658,748 records available 1851 England & Wales Census 17,666,806 records available 1906 France Census 17,629,055 records available 1872 France Census 16,477,400 records available 1841 England & Wales Census 15,791,794 records available Finland, Karelia Communion Books 6,976,389 records available 1851 England & Wales Census 17,666,806 records available 1906 France Census 17,629,055 records available 1872 France Census 16,477,400 records available France, Hérault Censuses, 1836-1936 5,924,272 records available Finland, Karelia Communion Books 6,976,389 records available Armenia, Voters List 2019 5,131,594 records available Spain, Aragon, Electoral Census 4,931,509 records available England, Kent Electoral Registers, 1570-1907 4,678,564 records available England, Norfolk Register of Electors, 1844-1952 4,546,760 records available 1901 Scotland Census 4,437,483 records available 1901 Ireland Census 4,422,246 records available 1911 Ireland Census 4,370,250 records available France, Côtes-d’Armor Censuses, 1872-1906 4,283,463 records available 1891 Scotland Census 4,015,677 records available 1940 Denmark Census 3,950,451 records available 1881 Scotland Census 3,716,442 records available 1930 Denmark Census 3,641,414 records available 1925 Denmark Census 3,627,893 records available 1921 Denmark Census 3,356,937 records available 1871 Scotland Census 3,349,194 records available Sweden, Stockholm Census Registers, 1800-1884 3,242,970 records available 1861 Scotland Census 3,006,966 records available 1916 Denmark Census 2,964,499 records available 1851 Scotland Census 2,912,392 records available France, Paris Census, 1926 2,803,652 records available 1911 Denmark Census 2,792,789 records available France, Paris Census, 1931 2,745,694 records available France, Paris Census, 1936 2,666,848 records available 1906 Denmark Census 2,629,815 records available 1841 Scotland Census 2,625,739 records available 1901 Denmark Census 2,483,423 records available 1910 Norway Census 2,474,627 records available 1901 France Census 2,431,301 records available 1900 Norway Census 2,313,871 records available Lithuanian-Jewish Revision Lists from LitvakSIG, 1795-1942 2,218,293 records available 1890 Denmark Census 2,188,521 records available 1891 Norway Census 2,064,661 records available 1880 Denmark Census 2,028,776 records available 1860 Denmark Census 1,983,127 records available Denmark, Copenhagen Police Registrations, 1890-1923 1,966,321 records available 1875 Norway Census 1,834,978 records available 1855 Denmark Census 1,803,677 records available 1870 Denmark Census 1,795,987 records available 1845 Denmark Census 1,694,583 records available 1865 Norway Census 1,688,076 records available Wales, Glamorgan, West Glamorgan Electoral Registers 1839-1925 1,643,484 records available 1840 Denmark Census 1,621,400 records available Spain, Valencia, Municipal Census, 1857-1935 1,609,364 records available Greece, Electoral Rolls and Male Registers, 1856-1950 1,408,633 records available 1850 Denmark Census 1,407,828 records available Netherlands, Tilburg Population Registers, 1800-1923 1,360,383 records available 1900 Germany, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Census 1,242,047 records available 1834 Denmark Census 1,134,062 records available Lithuanian-Jewish Tax and Voter Lists from LitvakSIG, 1839-1955 1,058,083 records available 1801 Denmark Census 1,242,047 records available Iceland Census 1703-1920 921,099 records available Latvia, Riga Internal Passport Holders Index, 1918-1940 1,058,083 records available 1801 Norway Census 1,242,047 records available 1787 Denmark Census 841,681 records available Spain, Alicante, Municipal Census, 1846-1920 1,058,083 records available Spain, Girona Municipal Census 815,749 records available See the entire collection catalog of census and voter lists in Europe
Europe military records France, Military Death Index, 1914-1961 5,332,259 records available United Kingdom, Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, 1914-1918 4,495,296 records available Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921, 1939-1947 4,018,932 records available Austria-Hungary, World War I Casualty Lists, 1914-1918 1,969,119 records available Soviet Prisoners of World War II Held in Germany 1,654,115 records available Ukraine, World War II Casualties 1,639,902 records available Former Russian Empire, World War I Casualties 4,018,932 records available United Kingdom, War Memorials, 1914-1949 1,107,431 records available France, Military Enlistees and Conscripts of Nord 1,050,192 records available Poland, Military Personnel 997,882 records available France, World War II Prisoners of War 957,825 records available British Silver War Badge Recipients, 1914 - 1918 882,678 records available United Kingdom, Royal Navy Ratings’ Service Records, 1853-1928 803,683 records available France, Military Conscripts of Seine 801,492 records available Sweden, Sailors and Seamen’s House Enrollments 744,558 records available British Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914 - 1919 703,810 records available United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen 571,917 records available United Kingdom, Royal Air Force Personnel 446,493 records available France, Vienne, Military Draft Cards 436,542 records available United Kingdom, British Army and Air Force Nominal Roll, 1920 371,696 records available See the entire collection catalog of military records in Europe	Europe newspaper records France Newspapers & Periodicals 46,750,996 records available Austria Newspapers from OldNews.com™ 14,010,263 pages in 627 newspaper titles Nordic Newspapers from OldNews.com™ 11,562,534 pages in 627 newspaper titles Germany Newspapers from OldNews.com™ 9,178,142 pages in 700 newspaper titles Czechia Newspapers from OldNews.com™ 5,159,912 pages in 721 newspaper titles United Kingdom Newspapers from OldNews.com™ 3,894,559 pages in 3 newspaper titles Netherlands Newspapers, 1659-1899 1,730,885 pages in 194 newspaper titles Norway Newspapers from OldNews.com™ 1,689,020 pages in 472 newspaper titles The Jewish Chronicle 213,798 records available Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Volume 1, 1870 - 1871 718 records available Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Volume 22, 1892 664 records available Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Volume 30 596 records available Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Volume 8, 1887 - 1888 596 records available Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Volume 2 574 records available Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Volume 36 561 records available Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Volume 24, 1894 552 records available Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Volume 27, 1897 546 records available Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Volume 29 544 records available See the entire collection catalog of newspaper records in Europe
Europe directories, guides and references Italy, Telephone Directories 43,604,246 records available Germany, Telephone Directories 39,183,147 records available England, Telephone Directories 18,723,475 records available Netherlands, Telephone Directories 14,921,513 records available Denmark, Telephone Directories 5,067,350 records available Scotland, Telephone Directories 2,170,524 records available Wales, Telephone Directories 1,248,242 records available Ireland, Northern Ireland, Telephone Directories 492,777 records available Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1894 346,589 records available Luxembourg, Telephone Directories 296,491 records available Greece, City Directories, 1901-1947 202,394 records available Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1881 181,917 records available Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1870 154,108 records available Slater's Directory of Ireland, 1846 103,674 records available Pigot's Directory of Ireland, 1824 58,203 records available Henderson's Ulster Directory, Ireland 1856 37,363 records available Henry & Coughlan's General Directory of Cork & Munster, Ireland 1867 23,783 records available Bassett's Limerick, Clare, Tipperary and Kerry Directory, Ireland 1880 - 1881 12,158 records available Bassett's County Down Guide and Directory, Ireland 1886 10,470 records available Bassett's Book of County Armagh, Ireland 1888 9,147 records available See the entire collection catalog of directories, guides and references in Europe	Europe government, land, court and wills Netherlands, Notarial Records, 1600-1935 10,677,362 records available England & Wales, Index of Wills and Probates, 1853-1943 10,295,248 records available France, Bulletin des Lois Notifications 2,235,881 records available England & Wales, Index of Wills and Probates, 1853-1943 10,295,248 records available Soviet Union, Award Records, 1939-1991 1,971,882 records available Ireland, Griffith's Valuation, 1847-1864 1,250,708 records available England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Index of Will Registers, 1384-1858 979,653 records available United Kingdom, Deceased Estates Notices 737,924 records available France, National Directory of Elected Officials 608,885 records available Scotland, Court of Session Processes, Acts and Decrees, 1560-1930 584,355 records available Scotland, Prison Registers 501,793 records available Austria, Vienna Foundling Registers, 1784-1841 493,272 records available Northern Ireland, Wills and Administrations 488,102 records available Spain, First Territorial Military Courts and Tribunals 431,708 records available France, Legion of Honour 366,331 records available Italy, Honours and Awards 347,149 records available Austria, Land Ownership Records 338,074 records available England and Wales, Hearth Tax, 1662-1674 284,675 records available Portugal, Madeira Court Records 257,902 records available United Kingdom, British Armed Forces Soldiers' Wills 251,239 records available Netherlands, Tilburg Legal Documents, 1562-1811 239,307 records available See the entire collection catalog of government, land, court and wills in Europe
Europe immigration and travel records Germans Immigrating to the United States 4,068,907 records available France, Naturalizations 1,749,377 records available Norway, Emigration Registers, 1867-1959 1,001,744 records available Greece, Asia Minor Refugees, 1914-1923 976,969 records available Italians Immigrating to the United States 845,367 records available Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists, 1920-1939 732,373 records available Passengers arriving in New York from Ireland 1846 - 1851 604,596 records available Russians Immigrating to the United States 527,394 records available United Kingdom, Naturalisation Certificates and Declarations 405,923 records available Denmark, Copenhagen Emigration Index, 1869-1908 386,077 records available Belgium, Antwerp Police Immigration Index, 1840-1930 343,098 records available Finland, Karelia Migrant Registers 338,159 records available Germany, Emigrants from Southwestern Germany, 1736-1963 285,158 records available Portugal, Madeira Passport Applications 241,833 records available Index of Jewish Displaced Person and Refugee Cards, 1943-1959 241,259 records available Austria, Vienna, Jewish Emigrant Applications, 1938-1939 225,745 records available Germany, Hesse Emigrants 214,112 records available Belgium, Alien Registration Files 201,122 records available British & Irish Passenger Lists 1890 193,995 records available United Kingdom, Convict Transportation Registers 123,888 records available See the entire collection catalog of immigration and travel records in Europe	Europe histories, memories and biographies records West Wales Historical Records Volumes 3,4,6 2,373 records available The Clan Donald 2,290 records available County Families of the United Kingdom 1,592 records available Works of Sir John Fortescue, Knight, Chief Justice of England And Lord Chancellor To King Henry the Sixth, Volume 1 1,512 records available History And Topography of the County of Clare 1,400 records available England And Holland of the Pilgrims (1905) 1,394 records available Genesis of the United States, a Narrative of the Movement in England, 1605-1616, Volume 2 1,391 records available An Index to the Biographical and Obituary Notices in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731 - 1780 (1891) 1,382 records available Armorial Families 1,368 records available Nobiliaire Des Pays-Bas Et Du Comte De Bourgogne, Volume 1 (1865) 1,332 records available County Families of the United Kingdom, or, Royal Manual of the Titled And Untitled Aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, And Ireland, 1909 1,326 records available Histoire Des Connestables: Chanceliers Et Gardes Des Seavx (1658) 1,326 records available British Herald, Volume 2 1,308 records available Douglas Book, Volume 2, 1885 1,302 records available Baildon And the Baildons, a History of a Yorkshire Manor And Family, Volume 1 1,302 records available Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall, Volume 1 1,296 records available Das Patriziat in Den Deutschen Stadten, Besonders Reichstadten (1856) 1,278 records available Neues Allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon, Im Vereine Mit Mehreren Historikern, Volume 9 1,278 records available Bagshawes of Ford: a Biographical Pedigree (1886) 1,272 records available Nobiliaire Des Pays-Bas Et Du Comté De Bourgogne, Volume 2, Part 1 1,268 records available See the entire collection catalog of histories, memories and biographies in Europe
Europe maps Topographical Dictionary of England 2,649 records available Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, 1896 1,757 records available Topographical And Genealogical History of the County of Suffolk 1,080 records available Caledonia, or, a Historical And Topographical Account of North Britain 952 records available Genealogist, a Quarterly Magazine of Genealogical, Antiquarian, Topographical and Heraldic Research, Volume 3, 1886 856 records available Genealogist, a Quarterly Magazine of Genealogical, Antiquarian, Topographical and Heraldic Research, Volume 28, 1912 796 records available Dictionary of Geography, Ancient And Modern With a Brief Notice of Principal Towns ... And Glossary of Geographical Terms (1834) 744 records available Genealogist, a Quarterly Magazine of Genealogical, Antiquarian, Topographical and Heraldic Research, Volume 25, 1909 738 records available Genealogist, a Quarterly Magazine of Genealogical, Antiquarian, Topographical and Heraldic Research, Volume 23, 1907 729 records available Genealogist, a Quarterly Magazine of Genealogical, Antiquarian, Topographical and Heraldic Research, Volume 32, 1916 670 records available Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Volume 2 594 records available Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Volume 5 550 records available Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Volume 11 500 records available See the entire collection catalog of maps in Europe	Europe books and publications Lodz Ghetto List from JewishGen 242,690 records available Germany, Dachau Concentration Camp Records from JewishGen 164,588 records available Scotland, Renfrewshire, Inverclyde Newspaper Mentions, 1794-1918 115,424 records available Yizkor Book Name Index from JewishGen 105,562 records available World Jewish Congress Records of Holocaust Survivors from JewishGen 102,250 records available Pinkas HaNitzolim, Volume I, Register of Jewish Survivors from JewishGen 66,773 records available Sharit haPlatah, Holocaust Survivors from JewishGen 61,388 records available Pinkas HaNitzolim, Volume II, Register of Jewish Survivors from JewishGen 55,886 records available Almanach De Gotha, 1915 1,278 records available Deutsches Geschlechterbuch, Volume 17 1,274 records available Biographie Universelle, Ancienne Et Moderne, Volume 43 1,228 records available Biographie Universelle, Ancienne Et Moderne, Volume 60 1,220 records available Deutsches Geschlechterbuch, Volume 20, 1912 1,218 records available Biographie Universelle, Ancienne Et Moderne, Volume 38 1,180 records available Deutsches Geschlechterbuch, Volume 22, 1912 1,180 records available Almanach De Gotha, 1922 1,176 records available Almanach De Gotha, 1915 1,278 records available Biographie Universelle, Ancienne Et Moderne, Volume 65 1,162 records available Biographie Universelle, Ancienne Et Moderne, Volume 62 1,162 records available Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch Der Freiherrlichen Hauser, Volume 49, Part 1, 1899 1,154 records available Biographie Universelle, Ancienne Et Moderne, Volume 36 1,141 records available See the entire collection catalog of books and publications in Europe
Europe schools and universities England, Cheshire School Registers, 1796-1909 722,357 records available Belgium, Leuven University Matriculations 142,923 records available Germany, University of Rostock Alumni, 1419-1991 100,302 records available Brasenose College Register, 1509 - 1909, Volume 1 770 records available Admissions To the College of St. John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, Part 3, July 1715 - November 1767 740 records available Edinburgh Academy Register, 1824 - 1914 (1914) 708 records available Magdalen College and King James II 698 records available Admission Registers of St. Paul's School, From 1748 To 1876 (1884) 564 records available See the entire collection catalog of schools and universities records in Europe

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