I am trying to find info about Great grandparents from Austria, any suggestions?

Answer 1

I'd suggest you start by pulling their Declaration of Intent and Naturalization papers from the National Archives and Records Admin. Find out everything you can from American records, then contact Austrian officials to get their passport/visa information and civil registrations. It's a tedious process and little of the info you want/need is on the internet. But if you're consistent and persistent, you'll get the info on their hometown(s). Then it's a matter of searching civil registers and religious records to go back as far as written records will take you.

Answer 2

You've gotten a lot of good advice already. You're first step is to find the hometown - remember that today's Austria is a lot smaller than Austria before 1918 (when it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire and consisted of modern Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, parts of Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, etc., etc. Ancestors from "Austria" in the 1920 census could be many, many things.

In addition to the naturalization certs (a great resource if available), check immigration records (some, but not all on-line), census returns, your great-grandparents death certs, and the marriage certs of their children - all might have the information that'll allow you to track the family back to the old country.

Answer 3

if i couldn't find any info on the internet i'd try taking a trip to austria, be assertave it might do you good to getaway

Answer 4

Well if you post what you know about them, someone here may take a look at their resources to see if they can find anything on them.