The couple may be using the wife s surname. Compare with marriages to determine the correct identity of the couple, and to ensure that all candidate couples are considered in addition to the ancestral couple. Records generated in Luxembourg can be found in German, French, Dutch, Latin and occasionally Romansch. Be prepared with word lists of all when researching these records. Church records are found mostly in Latin.
Civil registers vary, depending on the time period.
As well, French dates are usually written out in text format. A knowledge of such vocabulary is essential to research in Luxembourg records. Luxembourgers in the New World. Alzette, Editions-Reliures Schortgen, 1987. La Cour Victor B ck, 1910.