Birth Certificate Lemberg Austria

[PhotoTracy]

Hello MaxD!
The place of birth was added to my grandfather's profile by someone from Geni.com as you can add onto each other's tree. But there was no proof given and the person is not available to ask.
I'm going by the Lviv area because I was finding information on the Galicia site that shows he and his siblings in Lviv.  But my mother (now 94) says he was from Austria. So I thought if I could locate a birth certificate it will end the mystery. But it's not as easy as I once presumed.
I just went through the records again from the Galicia site. Maybe I have to try and look for his parents first? It seems this relative is being stubborn. 
Thank you for your information. That was helpful.
Best regards,
Tracy

[MaxD]

You are absolutely right to focus on Lviv/Lvov.  The idea that there was a sizeable Jewish community in the tiny village of Lemberg doesn't stack up whereas there is a long long and at times sad history of Jews in Lviv
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The family story that he was from Austria is understandable, at the time he was born and up to 1918 Lemberg/Lviv was in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, often imprecisely referred to as Austria.  I had much the same thing with my paternal grandfather who came from what is now the sovereign state of Croatia but in his time was a part also of the Habsburg monarchy.

Enough with the history already!  Good luck!

PS - Haven't heard of other people adding to one's own tree - don't like that idea at all.

[PhotoTracy]

Yes, it honestly took me a while to get use to the fact that they can add to your tree. As it's reffered to as a "World Tree" But it does work out quite well because there are a lot of serious researchers on there and they generally have documentation to back up their findings. If you think something is bogus you can delete it. It was started by Randy Schoenberg, the actual lawyer from the movie "Woman in Gold" (which I give two enthusiastic thumbs up!) 

Thank you for guiding me!
Cheers!
Tracy