ARCHIVE ADELIGER FAMILIEN UND NACHLÄSSE IM ALLGEMEINEN VERWALTUNGSARCHIV.

The article surveys personal and family archives, particularly of the Austrian nobility, held at the Allgemeines Verwaltungsarchiv (General Administration Archives) of Austria in Vienna, Austria. The author explains the rationale behind collecting such archival materials in archives documenting government administrative activities, namely to supplement government records accidentally destroyed over the centuries. Collections mentioned include the archives of the Harrach family, of the Trautmannsdorff family, and the personal papers of former Austrian minister of justice Alexander Freiherr von Bach.