"They had my (maternal)grandfather---Josef Hermann, b.1888, there. He emi- grated to US (c.1906)--ending-up in Chicago, IL, by way of Hannibal, MO, be- fore IL."
as he was born 1888 i gave the link for diocesan-archive and the parish-church to the person, as not to find at civilrecords, which started 1895 in Hungary! for him and specially for his ancestors still to research at diocesan-archive and parishchurch.
more complete info:
Das Burgenland gehörte bis 1921 zu Ungarn, deshalb sind die Matriken oft auch in dieser Sprache verfasst.
the Burgenland belonged to Hungary until 1921, so the register books are often written in that language.
Die standesamtlichen Aufzeichnungen begannen hier schon 1895 und können in den zuständigen Gemeindeämtern eingesehen werden.
the civil records began here in 1895 and can be viewed in the appropriate municipal offices.
Die katholischen Matriken liegen zum Großteil im Diözesanarchiv Eisenstadt:
http://www.austria.gv.at/site/3929/default.aspx teilweise in den Pfarren:
http://www.martinus.at/fmi/xsl/martinuspro/adrs/abteilung/li....
Ab 1826 gibt es auch verfilmte Matrikenduplikate, diese können jedoch nur im Ungarischen Staatsarchiv in Budapest eingesehen werden:
http://old.mol.gov.hu/index.php?akt_menu=574&set_lang=46...the Catholic parish registers are for the most part in the Diocesan Archives in Eisenstadt:
http://www.austria.gv.at/site/3929/default.aspxpartly in the parishes.
since 1826 are also microfilmed register books-duplikates, but they can only be viewed in the Hungarian National Archives in Budapest:
http://old.mol.gov.hu/index.php?akt_menu=574&set_lang=46...Das Burgenland hat auch einen großen Anteil an evangelischen Gemeinden:
http://neu.evangnet.at/cms/front_content.php?idcat=38Evangelische Pfarre Bernstein:
http://www.evang.at/begegnung/adressen/pfarrgemeinden/pfarrg...Burgenland has also a large proportion of Protestant churches:
http://neu.evangnet.at/cms/front_content.php?idcat=38 evang.parish-church Bernstein:
http://www.evang.at/begegnung/adressen/pfarrgemeinden/pfarrg...Es gab auch mehrere jüdische Gemeinden, deren Schriftgut im Jüdischen Zentralarchiv des Landes Burgenland archiviert ist:
http://www.burgenland.at/media/file/230_Juedisches_Zentralar... there were also several Jewish communities, whose records in the archives of the Jewish Central Province of Burgenland is archived:
http://www.burgenland.at/media/file/230_Juedisches_Zentralar...*************************************
as a supplement - if the inquiring person needs - here are the site of the community Bernstein with e-mail-adress for civil-records-asking. not sure if is needed as person is looking for ancestors back of his birth in 1888:
http://www.bernstein.gv.at/index.php?option=com_content&...hope this helps! ;-)