for first you can ask in english with birth-date of him at diocesan-archive in Eisenstadt to get info to the ancestors. the civil records started in Austria in 1938, before to research at the roman.cath. church.
http://www.austria.gv.at/site/3929/default.aspxparish-church Bernstein directly for researching maybe more after an info of the diocesan-archive:
http://www.martinus.at/fmi/xsl/martinuspro/adrs/Abteilung/br...http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_%28Burgenland%29http://maps.google.at/maps?hl=de&pq=bernstein&cp=12&... phonebook Austria for Gossy in 3 states - 45 results:
Burgenland (32)
Vienna (8)
Lower Austria (5)
http://www.herold.at/en/telefonbuch/gossy/phonebook Burgenland for Gossy in 3 districts - 32 results, most in Oberwart where Bernstein belonges - 24 results:
Oberwart (24)
Eisenstadt / Mattersburg (7)
Güssing / Jennersdorf (1)
http://www.herold.at/en/telefonbuch/burgenland/gossy/in district Oberwart:
http://www.herold.at/en/telefonbuch/oberwart/gossy/