Felix Gundacker

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Felix Gundacker (* 1960 in St. Pölten ) is an Austrian genealogist .

Life

Gundacker was born as the son of Felix Gundacker and his wife Maria. Wimmer was born and spent his childhood in his home town of Pöchlarn .

In 1979 he passed the high school diploma at the higher technical college in Krems, specializing in civil engineering , and then worked as a structural engineer and construction technician until 1985 , which earned him the title of " engineer ".

From 1982 to 1993 he worked in the IT field and began working as a professional genealogist in 1989. In 1992 Gundacker became managing director of the " Institute for Historical Family Research (IHFF) " and has been the project manager of " GenTeam " since 2009 .

The importance of Gundacker is based on his numerous publications as a basis for science and research and the establishment of one of the largest European genealogical databases. He regularly lectures at Austrian adult education centers on the theme "Genealogy" and organized workshops such as on " Kurrent -Read". Gundacker became internationally known for his research on the Austrian roots of the former Foreign Minister of the USA , John Kerry and the family ties of the former Governor of Lower Austria Erwin Pröll to Franziska Rhee-Donner , the wife of the former first South Korean President Rhee Syng-man .

Gundacker lives in Vienna, has been married to his wife Isolde since 1986 and has two children.

Publications (selection)

  • Historical directory of Galicia and Bukovina . Ed .: Inst. For Hist. Genealogy. Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-9500893-4-9 .
  • Genealogical directory of Austria . Ed .: Felix Gundacker. Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-902318-89-9 .
  • Genealogical directory of Slovenia . Ed .: Felix Gundacker. Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-902318-90-2 .
  • Felix Gundacker, Norbert Wallauch: Genealogy for beginners . Ueberreuter-Verlag, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-8000-7169-X .
  • The owners of the building plots in Lower Austria: in the Franziszeischen Cadastre 1817–1824 . Ed .: Inst. For Hist. Genealogy. Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-902318-52-7 .
  • Felix Gundacker, Daniela Mathuber: The owners of the building plots in Salzburg in the Franziszeischen Cadastre 1829 . Self-published by F. Gundacker, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-902318-51-0 .
  • Article on Passau diocese protocols
  • Current in church registers . Self-published, Vienna 2018, ISBN   978-3-902318-21  ( defective ) . -X.
  • Genealogical dictionary . Self-published, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-902318-20-1  ( formally incorrect ) .

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the institute , accessed on December 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ GenTeam website , accessed December 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ Genealogy of the paternal ancestors of US Secretary of State John Kerry , accessed December 3, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Korea Connection" on Gundacker's website , accessed on December 3, 2017.
  5. ^ CV on Gundacker's website , accessed on December 3, 2017.
  6. ↑ Note on the website of the diocesan archive St. Pölten
  7. ↑ "BMB: Federal Minister Hammerschmid presented high state awards" on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education , accessed on November 16, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Gundacker, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian genealogist
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Polten