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German Records: Research beyond vital records (view source)
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'''Tax Records''': Some of the earliest records in existence are those of tax records. The records may provide name, age or birth date, standing/class information and relationship information similar to a census record.<br>• Abgaben Recess – tax payments<br>• Fräuleinsteuer – serf tax<br>• Frohn – compulsory labor by serfs and subjects<br>• Frohngeldes – compulsory payment in lieu of labor<br>• Geschossbuch – tax record<br>• Grundsteuer – property tax<br>• Heberegister – tax<br>• Klassensteuer – class tax<br>• Kopfsteuer – head tax<br>• Schossregister – tax<br>• Tranksteuer – alcohol tax<br>• Türkensteuer – Turkish tax<br>• Zinsbuch – tax | '''Tax Records''': Some of the earliest records in existence are those of tax records. The records may provide name, age or birth date, standing/class information and relationship information similar to a census record.<br>• Abgaben Recess – tax payments<br>• Fräuleinsteuer – serf tax<br>• Frohn – compulsory labor by serfs and subjects<br>• Frohngeldes – compulsory payment in lieu of labor<br>• Geschossbuch – tax record<br>• Grundsteuer – property tax<br>• Heberegister – tax<br>• Klassensteuer – class tax<br>• Kopfsteuer – head tax<br>• Schossregister – tax<br>• Tranksteuer – alcohol tax<br>• Türkensteuer – Turkish tax<br>• Zinsbuch – tax | ||
'''Further Reading''':<br> | '''Further Reading''': <br>[[Main Page|FamilySearch Research Wiki]] - FamilySearch Wikipedia search by keywords for articles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia search by keywords for articles.<br>Jensen, Larry O. Genealogical Handbook of German Research, Pleasant Grove, Utah, 1980; available at www.familysearch.org ~ Research Helps ~ Articles ~ “G” ~ Genealogical Handbook of German Research, Chapter 11, Record Repositories.<br>http://www.online-ofb.de/ provides a complete listing of Ortsippenbuchs available digitally online at http://www.genealogy.net/ <br>http://adressbuch.zlb.de/ Online Berlin City address books from 1799-1943. Modern day telephone book http://www.dastelefonbuch.de/ <br>http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com also has a collection of directories <br>[[Germany|Germany]] ~ Gazetteers ~ arrow down to “Using Meyers Gazetteer” for instructions and link to the digitized version or available at Ancestry.com at http://www.ancestry.com/ | ||
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