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== Probate Records (Skiptabækur) == | == Probate Records (Skiptabækur) == | ||
Research use: Probate records are good linkage sources, especially helpful where they predate the church records. They can be used to establish birth dates and establish relationships of family members. | |||
Record type: Records of wills and testaments. | |||
Time period: The earliest records date from 1717; most date from the late 1700s to present. | |||
Contents: Names of the deceased, heirs, guardians, ages, relationships, places of residence; inventory, valuation, and division of real estate and property. | |||
Location: At the National Archives from early to 1937; from 1937 to present at local courts. Some records are also found in the National Archives of Denmark. | |||
Percentage in Family History Library: 100% up to the 1825 cut-off date. The percentage is 95% up to 1890, 90% up to 1900, and 40% up to 1920. All known records in the National Archive of Denmark have been acquired. | |||
Population coverage: 25%. | |||
Reliability: Very good. | |||
Accessibility: Many records are accessible on microfilm through the Family History Library. Records are also accessible through a private researcher or by on-site examination.<ref name="profile"/> | |||
== Orphans' Court Records (Yfirfjárvadabækur) == | == Orphans' Court Records (Yfirfjárvadabækur) == | ||
Research use: Records give names of parents, ages or dates of birth for orphans. | |||
Record type: Orphan records. | |||
Time period: Most date from the 1848 to present. | |||
Contents: Names of orphans and guardians, names of parents; ages or dates of birth for orphans, residence, relationships. | |||
Location: National Archives, local courts maintain records after about 1935. | |||
Percentage in Family History Library: 95% up to the 1900 cut-off date. The library has only 40% of the records from 1900 to 1916. | |||
Population coverage: 2 to 3%. | |||
Reliability: Very good. | |||
Accessibility: Many records are accessible on microfilm through the Family History Library. Records are also accessible through a private researcher or on-site examination.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Iceland,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1988-1997.</ref> | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Iceland]] | [[Category:Iceland]] | ||
[[Category:History]] | |||
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Probate Records (Skiptabækur)[edit | edit source]
Research use: Probate records are good linkage sources, especially helpful where they predate the church records. They can be used to establish birth dates and establish relationships of family members.
Record type: Records of wills and testaments.
Time period: The earliest records date from 1717; most date from the late 1700s to present.
Contents: Names of the deceased, heirs, guardians, ages, relationships, places of residence; inventory, valuation, and division of real estate and property.
Location: At the National Archives from early to 1937; from 1937 to present at local courts. Some records are also found in the National Archives of Denmark. Percentage in Family History Library: 100% up to the 1825 cut-off date. The percentage is 95% up to 1890, 90% up to 1900, and 40% up to 1920. All known records in the National Archive of Denmark have been acquired. Population coverage: 25%.
Reliability: Very good.
Accessibility: Many records are accessible on microfilm through the Family History Library. Records are also accessible through a private researcher or by on-site examination.[1]
Orphans' Court Records (Yfirfjárvadabækur)[edit | edit source]
Research use: Records give names of parents, ages or dates of birth for orphans.
Record type: Orphan records.
Time period: Most date from the 1848 to present.
Contents: Names of orphans and guardians, names of parents; ages or dates of birth for orphans, residence, relationships.
Location: National Archives, local courts maintain records after about 1935.
Percentage in Family History Library: 95% up to the 1900 cut-off date. The library has only 40% of the records from 1900 to 1916.
Population coverage: 2 to 3%.
Reliability: Very good.
Accessibility: Many records are accessible on microfilm through the Family History Library. Records are also accessible through a private researcher or on-site examination.[1]