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==Online Resources==
==Online Records==
*'''1817''' [https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_fkataster&view=all&Itemid=46&lang=en Lower Austria: House Owners in 1817]
*'''1817''' - [https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_fkataster&view=all&Itemid=46&lang=en Lower Austria: House Owners in 1817]
*'''1817-1829''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20056/austria-land-ownership-records?s=275764761 Austria, Land Ownership Records] at MyHeritage - index ($) (various dates)
*'''1829''' - [https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_db41&view=all&Itemid=83&lang=en Salzburg: House Owners in 1829]
*'''1824-1826''' [https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_db60&view=all&Itemid=162&lang=en Owners of Houses in Upper Austria in 1824/1826]
*'''1824-1826''' - [https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_db60&view=all&Itemid=162&lang=en Owners of Houses in Upper Austria in 1824/1826]
*'''1829''' [https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_db41&view=all&Itemid=83&lang=en Salzburg: House Owners in 1829]
*[https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_matriken_grund&view=all&Itemid=52&lang=en GenTeam: Index of seignorial records] Time coverage and content varies by parish. Database is incomplete and under construction still.These records might be found: penalty records, seignorial marriage records, land registers, inventory and treatise records, purchases, guarantees, inheritance declarations, receipts and comparisons'
*[https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_matriken_grund&view=all&Itemid=52&lang=en GenTeam: Index of seignorial records] Time coverage and content varies by parish. Database is incomplete and under construction still.These records might be found: penalty records, seignorial marriage records, land registers, inventory and treatise records, purchases, guarantees, inheritance declarations, receipts and comparisons.
=== Land and tenancy records (Grundbücher und Prästationstabellen) ===


== House books (Hausbücher) ==
Research use: Early records predate parish registers.  Verify existence of a person as an adult (in cases where death records do not exist).  Names and ages of family members are sometimes listed for tenants. Useful linkage source. Sometimes two or more generations are listed.
House books often a very useful linkage tool as ages and names of all family members are given for various time periods. It often lists the owners and residents of a given house. In addition it may contain ages, family relationships, taxes paid, dates of residence of individuals and families.


== Land and Tenancy Records ==
Record type:  Declarations of land ownership, tenancy and purchase agreements.


Land and Tenancy records (Grundbücher und Prästationstabellen) consist of declarations of land ownership, tenancy and purchase agreements. The records can be begin as early as 1200 and go to the present. Information that may be found in these records include names of land holders and renters, taxes and rent paid, dates of deeds, residence, description of land, names of fathers and sometimes of several generations of ancestors; date and mode of land acquisition (from a parent or grandparent, by dowry, or partage (division). These records can be located in city archives, state archives, courthouses.
Time Period: 1200-present.
 
Content: Names of land holders and renters, taxes and rent paid, dates of deeds, residence, description of land, names of fathers and sometimes of several generations of ancestors; date and mode of land acquisition (from a parent or grandparent, by dowry, or partage (division).
 
Location:  City archives, state archives, courthouses.
 
Population coverage:  15%.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Austria,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.</ref>


== References  ==
== References  ==
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Land and tenancy records (Grundbücher und Prästationstabellen)[edit | edit source]

Research use: Early records predate parish registers. Verify existence of a person as an adult (in cases where death records do not exist). Names and ages of family members are sometimes listed for tenants. Useful linkage source. Sometimes two or more generations are listed.

Record type: Declarations of land ownership, tenancy and purchase agreements.

Time Period: 1200-present.

Content: Names of land holders and renters, taxes and rent paid, dates of deeds, residence, description of land, names of fathers and sometimes of several generations of ancestors; date and mode of land acquisition (from a parent or grandparent, by dowry, or partage (division).

Location: City archives, state archives, courthouses.

Population coverage: 15%.[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Austria,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1999.