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Probate Records

Online Records[edit | edit source]

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.

Wills and estate records (Testamente und Nachlaßakten)[edit | edit source]

Research use: Provides information that helps establish family relationships and linkage.

Record type: Wills and divisions of estates for deceased individuals with property.

Time Period: 1200-present.

Content: Name and age of testator, residence, legatees or heirs, relationships, description of land and property, date of will, probate and death, signature, witnesses.

Location: Local courts and state archives.

Population coverage: 10%.^[1]

Guardian and ward records (Vormundschafts- und Waisenakten)[edit | edit source]

Research use: Gives names, ages or birth dates, other relationships, or guardians.

Record type: Court and city records of guardianship and orphan care.

Time Period: 1350-present.

Content: Names guardians, wards, orphans, parents, ages, birth dates, place of residence and origin.

Location: Local city and state archives.

Population coverage: 7%.^[1]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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.

[profile-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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.

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 ==Online Records==
-*[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.
-== Wills and Estate Records   ==
+=== Wills and estate records (Testamente und Nachlaßakten)  ===
-Wills and estate records (Testamente und Nachlaßakten) include wills and divisions of estates for deceased individuals with property. Records can begin as early as 1200 and go to the present. Information on the records may include name and age of testator, residence, legatees or heirs, relationships, description of land and property, date of will, probate and death, signature, witnesses. These records can be found in local courts and state archives.
-== Guardian and Ward Records ==
+Research use: Provides information that helps establish family relationships and linkage.
-Guardian and ward records (Testamente und Nachlaßakten) are court and city records of guardianship and orphan care and can start as early as 1350 and go to the present. Information on these records may include names guardians, wards, orphans, parents, ages, birth dates, place of residence and origin. These records are found at the local city and state archives.
+Record type: Wills and divisions of estates for deceased individuals with property.
+Time Period: 1200-present.
+Content: Name and age of testator, residence, legatees or heirs, relationships, description of land and property, date of will, probate and death, signature, witnesses.
+Location: Local courts and state archives.
+Population coverage: 10%.<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>
+=== Guardian and ward records (Vormundschafts- und Waisenakten) ===
+Research use:  Gives names, ages or birth dates, other relationships, or guardians.
+Record type: Court and city records of guardianship and orphan care.
+Time Period:  1350-present.
+Content: Names guardians, wards, orphans, parents, ages, birth dates, place of residence and origin.
+Location:  Local city and state archives.
+Population coverage: 7%.<ref name="profile"/>
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