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===Landholder Lists=== | ===Landholder Lists=== | ||
*Landowner lists on '''"Feldflurkarten Mecklenburgs"''' by Franz Schubert. Transferred lists of names of the landowners in the state of Mecklenburg in 1727. | *Landowner lists on '''"Feldflurkarten Mecklenburgs"''' by Franz Schubert. Transferred lists of names of the landowners in the state of Mecklenburg in 1727. FamilySearch Center, Film # 1441034, Item 8 and # 1181901, Item 9. | ||
=== Grundherrschaft and Gutsherrschaft in Germany === | === Grundherrschaft and Gutsherrschaft in Germany === | ||
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=== Hausbuch === | === Hausbuch === | ||
The literal translation for this term | The literal translation for this term is house book. It has several meanings.<br>It could be a handwritten document or a book, often a family bible or a book that contained information for a family, such as a pedigree or similar documentation. It could be a volume for household tips. Furthermore it could be an accounting book used by merchants. In the former DDR (German Democratic Republic) the Hausbuch was a mandatory registry. | ||
When administrative records in medieval times were written, they were kept in one volume, the city book (Stadtbuch). All proceedings were recorded therein, from collecting taxes to sales of properties, inheritances etc. Thus a house book was also a legal record. In later centuries administrations were separated and the legal proceedings came under the judicial arm of governing. | When administrative records in medieval times were written, they were kept in one volume, the city book (Stadtbuch). All proceedings were recorded therein, from collecting taxes to sales of properties, inheritances etc. Thus a house book was also a legal record. In later centuries administrations were separated and the legal proceedings came under the judicial arm of governing. | ||
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