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Mortgage Records (Veðmálabækur)

These records give places of residence, and family relationships, particularly of value before church records. They are records of property and real estate transactions; the sale, transfer, or leasing of property. In many cases these records give details of family relationships and contain information regarding real estate conveyances, mortgages, agreements, contracts, etc., which sometimes contain such genealogical data as names of persons, residences, and relationships. The earliest records date from 1781; most date from the 1820s to present.

Originals are house at the National Archives. Records currently in use are found at the local county offices [sýslumaður].

Farm Register Accounts

Also called Feudal Accounts prior to 1660.

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+== Mortgage Records (Veðmálabækur)  ==
-== Mortgage Records (Veðmálabækur) ==
+These records give places of residence, and family relationships, particularly of value before church records. They are records of property and real estate transactions; the sale, transfer, or leasing of property. In many cases these records give details of family relationships and contain information regarding real estate conveyances, mortgages, agreements, contracts, etc., which sometimes contain such genealogical data as names of persons, residences, and relationships. The earliest records date from 1781; most date from the 1820s to present.
-Research use: Records give places of residence, and family relationships, particularly of value before church records.
+Originals are house at the National Archives. Records currently in use are found at the local county offices [sýslumaður].
-Record type: Records of property and real estate transactions; the sale, transfer, or leasing of property. In many cases these records give details of family relationships.
+== Farm Register Accounts ==
-Time period: The earliest records date from 1781; most date from the 1820s to present.
+Also called Feudal Accounts prior to 1660.
-Contents: Information regarding real estate conveyances, mortgages, agreements, contracts, etc., which sometimes contain such genealogical data as names of persons, residences, and relationships.
-Location: National Archives and local county offices [sýslumaður].
-Percentage in Family History Library: 75% up to the cut-off date of 1840; records for 17% Iceland are available up to 1900. For one county the library has records up to 1952. These were filmed at the National Archives in 1953. Additional records have likely been deposited in the National Archives. There may still be quite a few in the local county offices.
-Population coverage: 5 to 10%.
-Reliability: Very good.
-Accessibility: Many records are accessible on microfilm through the Family History Library. Records are also accessible through a researcher or through 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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