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=== Wills and estate records (Testamente und Nachlaßakten) ===
=== Wills and estate records (Testamente und Nachlaßakten) ===


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


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


Time Period: 1200-present.
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.
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.
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>
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"/>


== References  ==
== References  ==


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