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 ''[[Iceland Genealogy|Iceland]]''
-== Orphans' Court Records (Yfirfjárvadabækur) ==
+== Probate Records (Skiptabækur) ==
-Research use: Records give names of parents, ages or dates of birth for orphans.
+Research use: Probate records are good linkage sources, especially helpful where they predate the church records. They can be used to establish birth dates and establish relationships of family members.
-Record type: Orphan records.
+Record type: Records of wills and testaments.
-Time period: Most date from the 1848 to present.
+Time period: The earliest records date from 1717; most date from the late 1700s to present.
-Contents: Names of orphans and guardians, names of parents; ages or dates of birth for orphans, residence, relationships.
+Contents: Names of the deceased, heirs, guardians, ages, relationships, places of residence; inventory, valuation, and division of real estate and property.
-Location: National Archives, local courts maintain records after about 1935.
+Location: At the National Archives from early to 1937; from 1937 to present at local courts. Some records are also found in the National Archives of Denmark.
+Percentage in Family History Library: 100% up to the 1825 cut-off date. The percentage is 95% up to 1890, 90% up to 1900, and 40% up to 1920. All known records in the National Archive of Denmark have been acquired.
+Population coverage: 25%.
-Percentage in Family History Library: 95% up to the 1900 cut-off date. The library has only 40% of the records from 1900 to 1916.
+Reliability: Very good.
+Accessibility: Many records are accessible on microfilm through the Family History Library. Records are also accessible through a private researcher or by on-site examination.<ref name="profile"/>
+== Orphans' Court Records (Yfirfjárvadabækur)  ==
+Research use: Records give names of parents, ages or dates of birth for orphans.
+Record type: Orphan records.
+Time period: Most date from the 1848 to present.
-Population coverage: 2 to 3%.
+Contents: Names of orphans and guardians, names of parents; ages or dates of birth for orphans, residence, relationships.
-Reliability: Very good.
+Location: National Archives, local courts maintain records after about 1935.
+Percentage in Family History Library: 95% up to the 1900 cut-off date. The library has only 40% of the records from 1900 to 1916.
+Population coverage: 2 to 3%.
+Reliability: Very good.
 Accessibility: Many records are accessible on microfilm through the Family History Library. Records are also accessible through a private researcher or 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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 [[Category:Iceland]]