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=== Bürgerrollen and Bürgerbücher/Citizen Rolls and Books === | === Bürgerrollen and Bürgerbücher/Citizen Rolls and Books === | ||
The older forms of city directories are Bürgerrollen and Bürgerbücher. In them are listed citizens with rights to citizenship (Bürgerrecht) in a given locality. There was a difference between a Bürger and a Einwohner. Citizens without Bürgerrecht were called Beiwohner or Beisassen. A fully recognized citizen of a town had to have property. He also had to pay certain fees to become a citizen in the first place. With privileges came obligations i.e., defending the city. Bürgerbücher and Bürgerrollen can be found through [https://www.archive-bw.de/sixcms/list.php?page=seite_liste_archivnamen&sv%5Brel19%5D=10089&_sparte=Archives+of+Towns+and+Communities&_info=ja '''local archives, the Stadt- and Gemeindearchive.'''] | The older forms of city directories are Bürgerrollen and Bürgerbücher. In them are listed citizens with rights to citizenship (Bürgerrecht) in a given locality. There was a difference between a Bürger and a Einwohner. Citizens without Bürgerrecht were called Beiwohner or Beisassen. A fully recognized citizen of a town had to have property. He also had to pay certain fees to become a citizen in the first place. With privileges came obligations i.e., defending the city. Bürgerbücher and Bürgerrollen can be found through [https://www.archive-bw.de/sixcms/list.php?page=seite_liste_archivnamen&sv%5Brel19%5D=10089&_sparte=Archives+of+Towns+and+Communities&_info=ja '''local archives, the Stadt- and Gemeindearchive.'''] | ||
=== Einwohnerbücher/Resident Books<br> === | === Einwohnerbücher/Resident Books<br> === | ||