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Probate records for clergy, schoolteachers, and military officers were often kept separate from the regular probate jurisdiction. Church officials would conduct probate for a priest or a schoolteacher, and a commanding officer for a military officer. | Probate records for clergy, schoolteachers, and military officers were often kept separate from the regular probate jurisdiction. Church officials would conduct probate for a priest or a schoolteacher, and a commanding officer for a military officer. | ||
The Family History Library has an excellent collection of probate records from many areas of Denmark. These are listed in the catalog under DENMARK, COUNTY, PARISH - PROBATE RECORDS. Most records have separate name indexes in either the beginning or the end of the record. Also check the catalog under DENMARK, [COUNTY], [HERRED] - PROBATE RECORDS. | The Family History Library has an excellent collection of probate records from many areas of Denmark. These are listed in the catalog under DENMARK, COUNTY, PARISH - PROBATE RECORDS. Most records have separate name indexes in either the beginning or the end of the record. Also check the catalog under DENMARK, [COUNTY], [HERRED] - PROBATE RECORDS.<br> | ||
Some wonderful indexes have been prepared to these various records by the Land Archive for Sjælland and are found at both the Landsarkivet and the Family History Library on microfiche, the most extensive index being for the Forseglingsprotokoller: | |||
*Forseglingsprotokoller 1720-1919 (FHL fiche 6030293-60401670).<br> | |||
*Ordinære boer 1660-1771 (FHLfiche 6030251-6030255).<br> | |||
*Konceptskrifter [draft probates] 1660-1771 (FHL fiche 6030238-6030250).<br> | |||
*Behandlingsprotokoller 1715-1771 (FHL fiche 6030233-6030237).<br> | |||
*Samfrændskifter [relative probates] 1771-1810 (FHL fiche 6030270-6030271).<br> | |||
*Eksekutorboer [executor estate] 1790-1919 (FHL fiche 6030256-6030269).<br> | |||
=== Guardianship Records (''Overformynderiprotokoller'') === | === Guardianship Records (''Overformynderiprotokoller'') === | ||
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