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Online Records[edit | edit source]

  • GenTeam: Index of seignorial records Time coverage and content varies by parish. Database is incomplete and under construction still.These records might be found: penalty records, seignorial marriage records, land registers, inventory and treatise records, purchases, guarantees, inheritance declarations, receipts and comparisons.

Wills and estate records (Testamente und Nachlaßakten)[edit | edit source]

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

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

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.

Location: Local courts and state archives.

Population coverage: 10%.Expansion depth limit exceeded

Guardian and ward records (Vormundschafts- und Waisenakten)[edit | edit source]

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%.Expansion depth limit exceeded

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