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Midwife diaries may have been kept by health administrations (Gesundheitsamt) and archived. | Midwife diaries may have been kept by health administrations (Gesundheitsamt) and archived. | ||
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Ahlfeld, Dr. Ueber den Werth und den Gebrauch des Hebammen Tagebuchs in: Tagebuch der Hebamme Frau Henkel in Bruch vom 5. April 1895 | |||
Wikipedia: Hebamme | |||
=== Service contract registers (Dienstbotenregister) === | |||
People who were household servants were obligated to register at the magistrate or mayor’s office, in order to make sure their work duration was properly documented. It appeared that often servants themselves or their employer acted belated or not at all registering. Household servants were obliged to contribute to their compulsory insurance. If registration was not timely, monetary fines were imposed. Only a police certificate would insure that a person actually started working at a given date.<br>More about servants and their employers can be found at http://archive.org/stream/rechtsgeschicht00kngoog#page/n23/mode/2up | |||
The Family History Libarary catalog houses a collection of servant contracts for the city of Rostock. In these records the researcher can find the following information:<br>Name of servant<br>Age of servant<br>Description of servant<br>When did he/she start employment and for how long will the person serve<br>What is the residence/birth place of the servant<br>Is the servant married<br>In whose service is the servant<br>What are his references<br>Information about father and mother | |||
The films are starting with number 1676401 and cover the time frame 1823-1902. | |||
Category: Germany | Category: Germany | ||
[[Category:Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] | [[Category:Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] | ||