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=== Service contract registers (Dienstbotenregister) === | === 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 | 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 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. | The films are starting with number 1676401 and cover the time frame 1823-1902. | ||
=== Journeyman registers === | |||
After an apprentice had done his three to four years learning his profession he joined the ranks of journeymen. It was expected of him to not just take up employment where he had learned his craft, but go out and learn from other masters skills that would help his career. Journeymen typically would leave their location of employment at certain times of the year; Easter or Michaelis (after the harvest was in). The length of their employment varied from six months to three years. When a journeyman came to another district he could count on being greeted, registered and helped to find proper employment. This was a ritual strictly observed. The newcomer could count on lodging until he found a new master. In order to find a decent situation, a journeyman had to have an excellent reputation which included legitimate birth. Journeymen were regularly monitored and punishment was administered to those who ran away. | |||
Source: Joachim Brügmann.''Das Zunftwesen der Seestadt Wismar bis zum Beginn des 17. Jahrhunderts ''in Mecklenburgische Jahrbücher, Bd. 99 (1935) | |||
The collection of the Family History Library includes a journeyman register for the city of Rostock which covers the years 1841-1902 (starting with film 1676395). In these documents the family historian finds information on persons who moved in and out of the city and other vital information such as:<br>Name<br>Profession<br>Birthplace<br>Passport issued where, when, and for how long<br>Employment at: name of master and starting date<br>Employment termination and date<br>Destination<br>Later entries also give the applicant’s residence<br>as well as the employer’s addess | |||
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[[Category:Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] | [[Category:Mecklenburg-Schwerin]] | ||