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Netherlands Land and Property (view source)
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Feudal land records [''leenregisters''] describe the use of land, houses, fishing waters, or other property granted to someone in return for a yearly payment, military duty, or sworn fealty. The entitlement was usually hereditary, and one can often trace several generations of ancestors. The records cover 1400 to 1796. | Feudal land records [''leenregisters''] describe the use of land, houses, fishing waters, or other property granted to someone in return for a yearly payment, military duty, or sworn fealty. The entitlement was usually hereditary, and one can often trace several generations of ancestors. The records cover 1400 to 1796. | ||
=== Land and cadastral records (''Land registers'') === | |||
Research use: Primarily for family relationships and to extend lineage beyond other existing records. | |||
Record type: Declarations of land ownership, property, estates and purchase agreements. | |||
Time Period: 1200-present. | |||
Content: Land holders’ and renters’ names, taxes and rent paid, dates of deeds, residence, land descriptions, fathers’ names and sometimes names of several generations of ancestors; date and mode of land acquisition (from a parent or grandparent, by dowry, or division). | |||
Location: Provincial, state, city, municipal and regional archives. | |||
Population coverage: 10%. | |||
Reliability: Good.<ref name="profile" /> | |||
=== Locating Land and Property Records === | === Locating Land and Property Records === | ||
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Land records are also included in court and notarial records. For more information, see the "[[Netherlands Court Records|Court Records]]" and "[[Netherlands Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]" sections. | Land records are also included in court and notarial records. For more information, see the "[[Netherlands Court Records|Court Records]]" and "[[Netherlands Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]" sections. | ||
=== House books (Huizboeken) === | === House books (Huizboeken) === | ||
Research use: | Research use: Often a very useful linkage tool as ages and names of all family members are given for various time periods. | ||
Record type: Lists of owners and residents of a given house. | Record type: Lists of owners and residents of a given house. | ||
Time Period: | Time Period: 1430-1900. | ||
Content: Shows names, ages, family relationships, taxes paid, dates of residence of individuals and families. | Content: Shows names, ages, family relationships, taxes paid, dates of residence of individuals and families. | ||
Location: Provincial, city and municipal archives. | Location: Provincial, city and municipal archives. | ||
Population coverage: 10%. | Population coverage: 10%. | ||
Reliability: | Reliability: Good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: The Netherlands,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1998.</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Netherlands]] [[Category:Land_and_property_records]] | [[Category:Netherlands]] [[Category:Land_and_property_records]] | ||