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Record type: Legal declarations of a person's desires for the disposition of his property or estate after his death. Generally only the upper and middle classes had wills. The peasant classes are most often found only in the probate records. Most original will books include indexes. Transcripts of wills were sent to the Chancery to be confirmed. After 1848 , the Ministry of Justice [Justitsministeriet] kept copies of all wills. | Record type: Legal declarations of a person's desires for the disposition of his property or estate after his death. Generally only the upper and middle classes had wills. The peasant classes are most often found only in the probate records. Most original will books include indexes. Transcripts of wills were sent to the Chancery to be confirmed. After 1848 , the Ministry of Justice [Justitsministeriet] kept copies of all wills. | ||
Time period: 1500 to present | Time period: 1500 to present. | ||
Contents: Name and age of testator, residence, heirs, relationships, description of land and property, date of will, signature, witnesses. Indexes. | Contents: Name and age of testator, residence, heirs, relationships, description of land and property, date of will, signature, witnesses. Indexes. | ||
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Population coverage: 10%. | Population coverage: 10%. | ||
Reliability: Very good.<ref name="profile" /> | For more information about wills, see [[Wills in Denmark|this article]]. | ||
Reliability: Very good.<ref name="profile" /> | |||
=== The Availability of Probate Records === | === The Availability of Probate Records === | ||
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