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=== Guardianship Records (''Overformynderiprotokoller'') === | === Guardianship Records (''Overformynderiprotokoller'') === | ||
Guardianship records are a good supplement to the probate records. Their use is twofold: First, they replace missing probate records. Second, they provide information concerning a minor's later destiny. Records date from 1570. At times two generations are mentioned, when both parents and grandparents passed away during the ward's minor state. | |||
Guardianship records are a good supplement to the probate records. Their use is twofold | |||
The guardianship record usually has the following information: | The guardianship record usually has the following information: | ||
*Name of the ward or minor. | *Name of the ward or minor. | ||
*Sometimes age or birth date. | *Sometimes age or birth date and place | ||
*Name of guardian and residence. | |||
*Relationship, if any to the ward | |||
*Date on which the inheritance was paid to the court and the estate reference involved. (If the inheritance comes from one or several sources, each document is referred to with the amount.) | *Date on which the inheritance was paid to the court and the estate reference involved. (If the inheritance comes from one or several sources, each document is referred to with the amount.) | ||
*Date on which the inheritance is paid to the ward or minor. | *Date on which the inheritance is paid to the ward or minor. | ||
*Status of the ward at the time the inheritance is paid, indicating a place of residence if different from the original probate record | *Status of the ward at the time the inheritance is paid, indicating a place of residence if different from the original probate record | ||
*Expenses charged to the estate | |||
=== '''Probate Word List''' === | === '''Probate Word List''' === | ||