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*[https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_matriken_grund&view=all&Itemid=52&lang=en GenTeam: Index of seignorial records] Time coverage and content varies by parish. Database is incomplete and under construction still.These records might be found: penalty records, seignorial marriage records, land registers, inventory and treatise records, purchases, guarantees, inheritance declarations, receipts and comparisons. | *[https://www.genteam.at/index.php?option=com_matriken_grund&view=all&Itemid=52&lang=en GenTeam: Index of seignorial records] Time coverage and content varies by parish. Database is incomplete and under construction still.These records might be found: penalty records, seignorial marriage records, land registers, inventory and treatise records, purchases, guarantees, inheritance declarations, receipts and comparisons. | ||
=== Land and | == House books (Hausbücher) == | ||
House books often a very useful linkage tool as ages and names of all family members are given for various time periods. It often lists the owners and residents of a given house. In addition it may contain ages, family relationships, taxes paid, dates of residence of individuals and families. | |||
== Land and Tenancy records (Grundbücher und Prästationstabellen) == | |||
Research use: Early records predate parish registers. Verify existence of a person as an adult (in cases where death records do not exist). Names and ages of family members are sometimes listed for tenants. Useful linkage source. Sometimes two or more generations are listed. | Research use: Early records predate parish registers. Verify existence of a person as an adult (in cases where death records do not exist). Names and ages of family members are sometimes listed for tenants. Useful linkage source. Sometimes two or more generations are listed. | ||
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