Silesia (Schlesien) Using Court Records
Acta Urbarium[edit | edit source]
These are indexes counting properties and taxes. They are the oldest records concerning landownership, originating with ecclesiastical property owners. The secular administrations adopted the Urbarien showing properties and income of fiefs. With more regulated financial administration in German territories new versions of the Urbarien appeared beginning with the 15/16th century. Their use and titles were different from territory to territory. In Saxony such books were known as Erbbücher, in Brandenburg they were called Erbregister, in Anhalt Land- und Amtsregister, also Anschlag- or Salbücher. In Southwest Germany they were known as Lager and Jurisdiktionalbücher. Such books list next to properties and taxes, descriptions of economical and judicial entities, such as contracts of employment of serfs for the duration of one year. The obligations connected to each property are listed and stipulations enumerated as they occur.
Urbarien exist for Schlesien. Familysearch has the Acta Urbarium von Cammerswaldau in their Family History Library collection, call number 943.85/K2 R2j.
Schöppenbuch
In a Schöppenbuch are listed all transactions made by buyers and sellers of properties belonging to farmers. The administrator with judicial rights (Sch
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Ein Schöppenbuch ist ein Buch der Ortsschöffen (Rechtspfleger) über die örtlichen Kaufverträge zwischen Verkäufer einer Bauern-, Gärtner- oder Häuslerstelle an den Käufer und eventuellen Zahlungsvereinbarungen.
Ausserdem können noch weitere Gläubiger und zum Teil auch andere Verwandte, die noch Gelder bekommen zu haben, angeführt werden.
Zum Teil sind auch die Dienste und Geldabgabezinsen des Stellenbesitzers an den Grundherren zu finden.
Mitunter sind Schöppenbücher hilfreich, Personen zu finden, die bei vernichteten Kirchenbüchern schwerlich aufzufinden wären.