Czech Republic, Archive of Třeboň, Nobility Seignorial Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Records
Tschechische Republik, Wittengau, Sudböhmische Herrschaftsprotokolle 1664-1698

Collection Time Period
This collection of seigniorial records includes marriage records, marriage contracts, wills, permissions, parents’ names of children leaving the estate, land records, financial registers, orphan records, etc. for the years 1198-1960.

Record Description
This collection of nobility seigniorial records cover a wide variety of records such as family lists, notary records, land and property records, etc. for the various estates in Wittingau, Böhmen, Austria; later Třeboň, Třeboň, Čechy, Czechoslovakia; now Třeboň, Třeboň, Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic. The text is written in Austrian-German. The seigniorial records include marriage records, marriage contracts, wills, permissions (which include parents’ names of children leaving the estate), land records, financial registers, orphan records, etc.

Record Content
The key genealogical facts found in most marriage contract records include the following:


 * Date of marriage contract
 * Names of bride and groom
 * Place of event
 * Fiscal considerations

The key genealogical facts found in most wills or estate inventory records include the following:


 * Date of death
 * Place of residence
 * Name of the deceased person
 * Names of the surviving spouse, children, and in-laws
 * Ages of all involved
 * Settlement of the fiscal account

The key genealogical facts found in most real property records include the following:


 * Date of the business transaction
 * Names of the grantors and grantees
 * Place of the property
 * Settlement of the fiscal account

How to Use the Record
Seigniorial records can supplement existing church and civil records and provide information in those time periods where church and civil records do not exist. These records are very helpful in establishing family relationships that are difficult to identify; differentiating between individuals and families with similar given and surnames; and documenting family locations, arrival and departure dates; and so forth.

Record History
Seigniorial authority was granted by the Emperor to individuals who reigned as lord over their manor within a given village or community. Civil records created within a manor are referred to as Seigniorial records.

Why the Record Was Created
Seigneurs created these records to record the events in the life of the people in their communities and to help in the administration of their manors.

Record Reliability
The information in these records is usually reliable, but depends upon the reliability of the informant and the recorder of the record. They are of particular worth in the absence of church records.

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Related Wiki Articles

 * Czech Republic
 * Czech Republic Parish Finder

Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
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Examples of Source Citations for a Record in This Collection

 * United States. Bureau of the Census. 12th census, 1900, digital images, From FamilySearch Internet (www.familysearch.org: September 29, 2006), Arizona Territory, Maricopa, Township 1, East Gila, Salt River Base and Meridian; sheet 9B, line 71.
 * Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1886-1933, digital images, from FamilySearch Internet (www.familysearch.org: April 22, 2010), Baptism of Adolfo Fernandez Jimenez, 1 Feb. 1910, San Pedro Apóstol, Cuahimalpa, Distrito Federal, Mexico, film number 0227023.

Sources of Information for This Collection
Czech Republic. Trebon State Regional Archives, Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic. Nobility seignorial records, 1664-1698.