2021

Vorwerk and Ackerhof, Belgard – Land Records (Sequestration, Subhastation, and Verpachtung)

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These files appear to pertain specifically to the Vorwerk Ackerhof rather than the village of Vorwerk. According to the Belgard-Schivelbein website, Vorwerk was a farming village on the outset of the Belgard Castle, apparently lands that the castle used to till before it became its own settlement. Ackerhof was its own distinct farm, a Rittergut–or […]

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2019

Boissin, Belgard – Land Records (Besetzung und erbliche Überlassung der Bauern- und Kossätenhöfe zu Boissin im Amte Belgard)

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While the first two volumes of the Grundbücher for Boissin are missing in the archives, these two volumes cover similar information for the occupation and inheritance of both farmers’ and cottagers’ property. These land records for Boissin are essential sources for those looking for information about the village in the early 1800s. Besetzung und erbliche […]

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