West Frisian Notarial Archives of Deeds and Certifications, 1552-1935

The Westfries Archive manages archives of notaries from the period 1552-1935. These archives contain various deeds such as wills, estate separations, and sales deeds of real estate, as well as certifications made before 1800 for lawsuits. The dataset is provided by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties in XML format under a CC-BY-SA-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Genealogical research based on wills and estate separations mentioned in the description
• Historical legal analysis based on certifications made for lawsuits before 1800
• Property ownership studies based on sales deeds of real estate

Strengths

• Archives span a long historical period from 1552 to 1935
• Contains a variety of legal documents including wills, estate separations, and sales deeds

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Time Range

1552-1935

Geography

West Frisian region