Domesday books for Medelstad 1668, 1679 to 1750

Source information

The collection is based on the Swedish National Archives“ "Court records for Medelstad district 1668, 1679–1750“The collection is published under a CC0 license and can be downloaded in its entirety in CSV or Excel format.

About court records for Medelstad 1668, 1679 to 1750

The district courts ruled on many different cases, including illegal logging and incest, but also less dramatic cases such as boundary disputes, inheritance settlements, and transportation. Here you will find a good overview of the cases, people, and farms in the court records for Medelstad district court in Blekinge before 1750. The records were created by an archive user and were previously available at Blekinge Slektforskarsällskap, but now you can find them here.

Medelstad härad was a district in eastern Blekinge and Blekinge County, which now forms part of Karlskrona Municipality and Ronneby Municipality.

Case types

Ingress (introduction to the court, location, judges, regulations)
Conclusion (conclusion of the matter)
Camp goal (desired camp, camp goal, paternity goal, time limit, incest)
Inheritance (will, inheritance, estate settlement)
Mark (Various matters concerning daily life in the countryside. Use of land, boundaries, livestock, fishing rights, violations, maritime law, transportation, mill weights, road issues, bridge issues)
Buy (purchases, unfair agreements, contracts – not real estate)
Fasting (purchase of real estate, buildings, bidding, construction, mortgages, loans, pledges, purchase price issues)
Harassment (verbal abuse, physical abuse, fighting, drunkenness, vagrancy)
Brott (murder, theft, escape, serious fights, violence, illegal logging, illegal distilling, death)
Marriage (engagement, marriage, marriage vows, illegal cohabitation)
Compensation (compensation in accordance with agreement, salary, unpaid debt, claim, settlement)
Guardianship (cases concerning parental responsibility, appointment of guardian)
Admin (matters of an administrative nature. Evidence, birth certificates, fees, absence from court, tax exemptions, legal issues, appointments, certificates, mobilization problems, uncertainty about what the case actually concerns)
Saköre (list of case numbers)
Christianity (Communion, church attendance, knowledge of Christianity)

About the entries

The collection contains a total of 91,415 individuals spread across 21,680 cases. Each individual entry can provide information such as when the court hearing took place, what the case concerned, its number and type, the name and title of the person involved, and minutes from the court hearing.