Yugoslavia

In Vojvodina, a temporary tax register was actually set up around the year 1828 (kept
in Budapest), however, they were not able to complete the survey and listing of each
property until the year 1853. In one part of Croatia, the tax registry appeared between
the years 1849 and 1864" but for the rest it was between 1869 and 1878. In order to
achieve a greater uniformity, they made in the above mentioned provinces, around 1882,
a new estimate of the net produce of the properties and fixed up new property ownership
registers. They tried to include in the register various changes which had not been
reported by inv,,,stigation and correction in the field, but always with strict dependence
on the Franciscan registry. In the provinces of Slov"mia and Dalmatia, they made such
corrections in 1869 and included the new information in the registry files. In Serbia,
they began for the first time in 1905 with a temporary survey of properties.
The above mentioned tax lists arose in connection with the tax assessment.
In addition to these books, there are often other special books which were set up to
help in the collection of taxes. They contain information about amounts paid, delinquent
taxes in specific years, etc.
In order to provide security in the transfer of real estate, there arose the
land book. In the province of Slovenia, it was started in the 18th century, at first
only for property ownership of the nobility, (the so-called land board) in which they
also included in the series of documents those of bestowal of nobility, but then also
the land for the tenants and for cities and markets. At first, the landbook was simply
a collection of documents. In 1833, they began in addition to this a master register in
which a section was assigned to each property. Here was entered along with other
things, the most important items of information about the owners themselves. Because
of certain defects, these landbooks were reorganized after the year 1871. The new
landbooks contain entries according to sequential numbers and are kept in separate
series, for each registry community. In one entry they usually entered all parcels
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