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Paper Trails of Everyday Lives in the Austrian Military Frontier

This paper discussed the paper trail leading to the reconstruction of the "historical population" and its possibilities for a multidisciplinary approach. Historical analysis and demography do not concentrate primarily on the quantitative study of the Grenzer population but aim to present – prosopographically – actual, concrete individuals and families that lived in the Military Frontier. This is done through constructing databases that include every soldier and officer mentioned in muster rolls (Musterlisten, Monatsakten, Standestabellen, Verpflegslisten) of the regiments and similiar lists (so-called Conduite-Listen of officers refer to their special skills, character traits, behaviour, etc.), and through composing (if possible) complete biographies of them. Names, surnames, birth origin, religion, military rank and position, marital status, children, mobility (transfer from one unit to another), as well as different personal data (height, physical condition, age, hair color etc.) make a personal, direct and concrete approach possible.

Military Frontier ; archival holdings ; muster rolls ; Lycanians ; Seressaner ; Kosinj ; Cetin

https://www.historicaldemography.be/workshop/nature-and-nurture-workshop/