DATABASE REAL ESTATE OWNERS

For the purpose of identifying property owners, names of persons included in the Popp matrices were entered into databases. These files were created by the projects POPPKAD and West-Vlaanderen verpoppt in collaboration with Heemkunde West-Flanders. They include the names of owners and usufructuaries of real estate located in the provinces of Antwerp, Brabant, Hainaut, East- and West-Flanders at some point in the period 1843-1873. These lists are a useful tool for local historians, genealogists and other researchers. The database functions as an index on the Popp matrices, which are difficult to use due to a lack of indexes. For each personal name in the database, the municipality and the item number are indicated where information about the immovable property of the person in question can be found.

The POPPKAD database is still under construction. It has 534,000 cadastral items with 560,000 surnames originating from 1,253 municipalities. The available municipalities are divided per province as follows:

Names register based on the Popp matrices: summary of available municipalities