Rye Parish, Skanderborg, Denmark Genealogy

Guide to Rye, Skanderborg, Denmark ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History
Until January 1, 2007 Ry municipality was a municipality in the former Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark and the main town and site of its municipal council was the town of Ry. The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a Municipality Reform that merged a number of existing parishes, Alling, Dover, Gammel Rye, Låsby and Tulstrup. Ry municipality ceased to exist as the result of The Municipality Reform of 2007 when it was merged with Galten, Hørning, and Skanderborg municipalities to form the new Skanderborg municipality.

Places
Betania Rye Skov, Bindingshede, Birksø, Bækken, Bøgedal Ellesbak Rye By, Emborg, Emborg Bro, Emborg Vestmark Fiskerhuse, Frankrig, Fuglebjerg, Fæstibakke Gammel Rye, Gudensø Hejnæs, Himmelbjerggaarden, Himmelbjerget, Hjarsbæk, Hotel Himmelbjerget, Hotel Julsø Klostefælled Langebakke, Limbjerg, Lindholm Hoved, Loftsbjerg, Lovsbjerg, Lyngbakkegaard Melbjerg Odderholm Ringholm, Rye, Rye Mølle, Rye Nørreskov, Rye Nørskov, Rye Nørskov Avlsgaard, Ryr Sønderskov, Rye-Glarbo, Ryebro Sankt Sørens Kilde, Skeldal, Skovsbjerg, Skærsaa, Sletten, Storeknøs, Svejbækgaarde Tangen 1 Vessø

To see what kind of place it is you will need a Danish Gazetteer.

Surrounding Parishes

Court Records

 * 1660-1680: Erik Brejl has extracted the court records for Tyrsting herred from 1660 to 1683 and has published them on his website. They can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1706-1711: In 1687 Tyrsting herred was combined with Vrads herred. Erik Brejl has also extracted the court records form this newly combined district from 1706 to 1711 and they can be accessed by clicking here. Court records from 1683 to 1706 have not been preserved.

Birth, Marriage, and Death Online Records
Free Online Database:  The vast majority of research you do in Denmark will be in church parish registers, which are held in the Danish State Archives available online at ArkivalierOnline. Select your county and parish from the drop-down lists.

Help Reading Danish Records: Denmark Parish Register Headings provides translated examples of parish headings. You will be able to interpret much of what is in the records using these headings. Danish Word List covers typical terms found in the records. Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for: Denmark will help you translate dates written in feast day form. Denmark surnames are patronymic and change every generation, so carefully study Denmark Names, Personal.

Help Reading Old Handwriting: 
 * Scandinavian Handwriting
 * Scandinavian Handwriting, part 3 - No part 2 available
 * Gothic Script and examples (Danish)
 * Gothic script help links (Danish)

Knowing What to Look for Next: To understand the best research strategies for these records, see Denmark Church Records Christenings Guide.

Collections

 * Church Records
 * Kirkebøger - Getting Started
 * Find church books on Arkivalieronline
 * Denmark Church Records
 * Census Records
 * ARKIVALIERONLINE Census records online
 * Censuses - Getting Started
 * Denmark Census
 * Census digitization/index availability - chart showing progress in census digitizing and indexing per location.
 * 1700 Mandtalsliste Rye & S. Vissing sogne - internet archived page
 * Court Records
 * Danish Chancellery - Getting Started!
 * Danish Chancery Court Records
 * Denmark Court Records
 * Military Records
 * Lægdsruller, Danish Military Levying Rolls, is a census of men eligible to join military (1789-1932)
 * What's on Lægdsruller and Søruller
 * Danish Military Levying Rolls (Lægdsruller)


 * Probate Records
 * Registers of Wills in the Danish Chancellory
 * Danish Chancellery - Getting Started!
 * , index and images.

Tax Records
A 1700 tax census covering all males in the parish exists (an internet archived version available here). It has been published in a book and is available at the FamilySearch Library in SLC. For more information, click here.

Related Sources
Denmark Online Genealogy Records Ask the Community

FamilySearch Library Records
Click Denmark, Skanderborg Records for a full listing of records at the FamilySearch Library, that may be digitized. Check back occasionally to see if your records have become available. In the meantime, some of them might be available at a Family History Center near you. Click on "Places within Denmark, Skanderborg" and then select your parish.