Slangerup Parish, Frederiksborg, Denmark Genealogy

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

History
Slangerup is a town in Frederikssund municipality, north-west of central Copenhagen, in the Capital Region of Denmark. Until 1 January 2007, Slangerup was a municipality but ceased to exist as a result of the 2007 Municipal Reform, when it was merged into Frederikssund municipality along with Jægerspris and Skibby municipalities. 

Tax Records
A 1700 tax census covering all males in the parish exists. It has been published in a book and is available at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. For more information, click here.

Place Names
Bannerhøjgaard, Gørløse Å,  Have Mølle,  Hørup,  Jordhøj,  Kvinderup,  Lindebjerg,  Manderup,  Ravnsbjerg,  Slangerup, Slangerup Overdrev, Slangerup Ås, Søndagsvang,  Tornebakke,  Øen

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


 * Surrounding Parishes

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.
 * 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.

Related Sources
Denmark Online Genealogy Records Ask the Community

FamilySearch Library Records
Click Denmark, Frederiksborg Recordsfor 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 FamilySearch Center near you. Click on "Places within Denmark, Frederiksborg" and then select your parish.