Nørre Snede Parish, Skanderborg, Denmark Genealogy

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

History
Until 1 January 2007 Nørre-Snede was a municipality in the former Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark and the main town and site of its municipal council is the town of Nørre Snede. The municipality was created in 1970 as the result of a Municipality Reform that merged a number of existing parishes, Ejstrup, Klovborg and Nørre-Snede. Nørre-Snede municipality ceased to exist as the result of The Municipality Reform of 2007 when it was merged with existing Brande and Ikast municipalities to form the new Ikast-Brande municipality.The new municipality belonged to Region Midtjylland ("Mid-Jutland Region"). 

Place Names
Bjørnskov, Boest, Boest Mose, Bøgeskov, Engebjerg,  Frisbæk, Frydenbjerg,  Gammel Hampen, Godthaab, Godthaab Høje, Grættrup, Grættrup Nederggaard,  Halle Sø, Hampen, Hampen Mose, Hampen Plantage, Hampen Sø, Hampenbjerg, Hampengaard, Hampensø, Haraldslund Plantage, Hundshoved, Hvidbjerg Kirke,  Ibsgaarde,  Kirkebakken, Kokhøj, Kronbanke, Krondal, Kærsgaard,  Langbjerg Plantage, Leret, Lundbakke, Lyngholm Nedergaard Plantage,  Nedergaard Skov, Nortvig, Nortvig Østergaard, Nørhoved, Nørre Arritskov, Nørre Kejlstrup, Nørre Lyngholm Mark, Nørre Snede,  Palsgaard, Palsgaard Mark, Palsgaard Skov, Plovmandshave,  Rishøj,  Storgaard, Søhale, Sønder Arritskov, Sønder Kejlstrup,  Torup Sø,  Vestre Kejlstrup,  Østerlund

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Birth, Marriage, and Death Online Records

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 * 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.


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 * 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.


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 * 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)


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Family History Library Records
Click Denmark, Skanderborg Records for a full listing of records at the Family History 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.