Give Parish, Vejle, Denmark Genealogy

History
(Write information such as: how old the parish is, interesting facts about the parish, what alternate names it has, or any boundary changes.)

Tax Records

 * 30 March 1687: A poll & cattle tax exists. The priest's copy can be accessed by clicking [familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHV-L3F8-X9ZF-1?i=170&cat=411804| here] and the clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1 July 1699: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.

Place Names:
Aasbjerg, Brandbjerg, Bregnhoved, Bæksgaard, Bæksgaard Bæk, Bøllund,  Donnerup Mark,  Farre, Frederiksberg  Give, Give Plantage, Givskov,  Hedegaard, Hjortsballe, Højgaard,  Kirkebjerg,  Lille Hestlund, Lille Vorslunde, Loftlund, Lyngby,  Møldam Huse, Mølgaard,  Nygaard, Over Sillesthoved,  Ramskov, Ravlund, Rævlingmose,  Skærhoved, Store Hestlund, Store Mosegaard, Store Vorslunde, Søndersthoved,  Tromborg,  Ulkjær, Ullerup,  Vemmelund, Vibjerg,  Øgelund

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


 * Surrounding Parishes

The parish records for Give, especially from 1799-1816 are very incomplete. If you do not find your ancestor listed, it does not mean he wasn't there. Instead try checking other records such as military levying rolls or the 1787 and 1801 censuses.

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: 


 * FamilySearch offers free online lessons about reading old Danish handwriting:
 * Scandinavian Handwriting
 * Scandinavian Handwriting, part 3 - no part 2 available
 * Gothic Script and examples (Danish)
 * Gothic script help links (Danish)

Related Sources

 * Digital

What parish records are available up until 1814 are transcribed and available at http://www.horsboel.dk


 * Printed

References:
-Krabsen &amp; Medici. "Krabsens Stednavnebase." http://www.krabsen.dk/stednavnebase Stednavnebase/, Dec 2011 -Trap, J. P., ed. Kongeriget Danmark, 4d ed. Vol.7, Aarhus og Vejle Amt, København: G. E. C. Gads Forlag, 1920