Hammer Parish, Skanderborg, Denmark Genealogy

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



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

Court Records

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


 * 1706-1711: In 1687 Vrads herred was combined with Tyrsting 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 1680 to 1706 have not been preserved.

Tax Records

 * 1662: A land survey exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1664: A land survey exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1674: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1675: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1678: A poll & cattle tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1681: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 11 November 1682: A poll & cattle tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1683: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 14 September 1683: A poll & cattle tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 16 August 1684: A poll & cattle tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 11 December 1685: A poll & cattle tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 5 February 1687: A poll & cattle tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 5 February 1689: A poll & chimney tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 9 July 1689: A poll & chimney tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 16 February 1692: A poll & chimney tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1 January 1697: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1 July 1697: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1 January 1698: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 12 June 1698: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 16 December 1698: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 24 January 1699: An employer's tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


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


 * 23 November 1699: A poll tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1 January 1700: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1 July 1700: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 9 November 1704: A poll tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 22 September 1710: An employer's tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1743: A poll & carriage tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.

Place Names
Bi-lidt, Bregnbjerg, Dybdal,  Elmelund,  Grindstedgaard,  Hage, Hammer, Hammer Bakker, Hammer Kirke, Hammer Mølle, Hammerdam, Hammergaard, Hestedal, Hestehave,  Katrineborg, Kovtrup,  Mellegaard, Møgelkær Grøft, Mølleup,  Nordkærgaard,  Pebermosen,  Rytterplantagen,  Sandvad, Siverholm,  Tinne Krat, Torndal Høj, Trinkær,  Veter Krat,  Aakærhus,  Ørndals Høj.

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


 * Surrounding Parishes

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.


 * 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:, , and
 * 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

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