Denmark, Århus Municipal Census, 1936 - FamilySearch Historical Records

Why Should I Look at This Collection?
This is an enumeration of all persons resident in the city of Aarhus on 25 October 1936. If you have family members who lived in Aarhus or may have had reason to be in Aarhus on that date you should consider looking at this collection.

What is in This Collection?
These records were created by the office of the Aarhus Magistrate's 1st division (Magistrat 1. afd.) tax authority (Skattevæsen). It is part of the Skattemandtalslister (tax census lists), 1885-1936. The content and arrangement of these records is very similar to the national census. Records are grouped by street, then by house number. Similar enumerations were made in 1933-1940, and 1948.

The Aarhus city archive has classified these records as follows. Each link is to the Aarhus city archive online catalog entry for the entity described.
 * Archive creator: Aarhus Købstadskommune (1838-1970), Århus folkeregister (1924-)
 * Record collection: Kommunearkivet (1841-2015)
 * Record series:
 * Aarhus Kommune
 * Magistratens 1. afdeling
 * Aarhus Skattevæsen
 * Aarhus Folkeregister
 * Skattemandtalslister This link will display records available from 1933-1948.

Reading These Records
These records are written in Danish. For help reading these records see the following:
 * Danish Word List
 * Denmark Language and Languages

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Instructions for this census were to include all persons who were permanent residents of Aarhus as well as permanent residents temporarily absent on the Hovedliste (Main list). Persons temporarily present in the city were to be included on the Tillægsliste (Suppmental list).

Regler 5) Inden- og udenlandske Selskaber, Foreninger, Stiftelse, Institutioner samt de Personer (ogsaa i Udlandet hjemmehørende), der helt eller delvis er Ejere eller Medejere af Ejendommen, eller som i denne har Forreningslokale, forsaavidt vedkommende Personer ikke bor i Aarhus Kommune, opføres paa Tillægsskema I paa Skemaets Bagside. Paa Tillægsskema II opføres alle indenbysboende Person, der driver Forretning, Haandværk o. l. i Ejendommen.

Instructions 5) Domestic and foreign companies, associations, foundations, institutions and the persons (also resident abroad) who are wholly or partly owners or co-owners of the property, or who in this area have a rehabilitation room, in so far as the persons concerned do not live in the Municipality of Aarhus, are listed on Supplementary form I on the back of the table. On Supplementary Scheme II, all resident persons who run a business, craft or similar are listed in the property.

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