Saksild Parish, Århus, 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.)

Church Records
Bente Feldballe has abstracted the parish records from 1701 until 1813. These can be accessed by clicking here.

Tax Records
A 1700 tax census covering all males in the parish exists (an internet archived version available here). It has been published in a book and is available at the FamilySearch Library in SLC. For more information, click here.

Place Names
Felingsborg,

Havn,

Kysing, Kysing Fjord, Kysinggaard, Kysing Hage, Kysing Næs, Kysing Strand,

Norsminde, Norsminde Fjord, Norsminde Strand, Næsset,

Rude, Rude Strand,

Saksild, Saksild Bugt, Saksildgaard, Saksild Strand, Spangsaa, Strandparken,

Træskov, Tuskær,

Vester Hovgaard

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: 


 * 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.
 * 1700 Mandtalsliste Saksild sogn - internet archived page
 * Court Records
 * Hads Ning herreders Tingbøger 1699-1706
 * 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, Århus Records for 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, Århus" and then select your parish.