Bregninge Parish, Holbæk, Denmark Genealogy

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



Tax Records

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


 * 1672: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1673: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1674: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1677: A chimney & cattle tax exists and can be accessed by clicking here.


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


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


 * 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.


 * 1 Janauary 1686: A poll & cattle tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the parish priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 30 March 1687: A poll & cattle tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the parish priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 11 March & 11 June 1688: A poll & chimney tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the parish priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1688: A national land survey exists and can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 20 March & 10 April 1689: A poll & chimney tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1 August & 1 October 1689: A poll & chimney tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 10 March & 10 April 1690: A poll & chimney tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 11 December 1690: A poll & chimney tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 11 March 1690: A poll & chimney tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 30 May 1692: A poll & chimney tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1 January 1696: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1 July 1696: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1 January 1697: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1 July 1697: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1 January 1698: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1 July 1698: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 24 January 1699: An employer's tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here and also here.


 * 11 December 1704: A poll tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here and the priest's copy can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 11 December 1705: A poll tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here. The priest's copy appears to be missing though the priest's copies are available for the other parishes.


 * 25 March 1710: A tax on the wealthier members of the parish exists and can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 22 September 1710: An employer's tax combined with a luxury tax exists. The county clerk's copy can be accessed by clicking here. The priest's copy is divided into two parts. The first part contains the signatures of many of the people in the parish and can be accessed by clikcing here. The second part lists each person with hired help and the names of the hired help. It can be accessed by clicking here.

Place Names
Alleshave, Arnakkebugt, Bregninge, Bregninge, Lb., Bregningegaard, Davrup, Dejvad, Eskebjerg, Eskebjerg Enghave, Eskebjerg Vesterlyng, Eskebjærg Mark, Eskebjærg, Lb., Galgebjerg, Galtebjerg, Gammelrand, Gammelrands Mark, Hagendrup, Hagendrup, Lb., Højsted, Højsted Overdrev, Kaldred, Kaldred, Lb., Kaltred, Callered, Kaltredgaard, Kirkevang, Kulbjerg, Kulbjærg Skovhus, Lille Bregninge, Møllehuse, Nyløkke, Olstrup, Rumperup, Lb., Stormosen, Sultenkrog, Søvang, Torpe, Torpe, Lb. Vilhelmshøj

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


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Birth, Marriage, and Death Online Records

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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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 * FamilySearch offers free online lessons about reading old Danish handwriting:
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 * To understand the best research strategies for these records, see Denmark Church Records Christenings Guide.

Collections

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 * Census Records
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 * Censuses - Getting Started
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 * Court Records
 * Danish Chancellery - Getting Started!
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 * 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
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Related Sources
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FamilySearch Library Records
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