Nørre Snede Parish, Skanderborg, Denmark Genealogy

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



History

 * The priest's farm in Nørre Snede has suffered two fires. The first was in 1675 and the second was on 11 September 1866. This second fire destroyed all of the priest's records up to that point. As per Danish law, the clerk's copy had been stored in a second location and survived the fire. These records go back to 1814. Before that there are no parish records.


 * A history of Nørre Snede hamlet withing Nørre Snede parish was published in 1916 and has been made freely available online. It is written in Danish but can be accessed by clicking | here.

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.


 * 1672: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax 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.


 * 1676: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and 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.


 * 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.


 * 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.


 * 11 January 1688: A poll & chimney tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1688: A land survey 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.


 * 11 December 1690: A poll & chimney tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1 January 1696: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 1 July 1696: A consumption, family, & domestic servant 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.


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


 * 1 January 1699: 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.


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


 * 23 November 1699: An employer's 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 July 1704: A poll tax exists and can be accessed by clicking | here.


 * 11 December 1705: 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
Bjørnskov, Boest, Boest Mose, Bøgeskov, Engebjerg,  Frisbæk, Frydenbjerg,  Gammel Hampen, Godthaab, Godthaab Høje, Grættrup, Grættrup Nederggaard,  Halle Sø, Hampen, Hampen Mose, Hampen Plantage, Hampen Sø, Hampenbjerg, Hampengaard, Hampensø, Haraldslund Plantage, Hundshoved, Hvidbjerg Kirke,  Ibsgaarde,  Kirkebakken, Kokhøj, Kronbanke, Krondal, Kærsgaard,  Langbjerg Plantage, Leret, Lundbakke, Lyngholm Nedergaard Plantage,  Nedergaard Skov, Nortvig, Nortvig Østergaard, Nørhoved, Nørre Arritskov, Nørre Kejlstrup, Nørre Lyngholm Mark, Nørre Snede,  Palsgaard, Palsgaard Mark, Palsgaard Skov, Plovmandshave,  Rishøj,  Storgaard, Søhale, Sønder Arritskov, Sønder Kejlstrup,  Torup Sø,  Vestre Kejlstrup,  Østerlund

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Collections

 * Church Records
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 * Census Records
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 * Denmark Census
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 * Court Records
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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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Family History Library Records
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