Tørring Parish, Skanderborg, Denmark Genealogy

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

History
Until January 1, 2007 Tørring-Uldum municipality was a municipality in the former Vejle County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The site of its municipal council was the town of Uldum and the largest town in the municipality was Tørring. Tørring-Uldum municipality, as a result of The Municipality Reform of 2007, merged with other municipalities. Most of Tørring-Uldum was merged with Juelsminde municipality and Hedensted municipality to form a new Hedensted municipality. A smaller portion of Tørring-Uldum, was split off and merged into the new Vejle municipality. The new municipalities belong to Region Midtjylland ("Mid-Jutland Region"). 

Tax Records

 * 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.


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


 * 1679: 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.


 * 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.


 * 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.


 * 11 December 1690: 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 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 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.


 * 1 July 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.

Place Names
Brille, Egholm, Egholm Mølle,  Kandborg, Kobbelgaard,  Logslund,  Melhede,  Overhede,  Plovstrup, Plovstrupgaard, Pyttenhede,  Resenhus,  Stovgaard, Stovgaards Mark,  Tejbelgaard, Tørring, Tørring Fælde, Tørring Kirkeby, Tørring Mark, Tørringskov,  Urskov 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 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 Family History Center near you. Click on "Places within Denmark, Skanderborg" and then select your parish.