Friday, September 16, 2011

Kopulations Pengeprotokol - København marriage licenses

I took some time this week to learn how to use another source for København.  This week it was the Kopulations Pengeprotokol, 1720-1863.  The Family History Library Catalog describes these records as follows:  "Records of marriage licence fees paid to the city treasurer. These lists and indexes gives the grooms name, marriage date, and the name of the church where the marriage took place."
                             
A brief overview from www.progeneologists.com reads:
Marriage Tax (with Index) 1720-1863 (FHL film 0048119-0048124). Each couple had to pay a marriage tax. If you know the groom's name and approximately when he was married, using this source will be faster than searching each parish separately. The marriage tax record will identify which church and when the couple was married. It includes an index as well as the original record (#0048119 index 1735-1800; #0048120 index 1801-1858; #0048121 index 1851-1863; #0048122 list 1720-1724, 1735-1783; #0048123 list 1784-1843; #0048124 list 1843-1863). 

I was looking for a Søren Olsen in København who married sometime between 1825 and 1840.  I went first to the index for the years 1828-1843.
(FHL# 48120 1828-1843 Register p. 234)

We find 4 Søren Olsens on pages 15,73,177 and 346.  (Note:  The Søren Olsen I am looking for does not have a middle name so I am not looking at the one on page 171.)
(FHL#48123 Kopulations Pengeprotokol 1828-1843 p. 15)


The third from the bottom is Søren Olsen.  The date is 23 Mar. 1829 the parish is Trinitatis.
(FHL#48123 Kopulations Pengeprotokol 1828-1843 p. 73)


On 2 Dec. 1830 we find Søren Olsen in the Garnisons parish.
(FHL#48123 Kopulations Pengeprotokol 1828-1843 p. 177)


On 26 Oct. 1834 we find Søren Olsen in [Vor] Fresler.
(FHL#48123 Kopulations Pengeprotokol 1828-1843 p. 346)


On 15 Mar. 1842 we find the last Søren Olsen in the Trinitatis parish.


The next step is to go to the actual parish registers and review the information they contain.  I am using www.arkivalieronline.dk to look at the church records.


In the 1813-1841 Trinitatis marriages (image 354) we see the following:
He is marrying Kirsten Clausdatter.


In the 1826-1847 Garnisons parish records (image 87) we see the following:
He is marrying Elisabeth Katrine Wolfarhl


In the 1813-1835 Vor Fresler marriages (image 286) we see the following:
He is marrying Inger Larsdatter.


And finally in the 1842-1857 Trinitatis marriages (image 4) we see:
He is marrying Sidse Olsen (born Christiansdatter).


I reviewed the set of records before these but there was no one named Søren Olsen listed.