Struer City Parish, Ringkøbing, Denmark Genealogy

Struer City Sogn or Kirke began construction in 1891. Church records begin in 1894 for Struer Kirke. Before the Struer/Gimsing 1894 Sogn division you will find Sogn records for Struer in Gimsing Sogn. Gimsing Kirke was built in the period 1157-1241. Ringkøbing, Hjerm, Gimsing Sogn records begin in 1689 for Birth, Marriage and Death records.

History
Struer Municipality is a municipality in Mid Jutland Region on the Jutland Peninsula in west Denmark and the municipality includes the island of Venø. The main town and site of its municipal council is the city of Struer. On January 1, 2007 Struer municipality was, as the result of The Municipal Reform of 2007, merged with existing Thyholm municipality to form an enlarged Struer municipality. 

Place Names:
Struer, Struer Købstad

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


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Click Denmark, Ringkøbing 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, Ringkøbing" and then select your parish.