Bodilsker Parish, Bornholm, Denmark Genealogy

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



History
St Bodil's Church (Danish: Sankt Bodil Kirke) is a parish church dating from the 13th century located 4 km west of Nexøon the Danish island of Bornholm. Built around 1200, the church was dedicated to the English saint Botwulf of Thorney, but by 1530 it had mistakenly become known by the woman's name "Bodil" although there has never been a Saint Bodil.

Place Names
These place names of farms, villages, and any jurisdictions smaller than a parish can be very important. First, records for a parish are frequently organized by farm name. Second, farm names help to identify people within the parish with similar patronymic names. They might take the farm name as a surname. Noting which farm they are born or married or had children at can help sort them out.

Anhøj, Aspesbakken, Balka, Balka Strand, Bodilsker, Bodilsker Højlyng, Bodilsker Plantage, Bodilsker station, Bodilskirke, Brandsgaard, Brandskovhuse, Buddegaard, Døvredal, Døvregde, Døvregaard, Egesgaard, Engegaard, Fløjgærde, Fælled, Gadeby, Gadegaard, Gryet, Hallegaard, Hunderynke, Hundsemyre, Julsgaarde, Kannikegaard, Kannikegærdet, Kattesletsgard, Kirkebo, Klippedam, Krusegaard, Kyllingegaard, Kølleregaard, Langedeby, Lille Kirkebo, Pilegaard, Pilemølle, Povlsker Plantage, Pæregaard, Sankt Bodils Kirke, Skimlen, Skovgaard, Skrivergaden, Sladdermark, Slamre, Slamrebjerg, Slamregaard, Slamrehuse, Stenseby, Store Kannikegaard, Store Kirkebo, Store Krusegaard, Store Pilegaard, Tornegaard,

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


 * Surrounding Parishes

Bornholm County: Ibsker, Neksø, Pedersker, Povlsker, Østermarie, Åker, Åkirkeby

Birth, Marriage, and Death Online Records

 * Free Online Database: 


 * 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:
 * Scandinavian Handwriting
 * Scandinavian Handwriting, part 3 - no part 2 available
 * 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, Bornholm, Bodilsker Recordsfor 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.