Aså-Melholt Parish, Hjørring, Denmark Genealogy

Europe Denmark Hjørring County Aså-Melholt

Guide to Aså-Melholt, Hjørring, Denmark ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History
(Write information such as: how old the parish is, interesting facts about the parish, what alternate names it has, or any boundary changes.)

Place Names
Agerbæk, Agersborg, Arildsminde, Asaa, Asaa Enge, Asaagaard, Asaa Hede, Asaa-Melholt, Asaa Udflyttere

Bakkegaard, Baksminde, Batteriet, Bi-lidt, Birkelund, Bjørnstrup, Bolleskov, Bovet, Bøgelund

Carlsminde

Damhuse, Dammen, Diget, Doktorgaarden, Donnerbæk

Emilsminde, Enggaard, Englund

Fjeldgaard, Frydenstrand, Fuglsang

Gammel Agerbæk, Gammelsbæk, Gammelsbækgaard, Geraa, Geraa Enge, Geraa Rimmer, Giliamshave, Grønbak, Grønbak Bæk

Hansminde, Hasselgaard, Hedegaard, Hegnsgaard, Hjørnelund, Holtet, Højbo, Højsted, Hønborgbro

Jørgensminde

Karensbo, Kibsgaarde, Kibsgaards Hede, Kibsgaard Mose, Kirkebakke, Kjellingbrogaard, Kjærsgaard, Klemmen, Kovshede, Kovsholt, Kovsholt Bæk, Krogen, Kærvang

Langbakslund, Langbaksminde, Laustgaard, Lille Bjørnstrup, Lille Bovet, Lille Hedegaard, Lille Klitgaard, Lille Kokkenborg, Lille Kovsholt, Lille Langheden, Lundgaard, Lykkenshede, Lykkensprøve

Melholt, Melholt Enge, Melholtgaard Skov, Melholt Plantage, Melholt Rimmer, Melholt Skov, Melholtsgaarde, Melholtsgaardsmark, Mellemgaard, Mellemkær, Møllebæk, Møllegaard, Mørkholt

Nedergaard, Nielsminde, Ny Milholt, Nygaard, Nymark, Nørgaard, Nørkær, Nørre Melholt, Nørre Skotland

Peterslund, Poulsgaard

Rimmen, Risgaard

Skelgaard, Skellet, Skellets Mark, Skelsminde, Skotland, Skovengen, Skovgaard, Skovlund, Smalby, Snørholt, Solholt Hede, Solvang, Steinsminde, Store Bjørnstrup, Store Bovet, Store Kovsholt, Store Langheden, Store Aakær, Strandgaard, Søndergaard, Sønderkær, Søndermarken, Sønder Melholt, Sønder Skotland, Sønder Søraa, Sønder Aakær, Søraa

Teglgaard, Truesbak

Vandaa, Vester Heden, Vester Melholt, Vester Aakær, Vestergaard

Ørsø Møllegaard, Øster Melholt, Øster Søndergaard, Østergaard

Aabo, Aakær, Aalykke

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


 * Surrounding Parishes

Aalborg amt: Hals, Ulsted

Hjørring amt: Albæk, Dronninglund, Voer Ulsted Parish

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: Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records Lesson 1: Scandinavian Gothic Letters, Lesson 2: Names, Words, and Dates, and Lesson 3: Handwritten Records


 * 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
 * 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.

Family History Library Records
Click Denmark, Hjørring Records for a full listing of records at the Family History Library, that may be viewed on loan at a Family History Center near you. Click on "Places within Denmark, Hjørring" and then select your parish.