Tversted Parish, Hjørring, Denmark Genealogy

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

History
Tversted parish also contained Sørig parish until Sørig became its own independent parish in 2010.

Church Records
Hanne Vinter Henriksen has abstracted the parish records from 1688 until 1814. These can be accessed by clicking here.

Place Names
Altona

Bangsager, Barkholt Plantage, Bjerget, Blødegrøft

Degnbjerg, Diget, Donnerbjerg

Elkær Huse, Elkær Mark, Elkær Mose, Elkær Mølle, Ellebakke

Flodbæk, Fællesmose

Gammel Vaagholt, Gammelgaard, Gaardbo Sø, Gøgsig, Gøgsig Mark

Havegaard, Havehuset, Havgaard, Hedehave, Horsnab, Hvarrebakke, Hvarrerende, Hytten, Høngaard

Kirkeby, Klitstuen, Klitten, Kærholt

Lille Gøgsig, Lille Skovlund, Lille Tuen, Lille Vaagholt, Lynggaard, Lærkegaarden

Mellemklit, Mellemrimmer, Mosegaard, Moserende, Maagen, Mølbak

Nygaard, Nykær, Nørre Elkær, Nørre Horsnab, Nørre Tversted

Pindbakke, Porsdal

Ravklit, Rimmerne

Signesminde, Skovgaard, Skovlund, Skram, Slottet, Slynge, Sovkrog Bæk, Store Gøgsig, Storgaard, Søndenaaen, Søndermarke, Sørig, Sørig Enge, Sørig Enggaard, Sørig Mose

Tannisbo, Tannisby, Tannishus Fiskerleje, Terpet, Terpet Hede, Terpet Møllegaard, Terpetgaard, Toftegaard, Tranegaarden, Trynmose, Trynmosegaard, Trynaa, Tuen, Tuengaard, Tversted, Tversted Søer, Tversted Aa, Tversted Rimmer, Taagaard

Vadet, Varimgaard, Vejgaard, Vester Tversted, Vesterklit, Vibeslette, Volhøj, Vaagholt

Ødegaard, Østenkær, Østenkærgaard, Øster Tversted, Østerklit, Østerskov

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


 * Surrounding Parishes

Hjørring amt: Bindslev, Mosbjerg, Råbjerg, Uggerby

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.


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 * FamilySearch offers free online lessons about reading old Danish handwriting:, , and
 * Gothic Script and examples (Danish)
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 * 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, Hjørring 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, Hjørring" and then select your parish.