Nylarsker Parish, Bornholm, Denmark Genealogy

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History
Nylars is a village in the southwest of the Danish island of Bornholm, west of Rønne and east of Aakirkeby. The village developed at the beginning of the 20th century as a result of the railway line from Rønne to Nexø. It is located between the railway to the north and the main road from Rønne to Aarkirkeby to the south. 

Place Names
Arnager, Arnager Bugt, Arnager Pynt, Arnagerbro, Baasegaard, Bavnodde, Blemmegaard, Blemmelyng, Bornholms Lufthavn, Brunsgaard, Engegaarde, Horsemyre Odde, Hovedgaard, Hvide Mæhrn, Hyldebrandsgaard, Højbratter, Imminggaard, Klintegrund, Korsodde, Kølleregaard, Langensgaard, Lobbæk, Myregaard, Myremølle, Nylars, Nylarsker, Nylarskirke, Paa Kirkens Jorder, Paa Klint, Rønne lufthavn, Sellesborg, Sengedynen, Skidteper, Spagergaard, Stampen, Storegab, Strandbygaard, Uglegade, Vellensbygaard, Vestergaard,

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


 * Surrounding Parishes

Bornholm County: Knudsker, Rønne, Vestermarie, 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: Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records Lesson 1: Scandinavian Gothic Letters,, 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
 * 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.

Family History Library Records
Click Denmark, Bornholm 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. Click on "Places within Denmark, Bornholm" and then select your parish.