Quars Parish, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia, German Empire Genealogy

Quars, Apenrade, Schleswig-Holstein, Preussen, Germany, became Kværs, Aabenraa, Denmark (1920-1970).

History
In 1970, the counties of Haderslev, Tønder, Sønderborg, and Aabenraa became known as Sønderjylland County.

In 2007, Denmark's counties (amter) were abolished and replaced with five larger regions. Sønderjylland County (which was divided into the municipalities [kommuner] of Haderslev, Tønder, Sønderborg, and Aabenraa) together with other counties became collectively known as Region Syddanmark (the Region of Southern Denmark).

Place Names
A great gazetteer to begin with is Meyer's Gazetteer. For more information, see the entry for Quars.

Another online gazetteer to check is the Historic Gazetteer from CompGen.

Locations within Quars
Aventoft, Bakkely, Borsbøl, Bronnholm/Brænholm, Bredballe, Dalgaard, Egeskov, Enghavegaard, Enghøj, Engschau/Engskov, Eskær, Eskærgaard, Freienfeld/Engskov, Frydendal, Grødebjerg, Hedegaard, Holdamm/Holdam, Højvang, Jordbro, Katgav/Katgab, Kobbelbjerg, Kockau/Kokhave, Kragebjerg, Quars/Kværs, Quarsballig/Kværs Balle, Quarsheide/Kværshede, Kværshedegaard, Quarslück/Kværsløkke, Kværs Østermark, Ladegaard, Langelo, Laygaardholz, Lille Kværsballe, Limbæk, Lindegaard, Ludvigsro, Mehlschau/Melskov, Petersholm/Petersholm, Præstegaarden, Pugholm/Pugholm, Pugholm Mølle, Rinkenæs Skov, Rusdorn/Rostorn, Snurom, Stokbro, Store Søgaard, Søgaardshede, Kværsballe, Tidselholt, Tvingholm, Tørsbøl, Tørsbøl Møllegaard, Vellingebjerg, Vestergaard, Vorbjerg, Osterfeld/Østermark

Surrounding parishes
Holebüll, Apenrade Klipleff, Apenrade Feldstedt, Apenrade Atzbüll-Gravenstein, Apenrade Rinkenis, Apenrade

Church Records
Rinkenis had its own Protestant parish. The following website(s) have digitized church records for the parish of Rinkenis:

Arkivalieronline
More recent records may be restricted.
 * Arkivalieronline (on the Danish National Archives website), which is free to use. The church records on Arkivalieronline contain no digital indexes. Type Aabenraa into the "Amt" search box and select Aabenraa-Sønderborg Amt. Then type kv (the first part of the Danish placename) into the "Arkiv" search box and select Kværs Sogn. Click on a book to browse the digital images. Beginning with step number 5, see the "Arkivalieronline: Church Records" Instruction guide to learn how to browse church books on Arkivalieronline.

Indexed church records of Quars parish may be found at:

FamilySearch

 * Kirkebøger, 1688-1914, which contains a mixture of indexed and non-indexed records

Browsable church records of Quars parish may be found on FamilySearch; see the table below.

Civil Registration
Quars had its own civil registration office. Civil registration for Quars began on 1 October 1874.

For Quars civil registration records, see the Catalog (browsable, but not indexed records).

Browsable civil birth, marriage, and death records of Quars parish may be found on FamilySearch; see the table below.

Census Records
Denmark conducted several censuses in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. For more information about these censuses, see the articles Denmark Census and Schleswig-Holstein Census.

The following censuses were taken for Quars:
 * 1803
 * 1835
 * 1840
 * 1845
 * 1855
 * 1860
 * 1921
 * 1925
 * 1930
 * 1940

The following website(s) have digitized census records for the parish of Rinkenis; note that not all of the websites below have records from all the censuses of Rinkenis:
 * Danish Family Search
 * FamilySearch
 * MyHeritage
 * Ancestry
 * Danish Demographic Database (index only)

Town Genealogy (OFB or Ortsfamilienbuch)
There is no known town genealogy for the parish of Quars. For more information about compiled genealogies, see the article Germany Town Genealogies and Parish Register Inventories on the Internet.

Family Genealogy
The following genealogy for families in Quars are available in the FamilySearch Library and/or on FamilySearch:


 * Familien Petersen fra Aventoft: optegnelser om slægten
 * Translated title (English): The Petersen Family from Aventoft: Documents about the Family
 * Description (English): The Petersen family of Aventoft, Kværs, Åbenrå, Denmark. Descendants of Asmus Petersen (1742-1826) and Maria Margaretha Martini (1750- 1805).
 * Film number: 962124, Item 3
 * DGS number: 7943207
 * Linked image numbers: 380-405
 * Call number: 929.2489 A1 no. 181
 * Off-site book; order a copy to the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Probate and Guardianship Records
Browsable probate and guardianship records of Quars parish may be found on FamilySearch; see the table below.

The overformynderiprotokoller (guardianship records) contain guardian supervision records and auction records (for 1798-1805) of Ladegård estate, Kværs parish, Åbenrå county, Denmark. An index for 1818-1866 is included.

The skifteprotokoller (probate records) contain wills and administrations of Ladegård estate, Åbenrå county, Denmark.

Related Sources
Quars became a part of the collective municipality (kommune) of Sønderborg in 2007. The current municipality's website (in Danish) can be found here.

Societies and Libraries
For a list of Schleswig-Holstein archives, see Schleswig-Holstein Archives and Libraries.

For a list of Schleswig-Holstein societies, see Schleswig-Holstein Societies.