Nørre Alslev Parish, Maribo, Denmark Genealogy

Guide to Nørre Alslev, Maribo, Denmark ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History
Nørre Alslev is a town on the northern end of the island of Falster in south Denmark and it belongs to Guldborgsund municipality in Region Sjælland. Until January 1, 2007 Nørre Alslev was also a municipality in the former Storstrøm County but ceased to exist as the result of The Municipality Reform of 2007 when it was merged with Nykøbing Falster, Nysted, Sakskøbing, Stubbekøbing, and Sydfalster municipalities to form the new Guldborgsund municipality. Two bridges connect the former municipality, and the rest of Falster, to Zealand. The Storstrøm Bridge connects the former municipality from near the town of Orehoved to Masnedø, an island in Storstrømmen, and the Masnedsund Bridge continues from there to the town of Vordingborg. 

Place Names
Alslev Skov, Bondens Nakke, Bøstrup By, Bøstrup Mark, Havnsø Nakke, Holgershaab, Neble, Nørre Alslev, Orehøj, Ravnse, Ravnse Høje, Ravnse Skov, Rødeled, Skerris, Skjoldemose, Skovsodde Gaard

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


 * Surrounding Parishes

Maribo amt: Gundslev, Nørre Kirkeby, Nørre Vedby

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, 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
 * 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, Maribo 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, Maribo" and then select your parish.