Tillitse Parish, Maribo, Denmark Genealogy

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



History
In the Tillitse parish churchyard stands a runic stone known as the "Tillitse Stone." The stone was carved around 1050 AD. It was originally built into the wall with only part of it visible but at Peder Goth Thorsen's request c.1863 it was taken out and placed in the cemetery. The stone has been written on twice. The first engraving reads as follows:

Ǣskæll Sūlka sun lēt rēsa stēn þænna æft sialfan sik. Ē mun standa, með stēnn lifiR, vitrind (vitring) sū, eR vann Ǣskæll. Kristr hialpi siōl hans ok santa Mikael.

''Eskil Sulkesøn erected this stone after himself. This memorial that Eskil made will always stand while the stone lives. May Christ and Saint Michael help his soul.''

The second inscription reads:

Tōki rīsti rūnaR æftiR [Þ]ōru, stiūpmōður sīna, konu gōða.

Toke ristede runerne efter sin stedmoder Thora, en god kvinde.

Place Names
Birkelundgaard, Budtoftegaard, Dannevanggaard, Dyrehaven, Egebølle, Egehøj, Egelundgaard, Egelundshave, Gammelby, Gammelbygaard, Holgershaab, Hollenderiet, Hundevænget Huse, Karlsfeldgaard, Kildegaard, Klynge, Kløngegaard, Laadnehøigaard, Lempehusene nr.2, Lempehusene nr.4, Lille Klyngegaard, Lille Raagerskou, Lille Rudbjerg, Lindegaard, Lykkeseje, Maglehøj, Maglehøj Strand, Maibølle, Majbølle Fæland, Majbøllegaard, Mensalgaarden, Munkeby, Munkeby Fæland, Munkeby Vesterskov, Munkehøjgaard, Neergaardsminde, Nygaards Huse, Nørre Egebølle, Pilegaard, Raagerskougaard, Raageskov, Revitse, Rosenbjerg, Rosenvang, Rudbjerg, Rudbjerggaard, Ruttenstad, Skjoldbankegaard, Solvanggaard, Spidsby, Stendyssegaard, Stødby, Stødbygaard, Svanegaard, Sølbjerg, Sølbjerggaard, Sølbjerghøi, Sønder Egebølle, Sønderskov, Tillitse, Tillitsegaard-A, Tillitsegaard-B, Tornevitzehave, Truidshave, Vesterskovgaard, Vindeholmegaard , Østerskovgaard

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


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Maribo amt: Arninge, Dannemare, Græshave, Kappel, Vestenskov

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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.