Uummannaq Parish, Greenland Genealogy

Background

 * Uummannaq is a town in the Avannaata municipality, in central-western Greenland.
 * With 1,407 inhabitants in 2020, it is the eighth-largest town in Greenland.
 * Founded in 1763 as Omenak, the town is a hunting and fishing base, with a canning factory and a marble quarry.
 * Uummannaq is located 590 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle on Uummannaq Island located in the south-central arm of the Uummannaq Fjord.
 * Uummannaq is also the general name given to the series of inlets north of the promontory at Niaqornat on the Nuussuaq Peninsula.

Place Names
Farm names or small village names within this parish include these place names and variations:

Census Records

 * 1834-1870 Greenland, Denmark, Censuses, 1834-1870 (in Danish) at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1834-1921 Greenland Censuses, 1834-1921 (in Danish) - incomplete indexes
 * Dansk Demografisk Database - incomplete indexes

Church Records

 * 1817-1858 Uummannaq Church Books - at Greenland National Archives Kirkebóger, images only, complete.
 * 1817-1921 Church records in Uummannaq (Umanak) parish - at Danish Family Search, index and images, incomplete.
 * 1819-1849 Greenland Kirkebøger, 1752-1861 at FamilySearch Catalog - index and images.Includes born and baptized, confirmed, married, dead and buried and communions for most parishes. Umanak 1819-1849 vol. 2

Church Location and Contact Information
Uummannaq præstegæld Postboks 29 3961 Uummannaq Greenland Telephone: (+299) 951230 Telefax: (+299) 951616 E-mail: uummannaq@ilagiit.gl Website

Reading the Records
Because the Faroe Islands were under the jurisdiction of Denmark, many research resources relating to Denmark will be helpful in using Faroe Islands records.
 * 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: 


 * Scandinavian Handwriting
 * Scandinavian Handwriting, part 3 - No part 2 available
 * Gothic Script and examples (Danish)
 * Gothic script help links (Danish)


 * Knowing What to Look for Next:


 * To understand the best research strategies for these records, see Denmark Church Records Christenings Guide.