Bornholm County, Denmark Genealogy
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Guide to Bornholm ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
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History[edit | edit source]
Some scholars believe that the Burgundians are named after Bornholm; the Burgundians were Germanic people who moved west when the Western Roman Empire collapsed and they occupied Burgundy in France.
Swedish forces conquered the island in 1645, but returned the island to Denmark in the following peace settlement. After the war in 1658, Denmark ceded the island to Sweden under the Treaty of Roskilde.
Bornholm, as a part of Denmark, was captured by Germany on 10 April 1940, and served as a lookout post and listening station during the war, as it was a part of the Eastern Front.
During the Soviet bombing of the two main towns on the 7th and 8th of May, Danish radio was not allowed to broadcast the news because it was thought it would spoil the liberation festivities in Denmark.
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How to Find Birth, Marriage, and Death Information[edit | edit source]
Instructions for finding records are found on the individual parish pages, linked to the clickable map and parish list below. .
Districts[edit | edit source]
- Nørre Herred
- Sønder Herred
- Vester Herred
- Øster Herred
Parishes[edit | edit source]
Click here for a color-blind friendly version of this map.
The map below is based on 1880 county/parish boundaries.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
- kirkebog.dk - Bornholm church records index before 1814
- 1484-1941 - Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941 at FamilySearch — index and images
Estates[edit | edit source]
- Bornholms Amtstuedistrikts gods
Census Records[edit | edit source]
- 1834 - Denmark Census, 1834 at FamilySearch - images
- 1835 - Denmark Census, 1835 at FamilySearch - index and images.
- 1840 - Denmark Census, 1840 at FamilySearch - index and images
- 1845 - Denmark Census, 1845 at FamilySearch - index and images.
- 1850 - Denmark Census, 1850 at FamilySearch - index and images.
- 1855 - Denmark Census, 1855 at FamilySearch - index and images.
- 1860 - Denmark Census, 1860 at FamilySearch - index and images
- 1870 - Denmark Census, 1870 at FamilySearch - index and images
- 1880 - Denmark Census, 1880 at FamilySearch - index and images
- 1890 - Denmark Census, 1890 at FamilySearch - index and images
- 1901 - Denmark Census, 1901 at FamilySearch - index and images
- 1906 - Denmark Census, 1906 at FamilySearch - index and images
- 1911 - Denmark Census, 1911 at FamilySearch - index and images.
- 1916 - Denmark Census, 1916 at FamilySearch - index and images.
- 1921 - Denmark Census, 1921 at FamilySearch - index and images
- 1925 - Denmark Census, 1925 at FamilySearch - index and images.
- 1930 - Denmark Census, 1930 at FamilySearch - index and images.
Military[edit | edit source]
- 1789 - 1792 - Denmark, Military Conscription Rolls, 1789-1792 at FamilySearch — index and images
Probates[edit | edit source]
- 1674 - 1851 - Denmark, Probate Indexes, 1674-1851 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1845 - Bornholmske Skifter føre 1845 - probate transcriptions from 1761-1845
Court[edit | edit source]
This table lists records available from one or more courts (birk) in the county. The description in the Protokol column is from the FamilySearch Library Catalog note, and may not always be the same as the description given by the National Archives of Denmark. At present these films have not been digitized by FamilySearch, but many are available through the National Archive's ArkivalierOnline site. Links in the Rigsarkivet column will open a new window where you can view the images. The link in the Daisy column will open a new window where you can see the National Archives's holdings for the court.
Hammershus birk was also known as Sandvig og Allinge Birker.
Amt | Sogn / Herred | Birk | Protokol | År | Film | Rigsarkivet | Daisy |
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Bornholm | Hammershus | Tingbog | 1688-1715 | 314754 | Tingbog og justitsprotokol, 1688-1853 | Holdings | |
Bornholm | Hammershus | Tingbog | 1715-1742 | 314755 | |||
Bornholm | Hammershus | Tingbog | 1742-1751 | 314756 | |||
Bornholm | Hammershus | Tingbog | 1751-1771 | 314757 | |||
Bornholm | Hammershus | Tingbog | 1771-1783 | 314758 | |||
Bornholm | Hammershus | Tingbog | 1784-1822 | 314759 | |||
Bornholm | Hammershus | Tingbog | 1844-1853 | 314760 |
Archives, Societies, and Libraries[edit | edit source]
Bornholms Ø-Arkiv
Address:
Pingels Alle 1
3700 Rønne
Bornholm, Denmark
Telephone: +45 56 92 10 11
Email: arkiv@brk.dk
Website
For more archives and museums, etc. see bornholmerneshistorie.dk
Bornholm Research Tools[edit | edit source]
- bornholmere.dk - online index of vital dates, 1795-1940 (database completeness is unknown)
- BSLF (Bornholm Genealogy and Local History Society) - contains information on parishes, herreds, and word list
- Bornholm Stamtavle - index of Bornholm names with 62,000+ members of a family tree from the island