Jetsmark Parish, Hjørring, Denmark Genealogy

Denmark

Hjørring County

Jetsmark

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

History

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Jetsmark Parish
Jurisdictions
Stift (diocese)	Aalborg Stift
Pastorat (chapelry)	Jetsmark Pastorat
Amt (county) 1662 - 1793	Aalborghus
Amt (county) 1794 - 1970	Hjørring
Herred (district)	Hvetbo
Kommune (municipality)	Add here
1788 – 1793 Lægd number	25
1794 – 1869 Lægd number	64
1870 – Udskrivningskred /Lægd number	5/529
Gods (estate)	Birkelse og Rævkjærgård godser; Børglumkloster gods; Rødslet gods; Kettrupgård gods; Langholt gods; Bjørnkær gods; Lundergård gods;

Place Names

Albæk,

Bedholm, Bisgaard, Bleggrav, Brandsager, Brogaard, Brogaardsmark, Bundgaarde, Bundgaardsmark, Bundgaards Kær,

Dalsager, Duedal, Dyreng,

Enggaard, Engholt,

Fredenslund, Fruensgaard,

Gammelgaard, Gammel Toftegaard, Gravergaarde, Graverhave, Grindsted Aa,

Hedegaarde, Hedegaards Høj, Helledesø, Holmsgaard, Hune Bæk, Høkerim, Hønsholm, Hønsholm Kær, Hønsholm Mark,

Jetsmark,

Kalsensgaard, Kalsensgaard Kær, Klarborg, Klostergaard, Koldmose, Koldmose Plantage, Kongesbak, Krogsgaard, Kvorup, Kvorup Kær, Kvorup Mark, Kvorupgaard, Kaas, Kaasbakke, Kaas Hede, Kaas Kær, Kaas Mark, Kaasgaard, Kaasholm, Kaasholm Avlsgaard, Kædegaard,

Lille Pandrup, Lundbak, Lundergaard, Lundergaard Mark, Lundergaard Mose,

Margreteshøj, Mejlholm, Mergelsbæk, Moseby, Moselund, Møllegaard,

Ny Toftegaard, Nygaard,

Panderup, Pandrup Kær, Pandrup Mark, Pandrup Mølle, Pandrupholm, Pilgaard, Præstens Mark, Purkær, Putgrave,

Ringelsmose, Ringelsmosegaard, Risager, Risagergaarde, Rødehede, Rødesig,

Sandels Bjerg, Sandelshus, Sandmosen, Sigsgaard, Sigsgaardsmark, Skadebak, Skadebakgaard, Skadeland, Skiverhus, Skovly, Skødsholm, Svinget, Søholm, Søkær, Sønder Hedegaard, Sønderby, Sønderby Mark, Søndervang,

Teglværkshus, Tranekær, Troldesig, Trøjborg, Trøjborgkær, Tvilstedgaard, Tyhulsgrøft,

Udholm, Udholm Mose,

Vester Hedegaard, Vester Pilgaard, Vester Tranekær, Vester Trøjborg, Vestergaard, Voldkær, Voldkærgaard,

Øksenbæk, Østergaard, Øster Hedegaard, Øster Skadbak, Øster Tranekær

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

• Surrounding Parishes

Aalborg amt: Åby

Hjørring amt: Hune, Saltum, Tranum, Vedsted

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 Genealogical Word List covers typical terms found in the records. Denmark Feast Day Calendars 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.

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!
  • Denmark, Probate Indexes, 1674-1851, index and images.

Related Sources

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Family History Library Records

Click Denmark, Hjørring Records for a full listing of records at the Family History Librarythat 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, Hjørring" and then select your parish.

References

- Krabsen & Medici. "Krabsens Stednavnebase." <http://www.krabsen.dk/stednavnebase/>, Dec 2011.

- Trap, J. P., ed. Kongeriget Danmark, 4th ed. Vol. 5, Hjørring, Thisted, Aalborg, Viborg og Randers Amter. København: G. E. C. Gads Forlag, 1901.