Bodilsker Parish, Bornholm, Denmark Genealogy

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

History
(Write information such as: how old the parish is, interesting facts about the parish, what alternate names it has, or any boundary changes.)

Place Names
These place names of farms, villages, and any jurisdictions smaller than a parish can be very important. First, records for a parish are frequently organized by farm name. Second, they help to identify people within the parish with the similar patronymic names. They might take the farm name as a surname. Or noting which farm they are born or married or had children at can help sort them out.

Anhøj, Aspesbakken, Balka, Balka Strand, Bodilsker, Bodilsker Højlyng, Bodilsker Plantage, Bodilsker station, Bodilskirke, Brandsgaard, Brandskovhuse, Buddegaard, Døvredal, Døvregde, Døvregaard, Egesgaard, Engegaard, Fløjgærde, Fælled, Gadeby, Gadegaard, Gryet, Hallegaard, Hunderynke, Hundsemyre, Julsgaarde, Kannikegaard, Kannikegærdet, Kattesletsgard, Kirkebo, Klippedam, Krusegaard, Kyllingegaard, Kølleregaard, Langedeby, Lille Kirkebo, Pilegaard, Pilemølle, Povlsker Plantage, Pæregaard, Sankt Bodils Kirke, Skimlen, Skovgaard, Skrivergaden, Sladdermark, Slamre, Slamrebjerg, Slamregaard, Slamrehuse, Stenseby, Store Kannikegaard, Store Kirkebo, Store Krusegaard, Store Pilegaard, Tornegaard,

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


 * Surrounding Parishes

Bornholm County: Ibsker, Neksø, Pedersker, Povlsker, Østermarie, Åker, Åkirkeby

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.


 * 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 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
 * 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.

Related Sources

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