Bindslev Parish, Hjørring, Denmark Genealogy

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

Church Records
Kaj Ahlburg has transcribed Bindslev's parish records from their beginning in 1688 until 1808 and can be accessed by clicking here. Ahlburg has done extensive research on many of the people in this parish. To see it click here.

Tax Records

 * 1 July 1683: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1688: A national land survey exists and can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1 January 1696: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1 July 1696: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1 January 1697: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking here.


 * 1 July 1697: A consumption, family, & domestic servant tax exists and can be accessed by clicking here.

Place Names
Andekrog,

Bakkegaarden, Bakken, Barkholt, Bavnhøj, Biledhede, Bindslev, Bindslev Elværk, Bindslev Hede, Birket, Bjergegaard, Bjerget, Bjørnbæk, Bragholt, Brogaard, Bækken,

Damgaard, Dyssebakke,

Ejaas,

Folsted,

Gammelgaard, Glarkrog, Glasbjerg, Godthaab,

Hedegaard, Hedelund, Hedevig, Hellebjerg, Hellebjerg Hede, Helledi, Hesselbæk, Himmerig, Holt, Holtegaard, Holtet, Højgaard,

Jensminde,

Kastet, Kristiansminde,

Langløkken, Ledet, Lille Barkholt, Lille Bjergegaard, Lille Bragholt, Lillebæk, Lille Ejaas, Lillelund, Løkkegaard,

Mogensbæk, Møllegaard,

Nedergaard, Ny Barkholt, Nørager, Nørgaard, Nørmark, Nørre Bindslev, Nørre Bindslev Hede, Nørre Bragholt, Nørre Ejaas,

Ravheden, Rødsig, Røgild, Rønholt,

Sandagergaard, Sellebjerg, Skovdal, Skoven, Skovli, Skrubbeltrang, Stenager, Stensbæk, Store Bragholt, Sønder Bindslev, Sønder Bindslev Hede, Sønder Ejaas, Sønder Stokholm, Søndergaard, Søttrup,

Terkels Høj, Tingmark, Toftegaard, Tronsmark, Trynbakker, Trynskov, Trynaa, Tversted Aa,

Vajhøj, Vangen, Vangen Bæk, Vangsgaard, Vejen, Vester Hesselbæk, Vester Tronsmark, Vestermark, Vorholt,

Øster Bindslev Hede, Øster Ejaas, Øster Hesselbæk, Øster Skrubbeltrang, Østergaard,

Aagaarde, Aagaard Hede, Aasen, Aasholm, Aaskov

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


 * Surrounding Parishes

Hjørring amt: Mosbjerg, Mygdal, Sindal, Tværsted, Uggerby

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. Denmark surnames are patronymic and change every generation, so carefully study Denmark Names, Personal.


 * Help Reading Old Handwriting: 


 * FamilySearch offers free online lessons about reading old Danish 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!
 * , index and images.
 * Records for Horns-Vennebjaerg Herred [FHL film 049046] have been transcribed at:www.aurelia-clemons.dk/hrn-vnbx.htm. These probates contain some families from Bindslev.

Related Sources
Denmark Online Genealogy Records Ask the Community

Family History Library Records
Click Denmark, Hjørring 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, Hjørring" and then select your parish.