Thisted County, Denmark Genealogy

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Thisted County

Guide to Thisted ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History

Thisted County is a former province in Denmark, located on the north-westernmost part of the country It encompassed the westernmost part of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy. It was dissolved in 1970 when the bulk of it was merged into Viborg County while other regions joined the counties of Ringkjøbing and North Jutland. [1]

Archives, Societies, and Libraries

Many records from places in Thisted County are held by the Danish State Archives in Viborg. Records are also available from the State Archives' website ArkivalierOnline.

Census Records

• 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.

Districts

• Hassing Herred
• Hillerslev Herred
• Hundborg Herred
• Morsø Nørre Herred
• Refs Herred
• Vester Han herred

How to Find Birth, Marriage, and Death Information

Instructions for finding records are found on the individual parish pages, linked to the clickable map and parish list below. .

Parishes

Map of parishes

Agger Alsted Arup Bested Bjergby Blistrup Bodum Dragstrup Ejerslev Elsø Erslev Flade Frøslev Galtrup Gettrup Grurup Gøttrup Hansted Harring Hassing Helligsø Heltborg Hillerslev Hjardemål Hjortdal

Hundborg Hunstrup Hurup Hvidbjerg (Hassing herred) Hvidbjerg (Morsø Sønder herred) Hvidbjerg (Refs herred) Hørdum Hørsted Jannerup Jegindø Jørsby Kallerup Karby Kettrup Klim Klitmøller Kollerup Kåstrup Lild Lodbjerg Lyngs Lødderup Lørslev Mollerup Nors

Nykøbing Mors City Nørhå Odby Ovtrup Rakkeby Rested Ræer Sejerslev Sennels Sjørring Skallerup Skinnerup Skjoldborg Skyum Snedsted Solbjerg Stagstrup Sundby Søndbjerg Sønder Dråby Sønderhå Thisted City Thisted landsogn Tilsted Torsted

Torup Tved Tæbring Tødsø Tømmerby Vang Vejerslev Vesløs Vester Assels Vester Torup Vester Vandet Vestervig Vigsø Villerslev Visby Vorupør Vust Ydby Ørding Ørum Øsløs Øster Assels Øster Jølby Øster Vandet Østerild

Church Records

• 1484-1941 - Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941 at FamilySearch — index and images

Military

• 1789-1792 - Denmark, Military Conscription Rolls, 1789-1792 at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate Records

• 1674-1851 - Denmark, Probate Indexes, 1674-1851 at FamilySearch — index and images

Estates

Abildgård Blidstrup Boddum Bisgård Boddum Borggård Chr. Christensens gods Chr. Pedersen Grønholts gods Chr. Sørensens gods Christen Knudsens gods Christen Thøgersens gods Claus Caspergårds gods Damsgård Danmark. Rentekammeret Diernæs Dueholm Faddersbøl

Frøslevgård Glomstrup Helligkildegård Henrik Reimersens gods Hindsel Hjordal Pastorat Hundborg præstegods Højris Inger Jensdatters gods Irup Jens Jensen Kærsgårds gods Jens Povlsen Nordentofts arvingers gods Kettrup-Gøttrup præstegods Koldbygård Koustrup Kristen og Niels Kristensen Klims godsarkiver Kølbygård

Lyngholm Mads Poulsen og Stefan Møllers gods Nandrup Neesgård Niels Christensen Barslevs gods Niels Edvardsens gods Niels Sørensens gods Nørgård Nørhedegård Nørtorp O. P. Dragsbæks gods Oddersbøl Oluf Nielsens gods Peder Ingvorsen, Chr. J. Krog, og P. Brixs gods Rostrup Sjørring præstegods Skibstedgård Skjoldborg præstegods

Skyum-Hørdum præstegods Slettegård Snedsted præstegods Sø Søren Knudsens gods i Gettrup Tandrup Todbøl Tøfting Ullerup Ulstrup Vang præstegods Vesløsgård Vestervig kloster Visby-Heltborg præstekald Øland Ørndrup Ørum Ågård