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A parish in Denmark is the ecclesiastical unit of an area committed to one pastor. Each parish has a specific area boundary which is roughly a three to five mile area (in rural settings). The Lutheran pastor had the legal responsibility to record birth, marriage, and death information for the people who lived within his parish. Generally each parish had its own set of records. Sometimes one pastor had responsibility for more than one parish. In such cases, the pastor may or may not have combined the official records into one book. The parish is usually named for the largest town within the parish boundaries. Beginning in 1812 two separate books for each parish had to be kept, one by the pastor (the Ministerialbog), and one by the parish clerk (the Kontra-ministerialbog). These books legally could not be stored in the same building as a preventative measure against destruction by fire. The parish records that were microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints should be the Pastors book. You can also search the Danish church records on microfiche (which is often the Clerks book). The online source should also be checked to see if it is the Pastors or the Clerks book. | A parish in Denmark is the ecclesiastical unit of an area committed to one pastor. Each parish has a specific area boundary which is roughly a three to five mile area (in rural settings). The Lutheran pastor had the legal responsibility to record birth, marriage, and death information for the people who lived within his parish. Generally each parish had its own set of records. Sometimes one pastor had responsibility for more than one parish. In such cases, the pastor may or may not have combined the official records into one book. The parish is usually named for the largest town within the parish boundaries. Beginning in 1812 two separate books for each parish had to be kept, one by the pastor (the Ministerialbog), and one by the parish clerk (the Kontra-ministerialbog). These books legally could not be stored in the same building as a preventative measure against destruction by fire. The parish records that were microfilmed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints should be the Pastors book. You can also search the Danish church records on microfiche (which is often the Clerks book). The online source should also be checked to see if it is the Pastors or the Clerks book. | ||
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==== Parish Records on Microfilm ==== | ==== Parish Records on Microfilm ==== | ||