Vigsø Parish, Thisted, Denmark Genealogy

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

Vigsø Parish
Jurisdictions
Stift (diocese) Aalborg Stift
Pastorat (chapelry) Hansted-Klitmøller-Ræhr-Vigsø Pastorat
Amt (county) 1662 - 1793 Ørum
Amt (county) 1794 - 1970 Thisted
Herred (district) Hillerslev
Kommune (municipality) Ræer-Hansted-Vigsø
1788 – 1793 Lægd number 10
1794 – 1869 Lægd number 22
1870 – Udskrivningskred /Lægd number 5/561
Gods (estate) Kølbygård gods; Vesløsgård gods; Ullerup gods; Nørtorp gods; Hillerslev herreds provsti; Hillerslev Herredsret; Hundborg Herredsret


History

Places

Place Names

See a Danish Gazetteer for more information about a place.

  • Bjerre
  • Degnebakke
  • Grønbakke
  • Hesseldal Bjerg
  • Krog, Krægpøt, Kælderhule
  • Overgaard
  • Rosholm
  • Skradekær, Søborg
  • Tovsgaard
  • Vigsø, Vigsø Bugt, Votborg[1][2]

Surrounding Parishes

Parishes are listed in clockwise order, beginning at the north.


Resources

Cemeteries

Census

Church Records

Civil Registration

Court Records

Land and Property

Probate Records

Taxation

Repositories

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Archives

Libraries

Societies

Research Helps

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References

  1. Krabsen & Medici. "Krabsens Stednavnebase." http://www.krabsen.dk/stednavnebase/, Dec 2011.
  2. Trap, J. P., ed. Kongeriget Danmark, 4te ed. Vol.5, Thisted Amt, København: G. E. C. Gads Forlag, 1924.