October is Family History Month --

Because not all Danish church-books are as beautiful as this one --

I have been making a list of words helpful to me as I transcribe records, and in honor of Family History Month, I am posting it here in case it might be useful to others.

This list began with those found at FamilySearch and Statens Arkiver, and continued with Norman Madsen's very helpful dictionary and Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms. My list differs in including abbreviations and phrases found in register entries.

Since my concentration is almost exclusively on Thisted amt (county), I have also included place names, with old and modern spellings, culled from various sources such as FamilySearch and the work of others.

I have split up the list into three sections, so that it is a little easier to manage. The parts of the alphabet can be found, each on a separate page, here:

A-G

H-P

R-Ø

Held og lykke -- good luck!