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If you want a copy of The Thurdin Family Chronicle ("Släkten Thurdin från Bygdeå") or the pedigree (with all known Thurdins and Turdins), please send me a mail and I will mail it to you (it's large). Seal from Bygdeå Church (reproduced by Walter Asplund) Seal of Robertsfors (2006 version) Parish of Bygdeå Bygdeå Church Cultural Heritage Bygdeå (Province of Västerbotten) Priests of Bygdeå (L. Bygden: Hernösands stifts herdaminne [1923]) Bygdeå Hembygdsförening (local history association) Bygdeå-Nysätra Släktforskare (local genealogy association) Bygdeå photographical database Ratan Municipality of Robertsfors Thurdinska Gården / Bobacken 7:3 Bygdea Blog

The Thurdin name has its roots in Bygdeå, a historic parish situated on the Baltic Sea, 40 km North of Umeå,
in the Province of Västerbotten, Sweden.

Nils Nicolaus Petri Turdinus (c. 1550-1626), a priest in Bygdeå Church, was the first person to assume the name
which originates from "turdus", the Latin name of the thrush. (The thrush family is called "turdidae";
"turdinus" means thrush-like; "turdus merula" is the name of the blackbird.)

The blackbird can be spotted in Bygdeå's seal, which has been modernized and today also represents the Municipality
of Robertsfors where today's Bygdeå is located. The original seal dates back to the 16th, or possibly 15th century.

Turdinus later became Turdin/Thurdin and Trast (Swedish for thrush) as the name was adopted by non-priest
persons (latinized names, often with the suffix -us, were typically used only by priests).