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Danish Archives FAQ http://www.rootsweb.com/~dnkcen/FAQ/index.html
many hyperlinks

skal heller omskrivs på dansk
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Danish archives exist in 6 main levels

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(1) National Archive - Rigsarkivet - Statens Arkiver
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The Crown, the Government, Ministeries, Administration, Armed Forces, National Courts
Sitemap - Danish State Archives
the absolute top source for Danish genealogy
but the very best stuff is in mss and old handwriting and not filmed
DAISY,
is in beta, and an electronic catalogue equivalent to PROCAT at the The British National Archivesor ARC at NARA, the US National
Archives & Records Administration,but not available to the public in the archives or on the web yet.

electronic and data records

business records

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(2) the four Provincial Archives (Landsarkiver)
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regional or provincial and county or town courts archive locations on a clickable map

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(3) local archives
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The Danish Federation of Local archives
listed by county with a clickable map
links to Amtskredsenes adresser the addresses of the county associations of local archives.

and they go by many names
Lokalhistoriske Arkiv = local history archiveLokalarkivet = Lokalarkiv -the< neuter gender
Byarkivet Byarkiv = Town achive
Stadsarkiv = Town (council) archive
købstad = MARKET town with royal charter ie a borough
Sogns Lokalhistorie = Parish's local history
Egnsmuseum = district('s) museum
Lokalhistorisk Forening = Local History society
Hjemstavnsforening = association of people from a particular home town or area

BTW - Copenhagen Stadsarkiv
is a very substantial archive in the town hall,
including details of many people who moved to Copenhagen but were born elsewhere.
and the LAUG or Guild records - equivalent to Apprentice Rolls
COPENHAGEN in 1910

Each town has a folkeregister, or Civil Registrar's Office,
maintaining lists of residents with present and old addresses back to about 1925,
and, subject to privacy rules, searches can be made on payment of a fee.
Google Search: folkeregister english site:dk

Copenhagen Business School - FAQ Visa, Citizenship Civil Registration Number (CPR Number)

Google Search: Civil Registration Number (CPR Number)

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(4) private archives
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some of which may be deposited above or at major libraries.
Danmarks Nationale Privatarkivdatabase

The Danish Association of Family Farms at the National Agricultural Museum , Gl. Estrup
(5) printed books, newspapers maps photographs postcards mss
http://www.kb.dkthe national collection (and deposits) equal to UK the British library
or in USA the Library of Congress
(6) lending and reference libraries
The union catalogue http://bibliotek.dk/


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============== church records ===============

Family History Library System is a very large collection founded in 1894,
located in USA at 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UTAH
and copies are available to order in the branch libraries or FHC all over the world
Family History Library Catalog just use PLACE search with DANISH spelling.
Localities in Denmark are filed in the order of the Danish alphabet,
with Æ æ = Ae ae , Ø ø = Oe oe, Å å = Aa aa
filed at the end of the alphabet.
Spellings of Danish localities are taken from the gazetteer,Danmark, by J. P. Trap, 948.9 E2t. (their Call Number) available on
fiche.
Use German spellings as well near the border in Jutland

Research Guidance v2.0 Denmark Events and Time Periods;
Birth Marriage Death
1467-1571 1572-1770 1771-1873 1874-Present

The Family History Library in UTAH has microfilm copies of most of the old Danish church records before about 1920. There is no fee
for using these microfilms in person.

Microfilm and microfiche copies of church records
are also kept at the National Archive (Rigsarkivet) in Copenhagen
and at the provincial archives (Landsarkiver).
The original church records prior to about 1920 to 1950 are found in the provincial archives.

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The Danish church, which is an established or State Church,
is responsible for civil registration of births, deaths and marriages.
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Recent Church books are found in the local parish offices kirkekontor
which still function as the organ of civil registration,
and are now recording the data electronically.

Copies of the fiche of parish registers, and census up to 1921,
Mikrokort af kirkebøger og folketællinger, may be puchased from
Statens Arkiver - Sales and Service: "Statens Arkivers Filmningscenter"

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============== On line databases ==============
Transcriptions - these county maps show which census records are being transcribed,
and which have been completed for the source transcription project.
(In cooperation with DDA Dansk Data Arkiv and the DIS Danmark Databehandling i Slægtsforskning)

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Census and parish register images
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In Autumn 2002 Statens Arkivers Filmningscenter was funded by Kulturministeriet to carry out this project.
Efter de foreløbige beregninger vil scanningen af de cirka 120.000 mikrokort vare fire år,
It is estimated that scanning 120 000 fiche will take about 4 years.

The format is TIFF (TIFF FAX GRP 4 - black and white) and I use this viewer - AlternaTIFF
which is a web browser add-on (ActiveX control or plug-in)
Kirkebøger - church books or parish registers, will include ALL up to 1892
- see drop down menu for availability, expected completion in 2005

Folketælling - census 1787 1801 1840 1855 and 1860

Please note, only the census folketællinger, that were under the Danish Crown kongedømmet, are being made available online.

1787Online1855Online1801Online1860Online183418801840Online1890184519161850
The other census folketællinger are not part of this project.

Note: Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows XP are used for used testing by Statens Arkiver


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More links from Databehandling I Slægtsforskning
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Computers in Genealogy Society of Denmark
DIS-Danmark - Danish Web addresses but their home page in English is still missing.

Ancestry Message Boards [Danish Counties ] but also search for surnames.

DENMARK (D562) at ROOTSWEB under revision - so watch this space.

RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: Denmark : DENMARK
an excellent list with many knowledgable and helpful people,
and a site of their own where you can upload images of archives
- for translation help for example.

Google Search: nordic genealogy Genealogy in the Scandinavian countries.

Google Search: denmark genealogy usenet groups

Google Search: danmark genealogi usenet groups mostly in Danish but OK to post in English.

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The FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service web site
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has a strong Danish content because:-
"Denmark supplied more immigrants to Utah in the nineteenth century
than any other country except Great Britain.
Most of these Danes--nearly 17,000--were converts to the LDS Church,
heeding an urgent millennialistic call to gather to 'Zion.' "
from Utah History Encyclopedia

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============== where to begin ==============
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Research Guidance for Denmark
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This outline introduces you to the records you can use to discover your Danish ancestors.
It describes the content, use, and availability of major genealogical records.
Use this outline to set meaningful goals and to select the records that will help you
achieve your research goals.

Danish BIRTH DEATH MARRIAGE Events and Time Periods

Danish words with their English translations.

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And then you should consider starting with local archives in Denmark (3) above.
They will probably have copies of census and parish registers
and will be very interested in news from USA and abroad.

I have had much success with local archives, where families have deposited papers and photographs,

and there are extensive collections of newspaper cuttings and knowledge of oral histories.

Some do not even have email, but they are really interested in hearing
about the children of their parish abroad.

So do write to them in Denmark

Hugh W


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