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Archives
National Archives
The Danish government collects records relating to Danish history, culture, and people. Original records of genealogical value at the National Archives include census and emigration records. Photocopies of census records from 1850 on are available to search. The copies are indexed by parish. The National Archives also has microfilm copies of all the church records for the whole country. Microfilm copies of the military records are also available at the National Archives.
The National Archives of Denmark is open to the public. Microfilm copies of many records at the National Archives are available at the FamilySearch Library, other major archives and libraries, and branches of the National Archives. The address of the National Archives is:
Rigsarkivet
Rigsdagsgården 9
DK-1218 København K.
Denmark
Phone:
Tel. 33 92 33 10
Website
Genealogy – how to get started
Digitized Danish Records Online - Arkivalieronline
Daisy
The archives has an online catalog of its holdings, called "Daisy".
Danish Demographic Database (DDD)
"Here in the Danish Demographic Database (DDD) you can search for information in a wide range of different sources. You can search for individuals or families when you have some information in advance. Furthermore, the people you are looking for must be found in the databases. More data is added to the databases all the time."
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- Since 1787, personal data on name, age, marital status, occupation and much more has been regularly collected.
- Database with entered church records. The church registers are divided by event.
- The Copenhagen police's information on emigrants - either via Copenhagen or via Hamburg.
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- Immigrant history databases; includes people who were granted work residence, naturalized or deported.
Reading Rooms
- Reading Rooms Guidelines
- Guidance in the reading rooms Get guidance from staff and volunteer tutors.
In Denmark, there were four regional archives:
- Landsarkivet for Sjælland served the counties of Bornholm, Frederiksborg, Holbæk, Maribo, København and København City, Præstø, and Sorø;
- Landsarkivet for Fyn served the counties of Odense and Svendborg;
- Landsarkivet for Nørrejylland served the counties of Ålborg, Århus, Hjørring, Randers, Ribe, Ringkøbing, Skanderborg, Thisted, Viborg, and Vejle;
- Landsarkivet in Åbenrå served the counties of Åbenrå, Sønderborg, Haderslev, and Tønder.
As a result of organizational changes, the State Archives was transformed in 2014 into a unitary organization called the National Archives with reading rooms located in these cities:
- Rigsarkivet, Copenhagen (formerly simply called Rigsarkivet and Landsarkivet for Sjælland)
- Rigsarkivet
The Black Diamond
Søren Kierkegaards Plads 1
1221 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Telephone: 33 92 33 10
E-mail: mailbox@sa.dk
Website
- Rigsarkivet
- The National Archives, Odense (formerly called the National Archives for Fyn and Danish Data Archive )
- The National Archives, Odense
Jernbanegade 36
5000 Odense C, Denmark
Telephone: 33 92 33 10
E-mail: mailbox@sa.dk
- The National Archives, Odense
- The National Archives, Viborg (formerly called the National Archives for Nørrejylland )
- National Archives, Viborg
Ll. St. Hans Street 5
8800 Viborg, Denmark
Telephone: 33 92 33 10
E-mail: mailbox@sa.dk
- National Archives, Viborg
- The National Archives, Aabenraa
- The National Archives, Aabenraa
Haderslevvej 45
6200 Aabenraa, Denmark
Telephone: 33 92 33 10
E-mail: mailbox@sa.dk
- The National Archives, Aabenraa
Copenhagen City Archive
Copenhagen's city archive has records that deal primarily with the city's population. The city archive address is:
Københavns Stadsarkiv
Rådhuset
DK 1599 København V
Denmark
Telephone: 33 66 13 74
Email: stadsarkiv@kff.kk.dk
Website
Det Danske Udvandrerarkiv (Danish Emigration Archive)
Address: Arkivstræde 1
9100 Aalborg
Denmark
Telephone: (+45) 99 31 42 20
Email: udvandrerarkiv(at)aalborg.dk
Website
Libraries
Det Kongelige Bibliotek (the Royal Library)
Det Kongelige Bibliotek (the Royal Library) of Denmark functions much as the United States Library of Congress. It has copies of most books published in Denmark. They have a large collection of published genealogies, manuscripts, histories, directories, maps, and newspapers. The Royal Library has published catalogs of their genealogy and local history collections. See the "Genealogy" and "History" sections.
Kongelige Bibliotek
Christians Brygge 8
DK-1219 København K
Denmark
Website
Email: kb@kb.dk
Search Engine
Universitetsbiblioteket (University Library)
Universitetsbibliotekets 1 Af (Div.)
Fiolstræde 1
DK-1171 København
Denmark
- The Universitetsbiblioteket (University Library) has most of the books published in Denmark.
Universitetsbibliotekets 2 Af (Div.)
Nørre Alle 49
DK-2200 København
Denmark
Frederiksberg Kommunebibliotek (Fredriksberg Community Library)
The Frederiksberg Kommunebibliotek (Fredriksberg Community Library) has collected many published sources, such as local histories, city directories, maps, newspapers. It also has a large collection of family histories.
Frederiksberg Kommunebibliotek
Solbjergvej 25
DK-2000 København
Denmark
Bornholm Libraries
Museums
Museum of Danish America
4210 Main Street, PO Box 249
Elk Horn, IA (Iowa) 51531-0249 USA
Website
Record Offices
- Prior to civil registration, vital data was recorded in the parish register.
- In 1924, Denmark implemented a nationwide civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths.
- Although nationwide civil registration did not begin until the 20th century, Copenhagen began much earlier. Civil marriage registration began in 1851, and death registration began in 1840. Births were not registered civilly until the 1924 nationwide date.
- Civil registration records are kept at the local civil registration office in each district, town or city (municipality). Therefore, you must determine the town where your ancestor lived before you can find the records.
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