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=== Locating Civil Registration Records === | |||
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. | |||
== Access to Civil Registration Records == | == Access to Civil Registration Records == | ||
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[http://www.sa.dk/content/us/ Denmark National Archives] | [http://www.sa.dk/content/us/ Denmark National Archives] | ||
==== Death Certificates [Dødsattester] ==== | |||
Research use: These are an excellent source for finding out what happened to family members whose deaths may otherwise be nearly impossible to find in the many parishes and records of Copenhagen and other large cities. | |||
Record type: Certificates of death produced by various Departments of Health [Sundhdsstyrelsene] | |||
Time period: 1857 to the present. | |||
Contents: Name of deceased, cause of death, names of spouse and of parents, dates of death and burial, parish of death, place of burial. | |||
Location: Copenhagen city archives, provincial archives. | |||
Percentage in Family History Library: 50%. The library has records of the islands of Sjælland and of Fyn. | |||
Population coverage: 99%. | |||
Reliability: Very good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Denmark,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1987-1998.</ref> | |||
==== Records available through FamilySearch ==== | ==== Records available through FamilySearch ==== | ||
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DENMARK, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CIVIL REGISTRATION<br> | DENMARK, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - CIVIL REGISTRATION<br> | ||
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[[Denmark Civil Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Denmark Civil Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | [[Denmark Civil Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Denmark Civil Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
== References == | |||
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{{Place|Denmark}} | {{Place|Denmark}} | ||
[[Category:Denmark|Civil]] | [[Category:Denmark|Civil]] | ||