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''[[Denmark Genealogy|Denmark]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Copenhagen|Copenhagen]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Copenhagen: Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Copenhagen: | ''[[Denmark Genealogy|Denmark]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Copenhagen|Copenhagen]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Copenhagen: Civil Registration|Civil Registration]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Copenhagen:_Marriage_Records|Marriage Records]]'' | ||
Civil marriage records are a useful compliment to church records. Civil marriage records can help with locating the correct parish the couple were married in, replace church records that may be missing, or provide information the church records may not provide.<br> | Civil marriage records are a useful compliment to church records. Civil marriage records can help with locating the correct parish the couple were married in, replace church records that may be missing, or provide information the church records may not provide.<br> | ||
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The marriage records are online:<br> | The marriage records are online:<br> | ||
[ | [http://www.kbharkiv.dk/sog-i-arkivet/kilder-pa-nettet/agteskab/borgerlige-vielser Borgerlige vielser 1851-1922, Copenhagen City Archives]<br> | ||
'''Lysningsprotokoller'''<br>The third of the records, Banns Records (''Lysningsprotokoller''), were usually kept by the church, but in 1923, the responsibility for these records was handed over to the civil authorities when the new marriage laws were put into effect. By 1970, the law requiring banns before marriage was abolished, and the records stopped.<br>For Banns records in Copenhagen, usually it is the bride who is resident in the city. There is an index to the records. The banns include information such as:<br>-Name of bride and groom<br>-Birth place and date<br>-Occupation<br>-Address<br>-Wedding parish and occupation at the time of marriage<br> | '''Lysningsprotokoller'''<br>The third of the records, Banns Records (''Lysningsprotokoller''), were usually kept by the church, but in 1923, the responsibility for these records was handed over to the civil authorities when the new marriage laws were put into effect. By 1970, the law requiring banns before marriage was abolished, and the records stopped.<br>For Banns records in Copenhagen, usually it is the bride who is resident in the city. There is an index to the records. The banns include information such as:<br>-Name of bride and groom<br>-Birth place and date<br>-Occupation<br>-Address<br>-Wedding parish and occupation at the time of marriage<br> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
''Borgerlige Vielser, 1851-1896''. København: microfilmed manuscripts at the Family History Library.<br> | ''Borgerlige Vielser, 1851-1896''. København: microfilmed manuscripts at the Family History Library.<br> | ||