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Guide to Denmark ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Country Information[edit | edit source]

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe bordering Sweden, Norway, and Germany. Danish is the official language with Faroese, Greenlandic, and German being recognized languages.

Denmark Online Genealogy Records

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Denmark Map[edit | edit source]

The map below shows county boundaries from about 1793 to 1970.

Counties[edit | edit source]

The standard which FamilySearch uses is as follows: Town, Sogn (Parish), Herred (District), Amt (County), Denmark. Click on a county listed below to go to the Wiki article for more information on that county.
For more information on the county-level jurisdictions in Denmark over time, see Denmark Counties.

Bornholm
Copenhagen City
Frederiksborg
Haderslev
Hjørring
Holbæk
København
Maribo
Odense
Præstø
Randers
Ribe
Ringkøbing
Roskilde (Part of Copenhagen City since 1808)
Skanderborg
Sorø
Svendborg
Sønderborg
Thisted
Tønder
Vejle
Viborg
Åbenrå
Ålborg
Århus
Faroe Islands

Parishes[edit | edit source]

Knowing which parish your ancestors came from is vital to Danish research. The parish listing has been divided into subsections due to the size of each file. Each list is alphabetically organized according to the modern Danish standard: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Æ, Ø, Å.

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+Guide to '''Denmark ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
+==Country Information==
+Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe bordering [[Sweden Genealogy|Sweden]], [[Norway Genealogy|Norway]], and [[Germany Genealogy|Germany]]. Danish is the official language with Faroese, Greenlandic, and German being recognized languages.
-In 1874, German civil authorities registered births, marriages, and deaths in Tønder, Haderslev, Åbenrå, and Sønderborg counties. (These counties were under German administration from 1863 to 1920.) After 1874, almost all individuals who lived in these counties are recorded in both civil records and church records. [[Denmark Civil Registration-Vital Records|Read more...]]
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+|<div id="fsButtons"><span class="online_records_button">[[Denmark Online Genealogy Records]]</span>
+|<span class="community_button">[[Online Research Help|Online<br>Research Help]]</span>
+|<div id="fsButtons"><span class="red_online_button">[[Denmark Getting Started|Getting<Br>Started]]</span>
+|}
-= Contribute Content =
+==Denmark Map==
+The map below shows county boundaries from about 1793 to 1970.<br>
+{{Danish Amts 1793 to 1970}}
-'''''Articles that Need Editing'''''
+== Counties ==
+The standard which FamilySearch uses is as follows: Town, Sogn (Parish), Herred (District), Amt (County), Denmark. Click on a county listed below to go to the Wiki article for more information on that county. <br>
-* Article 1
+''For more information on the county-level jurisdictions in Denmark over time, see [[Denmark Counties]].''
-* Article 2
+{|
-* Article 3<br>
+|-
+<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
-'''''New Articles<br>'''''
+  <li>[[Bornholm County, Denmark Genealogy|Bornholm]]
+  <li>[[Copenhagen City, Denmark Genealogy|Copenhagen City]]
-* [[Danish Demographic Database|'''Danish Demographic Database''']]
+  <li>[[Frederiksborg County, Denmark Genealogy|Frederiksborg]]
-* '''[http://www.familysearchwiki.org/31029_DanishWL.pdf Danish Wordlist]'''
+  <li>[[Haderslev County, Denmark Genealogy|Haderslev]]
-* '''[[Denmark Birth, Marriage, and Death Search Strategies 1467 - Present|Birth, Marriage, and Death Search Strategies 1467 - Present]]<br>'''
+  <li>[[Hjørring County, Denmark Genealogy|Hjørring]]
+  <li>[[Holbæk County, Denmark Genealogy|Holbæk]]
-= Did You Know? =
+  <li>[[København County, Denmark Genealogy|København]]
+  <li>[[Maribo County, Denmark Genealogy|Maribo]]
-* Church records are crucial for Danish research. The Evangelical Lutheran Church became the state or national church [Den Danske Folkekirke] after the Reformation in 1536. As such, it is the arm of the national government that keeps the vital records.
+  <li>[[Odense County, Denmark Genealogy|Odense]]
+  <li>[[Præstø County, Denmark Genealogy|Præstø]]
-= Useful Websites =
+  <li>[[Randers County, Denmark Genealogy|Randers]]
+  <li>[[Ribe County, Denmark Genealogy|Ribe]]
-[http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/denmark/index.html Denmark Genealogy Links]
+  <li>[[Ringkøbing County, Denmark Genealogy|Ringkøbing]]
+  <li>[[Roskilde County, Denmark Genealogy|Roskilde]] (Part of Copenhagen City since 1808)
-[http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ethnic_cat.asp?ethnicity=Danish Family Tree Magazine: Danish Toolkit]
+  <li>[[Skanderborg County, Denmark Genealogy|Skanderborg]]
+  <li>[[Sorø County, Denmark Genealogy|Sorø]]
-[http://feefhs.org/ Federation of Family History Societies (FEEFHS)]
+  <li>[[Svendborg County, Denmark Genealogy|Svendborg]]
+  <li>[[Sønderborg County, Denmark Genealogy|Sønderborg]]
-[http://homepage.mac.com/sootica/Sites/DenmarkFAQ/ RootsWeb Denmark FAQ Site] - This site is the FAQ site for the Rootsweb Denmark list. The opening page is mostly about the list, but the rest of the site is an annotated list of links for Danish research, as well as explanations of many Danish topics by members of the rootsweb Denmark list.
+  <li>[[Thisted County, Denmark Genealogy|Thisted]]
+  <li>[[Tønder County, Denmark Genealogy|Tønder]]
-[[Denmark Websites|More...]]
+  <li>[[Vejle County, Denmark Genealogy|Vejle]]
+  <li>[[Viborg County, Denmark Genealogy|Viborg]]
+  <li>[[Åbenrå County, Denmark Genealogy|Åbenrå]]
+  <li>[[Ålborg County, Denmark Genealogy|Ålborg]]
+  <li>[[Århus County, Denmark Genealogy|Århus]]
+  <li>[[Faroe Islands Genealogy|Faroe Islands]]
+  </ul>
+|}
+=== Parishes ===
+Knowing which [[Denmark: The Parish (Sogn)|parish]] your ancestors came from is vital to Danish research. The parish listing has been divided into subsections due to the size of each file. Each list is alphabetically organized according to the modern Danish standard: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Æ, Ø, Å.
+*[[Parish List Denmark A - G]]
+*[[Parish List Denmark H - N]]
+*[[Parish List Denmark O - U]]
+*[[Parish List Denmark V - Å]]
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 [[Category:Denmark]]
+[[pt:Dinamarca]]