Denmark Genealogy

Welcome to the Denmark page!

FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Denmark page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Danish records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. The Denmark page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential!

Featured Content

Due to community feedback the Danish Word List is now available in a PDF format. This list was created by revising the Genealogical Word List for Denmark that is now out of print. Some words that did not seem relevant to Danish research were removed. Many words were added including many occupations. There are 1, 278 terms in this list. The PDF will be updated as the Word List is improved. See

What Are You Looking For?

How to Find Information for Danish Ancestors
1. Getting Started 2. Birth Information 3. Marriage Information 4. Death Information 5. Place of Origin in Denmark 6. Moving within Denmark	7. Emigration information 8. Immigration information 9. Using witnesses to find the next generation 10. Families in Sønderjylland (Southern Denmark) 11. City People and Research 12. Miscellanious

Getting started with Danish research

Join a Community of Danish researchers! Ask questions, help others, and share your research successes on Facebook and/or Skype. NEW!\

• See the tutorials at FamilySearch Learning Center on Scandinavian Researchand Reading Scandinavian Gothic Handwritten Records

Research Tools

County List Copenhagen Dictionary District List Feast Day Calendar (Moveable) Feast Days (Fixed and Moveable) Gazetteers (Finding Place Names) Given Names List Handwriting Examples Handwriting Guide

Military Levy Numbers (Lægdnummer) Military Levying Roll Abbreviations (Army) Parish List Parish registers and population censuses on the Internet Record Selection Table Strategies for Danish Research Timeline of Events in your Ancestors Life Typing Æ, Ø, and Å Websites Word Lists, Danish and Latin

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

• Denmark Civil Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Jurisdictions

In 1793 the Counties were reorganized into 24 Counties. However, Roskilde is filed under København so we only list 23 counties below. The churches in Copenhagen City are listed under the city rather than the county.

The Danish name for county is Amt. The organization of Danish records in the Family History Library Catalog is based upon this time period.

• The Counties of Denmark (1793 - 1970)

Bornholm Copenhagen City Frederiksborg Haderslev Hjørring Holbæk

København Maribo Odense Præstø Randers Ribe

Ringkøbing Skanderborg Sorø Svendborg Sønderborg Thisted

Tønder Vejle Viborg Åbenrå Ålborg Århus

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Topics

Adoption Archives and Libraries Biographies Cemeteries Census Church Records Birth / Christening Confirmation Engagement / Marriage Death / Burial Civil Registration Colonies (Virgin Islands) Copenhagen Court Records Illegitimate Children Records Danish Military Levying Rolls (Lægdsruller) Directories Emigration and Immigration Genealogies Geography Geography (Historical) Handwriting History Land and Property Language Military Names, Personal newspapers Nobility Occupations Orphanage Periodicals Place Names Probate Records Schools Social Life and Customs Societies Taxation Other...

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