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== The Records == | == The Records == | ||
In Copenhagen, three different records were created concerning civil marriages. <br> | In Copenhagen, three different records were created concerning civil marriages. <br> | ||
The records are Marriage Records (''Kopulationsprotokoller''), Civil Weddings (''Borgerlige Vielser''), and Banns Records (''Lysningsprotokoller''). Each register recorded different information concerning the couple. | The records are Marriage Records (''Kopulationsprotokoller''), Civil Weddings (''Borgerlige Vielser''), and Banns Records (''Lysningsprotokoller''). Each register recorded different information concerning the couple. | ||
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[http://www.kbharkiv.dk/sog-i-arkivet/kilder-pa-nettet/agteskab/borgerlige-vielser Borgerlige vielser 1851-1922, Copenhagen City Archives]<br> [https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/geo/geo-collection/12 Borgerlige vielser 1923-1961, The Danish National Archives]<br> [http://www.kbharkiv.dk/om-os/kontakt Borgerlige vielser 1962-1997, Reading Room, Copenhagen City Archives (not digitzed)] | [http://www.kbharkiv.dk/sog-i-arkivet/kilder-pa-nettet/agteskab/borgerlige-vielser Borgerlige vielser 1851-1922, Copenhagen City Archives]<br> [https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/geo/geo-collection/12 Borgerlige vielser 1923-1961, The Danish National Archives]<br> [http://www.kbharkiv.dk/om-os/kontakt Borgerlige vielser 1962-1997, Reading Room, Copenhagen City Archives (not digitzed)] | ||
<br> '''Lysningsprotokoller 1923-1965'''<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> | <br> '''Lysningsprotokoller 1923-1965'''<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> | |||
More recent banns records are available after 50 years from the date. <br> | More recent banns records are available after 50 years from the date. <br> | ||
'''The Lysningsprotokoller 1923-1965 are online:''' | |||
== References == | == References == | ||