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== Accessing Danish Church Records  ==
== Accessing Danish Church Records  ==
=== Locating the parish to search the Church Records  ===
=== Locating the Parish ===
 
To do effective research in church records, you must determine the parish that your ancestor's farm or village belonged to. To do so, see the postal guide listed in the "Gazetteers" section.  
To do effective research in church records, you must determine the parish that your ancestor's farm or village belonged to. To do so, see the postal guide listed in the "Gazetteers" section.  
Parish boundary maps can help you determine which parish church records to search. They can also help you identify neighboring parishes if you need to search more than one parish in a region.  
Parish boundary maps can help you determine which parish church records to search. They can also help you identify neighboring parishes if you need to search more than one parish in a region.  
For more information, see the article [[Denmark Maps]].
For more information, see the article [[Denmark Maps]].


===Online Resources===
=== Online Resources ===
The Danish Church Records on microfilm have been scanned by the Danish State Archives and are available online at [https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/geo/geo-collection/5 ARKIVALIERONLINE - Church Books from all over the Country] and at [http://ao.salldata.dk/ Vis scannede kirkebøger - Scanned Church Books]. See article: [[Digitized Danish Records Online - Arkivalieronline|Digitized Danish Records Online]] for more information about using the site. Other sites are;
Microfilm copies of the records have been scanned and are available online at several sites.
* [http://www.danbbs.dk/~stst/kbh_kbg_reg/ Registers for Copenhagen Church Books].
*The Danish State Archives: ArkivalierOnline - [https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/collection/theme/1 Kirkebøger]. See [[Digitized Danish Records Online - Arkivalieronline]] for more information about ArkivalierOnline.
* The Danish Church Records are partially indexed and available to search in English at [http://www.danishfamilysearch.com/ Danish Family Search].
*FamilySearch.org - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2078555 Denmark Church Records] with additional records available through the [https://www.familysearch.org/catalog/search FamilySearch Catalog]
 
*Sall Data - [http://ao.salldata.dk Scannede arkivalier]
===Family History Library===
*Danish Family Search - [https://www.danishfamilysearch.com/churchbook/ Churchbooks]


The Family History Library has many Danish church records on microfilm and microfiche. This collection continues to grow as new records are microfilmed. The collection includes all existing parish registers from when they begin until about 1920. In the FamilySearch Catalog, look in the Place Search under DENMARK, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - CHURCH RECORDS.
=== Indexes ===
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*FamilySearch has published partial indexes to the church records. They can be found at
**[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1778463 Denmark Baptisms]
**[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1520592 Denmark Marriages]
**[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1520593 Denmark Burials]
*Arne Julin's [http://www.danbbs.dk/~stst/kbh_kbg_reg/ Registre til København kirkebøger]


==== Danish Church Record Extracts  ====
=== J.C.L. Lengnick ===
Johan Carl Louis Lengnick (1796-1865) published 77 volumes listing persons using fixed surnames or persons with high social standing using patronymic surnames. These individuals are grouped by parish, and there is a separate index of names for each parish. See the FamilySearch Catalog for a [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bauthor%3Alengnick&subjectsOpen=6245-50 list of available works].


A good extract of Danish church records was compiled by Lengnick. This work, consisting of 77 volumes, lists persons using fixed surnames or persons with high social standing using patronymic surnames. These individuals are grouped by parish, and there is a separate index of names for each parish. For a listing of his work, see the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bauthor%3Alengnick&subjectsOpen=6245-50 FamilySearch author listing for '''Lengnick, J. C. L. (Johan Carl Louis), 1796-1865''' ]
The Royal Danish Library has digitized ''Genealogier over adelige og borgerlige Familier''. A list of them is available on the Danish Genealogical Society's Forum under the topic [https://www.slaegtogdata.dk/forum/index.php?topic=98752.0 J.C.L. Lengnicks trykte stamtavler som PDF (11 bind)].


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