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'''If you know the street address'''- Search the Street Register. <br> | '''If you know the street address'''- Search the Street Register. <br> | ||
'''Using the | '''Using the Street Register ''' | ||
First, look for the desired month and year, then find | First, look for the desired month and year, then find the street, and the film number will be given. Repeat for each of the six Kreds in that same year. This register is located [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Copenhagen:_Street-Parish-Police_District_Index here on the wiki]. <br> | ||
'''If you do NOT know the street address'''- Search the Alphabetical Register first, then use the Street Register to find the film number. | '''If you do NOT know the street address'''- Search the Alphabetical Register first, then use the Street Register to find the film number. | ||
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If there were many people listed with the same name as your ancestor, you may still be able to identify the correct person by looking at the other household members, although children age 10 and younger were not listed in the census. | If there were many people listed with the same name as your ancestor, you may still be able to identify the correct person by looking at the other household members, although children age 10 and younger were not listed in the census. | ||
'''Using the Alphabetical Register'''- First, find the desired | '''Using the Alphabetical Register'''- First, find the desired year, then note the film numbers for each of the six Kreds. Next, go to the films and find your ancestor's surname. The surnames are alphabetized by the first letter of the surname, but not alphabetized beyond that first letter, so the search takes 20-40 minutes per Kreds. When you find the correct person in the name index of one of the Kreds, it will list his or her street address and birthplace. Using that street address, you are now ready to use the Street Register as described above.<br> | ||
== How To Use the Police Census == | == How To Use the Police Census == | ||
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After you have obtained the correct film from the register(s), look for the printed (not handwritten) pages entitled ''Anmældelse til Politiet''. At the bottom of each of these pages is the census month and year, written in bold. Unlike most documents, the most recent year is at the beginning, and the earlier years follow afterward. | After you have obtained the correct film from the register(s), look for the printed (not handwritten) pages entitled ''Anmældelse til Politiet''. At the bottom of each of these pages is the census month and year, written in bold. Unlike most documents, the most recent year is at the beginning, and the earlier years follow afterward. | ||
After you have found the year you seek, find the street (alphabetically) and then the house number. You will find this information | After you have found the year you seek, find the street (alphabetically) and then the house number. You will find this information in the upper left corner under “''Kobenhavns Politikreds''”. “Gade” is the Danish word for street, and “husnummer” is the house number. | ||
On the page following each ''Anmeldelse til Politiet'', you will see a | On the page following each ''Anmeldelse til Politiet'', you will see a handwritten list of that buildings' residents (whether single-family or multiple-family dwelling). Note that all even-numbered addresses are grouped together, followed by the odd-numbered addresses, as the enumerator canvassed the street, walking up one side, and down the other. Residents are listed on the left side of the page, servants in the middle, and lodgers on the right side. Be sure to check all three parts if you don't know in which category the individual or family was located.<br> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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