Danish Demographic Database

Overview

The Danish Demographic Database has a searchable index to persons in Danish censuses in 1787, 1834, and from 1840 to 1921 by Danish counties. Not all counties have been extracted for all years.

Content

Information you may likely obtain:

• Name
• Birthplace
• Position in household
• Age
• Occupation
• Address
• Marital Status
• Others in household and their information
• Map of each county showing parishes and their districts

Using the Site

• To use the Danish version, you must type all names using Danish alphabet letters, å, ø, æ.
• Type in at least 3 letters of a name–first, last or both. Use short forms of names such as Sven for Sven, Svend, Svensen, Svendsen, Svendsdatter, Svensdtr; Mads for Mads, Madsen, Madsdatter, Madsdr.
• On the search page, click on underlined map or kort for the county maps.

Internet Address

http://ddd.dda.dk/ddd_en.htm

or search Google for "Danish Demographic Database."

Cost

Free

Tips

• Use the Danish Word List on FamilySearch to translate words such as gift–married or ugift–unmarried; kone–wife, børn–child; tjeneste–servant.
  
• The less you enter the better. Use other fields only if you get more than 100 hits for a name. Then delimit your results using age, sex, or parish if known.
• If you are unsuccessful with a male’s name, try a wife by maiden name or a child’s name. Try only a first name or only a surname or part of a name. Try sound-alike letters such as G, C, K for Groneman, Cronemand, Kronnemann.