Denmark Region: Resources

We are happy that you are considering becoming accredited in the Denmark region. This resource page contains a list of important record types that you should be familiar with before applying for accreditation. It also contains links to important record collections, resources, and repositories that will be helpful to you as you prepare for the Denmark exam.

Although this list is not comprehensive, it will provide a starting point for you as you learn what is available to Danish researchers. If you would like to contribute additional resources to this page, please contact the moderator: A. Boyd Nielsen, AG.

Church Records (Kirkebøger, all events recorded in them, including feast day conversions)
Census Records (Folketællinger)
Probate Records (Skifteprotokoller)
Military Records (Lægdsruller, Søruller)
Gazetteers (Post- og Telegraf Adressebog for Kongeriget Danmark, Danmark [Trap], Kongeriget Danmark [Trap]
Danish-American Records (Church records, Census, Naturalization, Histories, Passenger Lists, Vital Records, etc. of North America)

Land Records (Fæsteprotokoller, Jordebøger, Skødeprotokoller, Panteprotokoller)
Nobility Records (Adels Aarbok, etc.)
Biographical Records (Dansk Biografisk Lexikon [Bricka], Danske Præstehistorie [Wiberg], Scandinavian Biographical Index)
Guardianship (Overformynderiprotokoller)
Emigration (Pasprotokoller, Pasregnskaber, Register over udvandrere)
Archives and Libraries
Historical Events

Taxation Records (Skattemandtaller, Skattehovedbøger, Lensregnskaber, Kontributionsregnskaber)
Court Records (Tingbøger, Dombøger, Rådstueprotokoller, Borgerskaber)
Periodicals (Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift, Genealogisk Tidsskrift, Personalhistorisker Samlinger: Genealogisk Tidsskrift)
Civil Registration (Dødsattester, Dødeblade, Kopulations Pengeprotokoller)
Guild Records (Lavsprotokoller, Ind-og Udskrivningsbøger, Medlemsprotokoller, Tildepengeprotokoller)
Citizenship Records (Borgerskabprokoller)

In order to pass the Denmark exam, you will be expected to accurately translate documents of genealogical significance from Danish into English. Following are sample Danish documents, which you may use to test your language skills.

Danish Probate Record
Danish Probate Record, translation
1787 Danish Census Record, with transcription and translation

• Bornholmske Kirkebøger

(Bornholm Church Books)

• Arkivalieronline

(digital images of church and census records)

• Dansk Demografisk Database

(index to census and emigration/immigration records)

• Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

(contains links to Lutheran church and other records of that denomination in America)

• The Danish American Archive

(collection of materials relating to Danish-Americans)

• The Danish Emigration Archives (Danish emigration materials)
  

Post-og Telegraf Adressebog for Kongeriget Danmark (Danish Postal Guide). København: J. Jørgensen & Co., 1978. (FHL book Scand. 948.9 E8g; film 069,185.)

Danish Place Names (online database)

Danmark 1:100 000 Topografisk Atlas (Denmark 1:100 000 Topographical Atlas). København: Geodætisk Institut, 1986. (FHL book Ref 948.9 E7gin.)

Smith, Frank, and Finn A. Thomsen. Genealogical Guidebook and Atlas of Denmark. (FHL book 948.9 D 27g.)

Kort over Danmarks amter fra 1793 to 1970
(map of Denmark’s counties from 1793 to 1970)

Trap, Jens Peter, Danmark (Gazetteers of Denmark, Færoe Islands, and Greenland); (FHL INTL Book 948.9 E2t 1958; 31 volumes).

Danish Word List

Thomsen, Finn A., Scandinavian Genealogical Research Manual (FHL INTL Book 948 D27t, vol. 1, p 56-81).

Magnussen, Johannes Julius. McKay’s Modern English-Danish, Danish-English Dictionary (FHL INTL Book 439.81321 M275m; film 1,440,033, item 1.)

Denmark Research Outline (familysearch.org) Item number 34714

Denmark

Church Records

Stevenson, J. Grant, Danish Genealogical Research (FHL Intl Book 948.9 D27s, vol. 1.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department, The Church Records of Denmark (FHL INTL Book 929.1 G286gs ser. D no 6 1978).

Thomsen, Finn A., Scandinavian Genealogical Research Manual (FHL INTL Book 948 D27t, vol. 3, p 9-12).

Nygård, S., Danmarks Kirkebøger: en oversight over deres væsentligste indhold indtil 1891 (FHL INTL Book 948.9 K23n).

Feast Days

Bukke, Inger M., and Peer K. Kristensen and Finn A. Thomsen, The Comprehensive Genealogical Feast Day Calendar (FHL INTL Book 529.44 C738).

Census Records

Stevenson, J. Grant, Danish Genealogical Research (FHL INTL Book 948.9 D27s, vol. 2.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department, Census Records of Denmark (FHL INTL Book 929.1 G286gs ser. D no. 7 1977).

Thomsen, Finn A., Scandinavian Genealogical Research Manual (FHL INTL Book 948 D27t, vol. 3, p 13-18).

Probate Records

Stevenson, J. Grant, Danish Genealogical Research (FHL Intl Book 948.9 D27s, vol. 3.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department, The Probate Records of Denmark (FHL INTL Book 929.1 G286gs ser. D no. 9 1977).

Jørgensen, Johan, Skifter og Testementer (FHL INTL Book 948.9 H2jo).

Thomsen, Finn A., Scandinavian Genealogical Research Manual (FHL INTL Book 948 D27t, vol. 3, p 26-35).

Military Records

Stevenson, J. Grant, Danish Genealogical Research (FHL Intl Book 948.9 D27s, vol. 4.)

Green, Jørgen, Slægtsforskning: i Lægdsruller, Søruller og i Hærens og Søværnets Arkiver (FHL INTL Book 948.9 D27ga)

Barlow, Brentnall H., A Guide to Danish Army Units (FHL INTL Book 948.9 M2b).

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department, The Military Levying Rolls of Denmark (FHL INTL Book 929.1 G286gs ser. D no. 8 1976).

Thomsen, Finn A., Scandinavian Genealogical Research Manual (FHL INTL Book 948 D27t, vol. 3, p 36-40).

Danmark Krigsministeriet, Haandbog for Hæren, (FHL INTL Book 948.9 M23k).

Nobility
Krogh, F., Dansk Adelskalender (FHL INTL Film 355567).

Lengnick, Johan Carl Louis, Genealogier Over Adelige og Borgerlige Familier (FHL INTL 6350007 (18 fiche).

Rosenkrantz, Palle, Dansk Adel (FHL INTL Book 948.9 D3ro).

Thiset, Anders, Nyt Dansk Adelslexikon: Fortegnelse Over Dansk Adel i Fortid og Nutid (FHL INTL Book 948.9D3h).

Hiort-Lorenzen, H. R., and A. Thiset, Danmarks Adels Aarbog, (FHL INTL Book 948.9 D55d; film 1124534-45; 89 volumes).

Biography
Bricka, C. F., Dansk Biografisk Lexikon (FHL INTL Book 948.9 D36d, vols. 1-20).

Wiberg, S. V., En Almindelig Dansk Præstehistorie, (FHL INTL Book 948.9 D2w, vols. 1-4).

Dahl, Svend, Dansk Biografisk Haandleksikon (FHL INTL Book 948.9 D36h, vols. 1-3).

• Danish Immigrant Archives, Grand View College, 1351 Grand View Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50316
• Danish Immigrant Museum, 2212 Washington Street, P. O. Box 178, Elk Horn, Iowa 51531
• Rigsarkivet, Rigsdagsgården 9, DK-1218 København K, Denmark
• Landsarkivet for Sjælland m. m., Jagtvej 10, DK-22 København N, Denmark
• Landsarkivet for Fyn, Jernbanegade 36, DK-5000 Odense, Denmark
• Landsarkivet for Nørrejylland, Lille Sct. Hansgade 5, DK-8800 Viborg, Denmark
• Landsarkivet for Sønderjydske Landsdele, Haderslevvej 45, DK-6200 Åbenrå, Denmark
• Samfundet for Dansk Genealogi og Personalhistorie, Steenshoj 12, Bruunshab, 8800 Viborg, Denmark
• Hærens Arkiv, Slotsholmgade 4, DK-1216 København K, Denmark
• Samfundet for Dansk genealogi og Personalhistorie, Tækkerløkke 34 A, DK-6200 Åbenrå, Denmark

Online Classes
The following classes are online at Familysearch.org:
Scandinavian Gothic Lesson 1: Gothic Letters

Scandinavian Gothic Lesson 2: Names, Words and Dates

Scandinavian Gothic Lesson 3: Reading Scandinavian Records

Lectures
The following lectures are from the World Conference on Records and Genealogical Seminar:

Jørgensen, A. Harald, How to Use the Court, Land, and Tax Records of Denmark in a Genealogical Program (FHL INTL Book 929.1 W893 E13).

Hvidt, Kristian, Along the Scandinavian Emigrant Trail: Denmark (FHL INTL Book 929.1 W893 E1 & 2a).

Teisen, Jørgen, Danish Military and Maritime Records: Their Place in Genealogy (FHL INTL Book 929.1 W893 E12).

Hvidt, Kristian, Sources Related to Danish Emigration (FHL INTL Book 929.1 W893 E14).

Worsøe, Hans Holten, Slægtshistorie: en Vejledning (FHL INTL REF Book 948.9 D27w 1977).

Fabritius, Albert, and Harald Hatt, Handbog I Slægtsforskning (FHL INTL Book 948.9 D27fh).

Scharling, Suno, Min slægt, Hvordan-Hvornår-Hvorfor? (FHL INTL Book 948.9 D27sc).

Smith, Frank and Finn A. Thomsen, Genealogical Guidebook and Atlas of Denmark (FHL INTL Book 948.9 D27g).

Worsøe, Hans Holten, Find din rødder (FHL INTL Book 948.9 D27wh).

Periodicals
Personalhistorisk Tidskrift (FHL INTL Book 948.9 D25p; film 1,124,566).

Hvem Forsker Hvad (FHL INTL Book 948.9 D25H).

Fortid og Nutid (FHL INTL Book 948.9 H25fn).