Denmark Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This Collection will include records from 1640 to 1917.

This index is an electronic database of information. The entries are primarily from the International Genealogical Index (IGI) along with some entries derived from compiled and original records such as:


 * Family Records
 * Church Records
 * Civil Registration

It may also include indexes generated by the internet indexing project sponsored by the LDS Church. There may be entries that cite a specific source such as the following:


 * "Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850: a Family Register for the People" by James Arnold
 * "Paul Dingwell Genealogical Collection" by Paul Dingwell


 * A county or state vital record registration These entries are in this collection for one of the following reasons:


 * They were submitted by private individuals to the LDS Church and as such are part of the IGI resulting in their inclusion in this index.


 * They have been indexed through the internet indexing project sponsored by the LDS Church. If this is the case, the index they are a part of has been included as part of this database. The Vital Record Index databases are not necessarily intended to index any specific set of records although some sub-indexes (an index to a set of records within the database) have been found. When we identify a sub-index, we remove it from the database and post it separately on FamilySearch under its appropriate title. This index is not complete for any particular place or region.

For over 30 years, volunteer indexers extracted this information from microfilm copies of the original records. In 2001, some of the entries were published on 2 CDs by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the "Scandinavian Vital Records Index: Denmark." This is an index of some deaths and burials throughout Denmark. The index is not necessarily complete for any particular place or region. Some of this information is also found in the International Genealogical Index (IGI).

Church records and civil registration were official records and are some of the most reliable sources of information available for those who were born, married, or died in Denmark.

Citation For This Collection
The following citation refers to the original source of the information for collections published in FamilySearch.org. Source citations include the author, custodian, publisher and archive for the original records.

This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index or Vital Records Index collections.

Suggested citation format for a record in this collection.

Record Content
Key genealogical facts found in this collection may include:


 * Name of the deceased
 * Gender
 * Names of the parents
 * Name of the spouse (if married)
 * Death or burial date
 * Death or burial place
 * Family History Library Microfilm and item numbers for the source materials

How to Use the Record
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Related Websites

 * Mary's Genealogy Treasures


 * Denmark Genealogy Links

Related Wiki Articles

 * Denmark
 * Denmark Church Records

Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
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Citation Example for a Record Found in This Collection
"Denmark Burials, 1640-1917," index,FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FV5V-BBF : accessed 23 May 2012), Anders Jensen, 1807; citing Burial Records, FHL microfilm 42,770; Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.