Denmark Genealogy

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Guide to Denmark ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Welcome to the Denmark Page!
FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers.

The Denmark page has many helpful articles that can help you learn how to find, use, and analyze Danish records of genealogical value. There are also sections on the page that can help simplify the research process. In the What Are You Looking For section, you can learn the basic strategies used for finding ancestors. The Research Tools section contains many valuable links, English guides to Danish websites, and other such tools that make research easier. Finally, the Jurisdictions section can help you locate an ancestor's place of origin, determine where records are located, and so much more.

Getting started with Danish research

 * Want to learn more about how to do research in Denmark? Take a look at the "How to" Guides!

What Are You Looking For?
Another source for Danish researchers of all levels is My Danish Ancestors, A Step-by-Step Guide to Utilizing FamilySearch.org to find Danish Ancestors.

Research Tools
Wiki articles describing online collections is found at:


 * Denmark Civil Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Denmark, Estate Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Jurisdictions
In 1793 the Counties were reorganized into 24 Counties. However, Roskilde is filed under København so we only list 23 counties below. The churches in Copenhagen City are listed under the city rather than the county.

The Danish name for county is Amt. The organization of Danish records in the FamilySearch Catalog is based upon this time period.

The Standard which FamilySearch uses is as follows Town, Sogn (Parish), Herred, Amt (County), Denmark


 * [[Media:Denmark_Counties_1793_-_1970.jpg|The Counties of Denmark (1793 - 1970)]]


 * Faroe Islands

FamilySearch Wikiprojects
You can help build the Danish content on the FamilySearch Wiki by participating with a FamilySearch Wikiproject.


 * Denmark WikiProjects

Here's a quick reference to specific activities:

Help Wanted
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Links to articles, subcategories and images under the Category Denmark
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 * Category:Denmark