Danish Research Websites

Denmark Danish Research Websites

With an estimated 60% of Danes using the internet daily, combined with the huge popularity of family history research in Denmark, the Danes have created a wealth of great online research tools. Here is a list of great websites useful to Danish Research:

Archives

 * Rigsarkivet
 * The National Archives
 * Libraries on the Web
 * Links to the Landsarkiv
 * Local Archives
 * Landsarkivet for Fyn
 * Landsarkivet for Nørrejylland
 * Landsarkivet for Sjælland, Lolland-Falster og Bornholm
 * Landsarkivet for Sønderjylland
 * Danish State Archives in English
 * The Danish Demographical Database

Bornholm

 * Bornholmske Kirkebøger

Census

 * Danish Census Records Online
 * Introduction to the Danish Demographic Database
 * Danish Demographic Database - English
 * Danish Demographic Database - Danish
 * Danish 1700 Census: males only

Church Records

 * Danish Church Records Online
 * Danish Church Records: Online Indexes
 * Contacting a Parish in Denmark (Sogneportal)
 * Kirker i Danmark(Churches in Denmark)

Civil Registration

 * Digitized Civil Marriages Online
 * Denmark Civil Marriages, 1851-1961

Copenhagen

 * Julins Registre til Københavns kirkebøger
 * Faksimilieutgåve av Kjøbenhavns Huse og Indvaanere efter Branden 1728
 * Københavns Statsarkiv (City Archive)
 * hovedstadsarkiver.dk
 * Resources.dk
 * Hovedstadsarkiver
 * Police Census Records, 1892-1923

Court Records

 * Digitized Court Records Online

Danish American Sources

 * ELCA Archives
 * Welcome to Dana.edu

Danish Atlas

 * Miløministeriet: Kort &amp; Matrikelstyrelsen

Danish County, District, and Parish Maps

 * Danmarks amter (1662-1793)
 * Danmarks amter (1793-1970)
 * DIS Danmarks, County, District, and Parish Maps

Danish Gazetteer

 * Krabsens stednavnebase
 * Danmarks lokaladministration 1660-2007
 * Fund og Fortidsminder
 * Sogneportalen

Danish Jews

 * JGS Denmark - index

Danish Libraries

 * http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Denmark.html

Dictionaries

 * Ordbog til det ældre danske sprog (1300-1700)
 * Danish Genealogical Word List.url
 * Online English to Danish Dictionary
 * Freelang - Danish
 * translate.google.com/#da/en/

Embassies
Danish Embasies on Denmark.dk Find a Danish Embassy here.url

Emigration &amp; Immigration

 * Danish Emigration Archives
 * Danish Museum Immigration, Culture Gifts Denmark Heritage
 * Hamburg Passenger Lists
 * Over Øresund - Över Öresund
 * Scandinavian Emigrant Ships
 * Østjyske vandriner

Emigration from Denmark

 * The Danish Emigration Archive

Genealogy

 * Denmark Genealogy Links
 * Denmark Genealogy Resources
 * Looking 4 Kin Genealogy &amp; Family History Network - Denmark

Greenland

 * National Archive and Museum
 * The Norse Settlers in Greenland - A short History

Insurance

 * Fire Insurance Records Digitized Online

Local Archives

 * Find et lokalarkiv i Sammenslutningen af Lokalarkiver
 * http--www.vejlestadsarkiv.dk-dk-default1.aspwhat=dblist
 * Sammenslutningen af Lokalarkiver

Maps

 * Maps showing historical administration (DigDag)
 * Danmarks amter (1793-1970) - Wikipedia
 * DIS-Danmark - Kort over Danmarks amter
 * ImageDanish-counties-1662-1793.png - Wikimedia Commons
 * index
 * Kort på nettet

Military Levying Rolls

 * Research Help

Names

 * Nordic Names

News

 * The Copenhagen Post

Occupations
Danish Skippers and Officers 1701-1839

Parish Special Interest Groups

 * Sognetræf

Periodicals
Hvem forsker Hva

Probate Records

 * Digitized Probate Records Online
 * Research Help
 * Extractions for Aarhus, Skanderborg, and Viborg (Erik Brejl) This online listing by estate gods is free and easily searchable using (CTRL) F to find NAMES and PLACES for your ancestry.

Research Forums (for assistance)

 * FamilySearch Forum


 * DIS-Danmark Forum

Research resources
Danish Genealogical Word List

Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Danske billeder, et historisk billedarkiv

Denmark Genealogical Links

Denmark Research Outline

Finding Records of Your Ancestors in Denmark

Genealogical research in Denmark

Gothic Handwriting Resource Guide

Schleswig-Holstein

 * Landesregierung Schleswig-Holstein This site is in German.
 * Schleswig-Holstein Database
 * Research on Als
 * AKVZ Dantenbank

Societies

 * Anetavlen
 * DIS-Danmark - Databehandling i Slægtsforskning
 * Genealogy Resource Index for Denmark, GRID
 * MyDanishRoots.com
 * Sammenslutningen af Slægtshistoriske Foreninger
 * Samfundet for dansk genealogi og Personalhistorie
 * Slægtshistorisk Forening for Storkøbenhavn - Anetavlen
 * Slægtshistorisk Forening for Storkøbenhavn - Forside
 * SogneTræf

Telephone

 * danish telephone dir
 * De Gule Sider ®
 * Denmark Telephone Code

Universities

 * Links to Danish universities

West Indies

 * History
 * Surt &amp; Sødt
 * Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands of the United States
 * WHKMLA History of Danish West Indies, 1625-1814