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

 * Danish Family Search
 * 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

Atlases and Maps

 * Maps showing historical administration (DigDag)
 * Danish Geodata Agency
 * DIS-Danmark - Kort over Danmarks amter
 * Danmarks amter (1662-1793)
 * Danmarks amter (1793-1970)
 * index

Bornholm

 * Bornholmske Kirkebøger

Census

 * Danish Family Search - available in English and mostly indexed
 * Danish Census Records Online
 * A Guide to the Danish Demographic Database
 * Danish Demographic Database - English version or Danish version
 * Extracted Records by Aurelia Clemons
 * Folket i midten extracted records for Århus, Skanderborg, and Viborg
 * SKLA's family portal

Church Records

 * Danish Family Search - available in English and mostly indexed
 * Direct link to Arkivalieronline
 * Danish Church Records Online
 * Danish Church Records: Online Indexes
 * Contacting a Parish in Denmark (Sogneportal)
 * DIS-Danmark - Kilder(DIS Denmark - Sources)
 * Extracted Records by Aurelia Clemons
 * Folket i midten extracted records for Århus, Skanderborg, and Viborg
 * SKLA's family portal
 * Alsnissen

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
 * Hovedstadsarkiver
 * Police Census Records, 1892-1923
 * Rosengade history and historical pictures (Copenhagen)

Court Records

 * Digitized Court Records Online

Danish American Sources

 * ELCA Archives
 * Danish American Archives

Death Notices/Obituaries

 * Afdoede.dk

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 Immigrant Museum
 * Hamburg Passenger Lists
 * Over Øresund - Över Öresund
 * Scandinavian Emigrant Ships
 * Østjyske vandriner

Gazetteer

 * FamilySearch Wiki's Gazetteer (see the map under the heading Jurisdictions on the page)
 * Krabsens stednavnebase
 * Danmarks lokaladministration 1660-2007
 * Fund og Fortidsminder
 * Sogneportalen

Genealogy

 * Denmark Genealogy Links
 * SKLA's Family portal
 * Denmark Genealogy Resources
 * Danish Genealogical Research (by Your Family Connection)

Greenland

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

History

 * Danish Women's History
 * Rosengade history and historical pictures (Copenhagen)
 * Danmarks Kirker

Insurance

 * Fire Insurance Records Digitized Online

Jews

 * JGS Denmark - index

Libraries

 * LibWeb Denmark

Local Archives

 * Sammenslutningen af Lokalarkiver
 * Sønderborg Kommunes Lokalhistoriske Arkivsamvirke
 * Vejle Stadsarkiv
 * Aalborg Stadsarkiv

Maps

 * DigDag.dk: Interactive Historical Maps, for an English guide of how to use the website click here

Military Levying Rolls

 * Danish Kin Research Help
 * Military Levying Rolls and Lægdsnummere (Levy Numbers)

Names

 * Nordic Names

News

 * The Copenhagen Post

Occupations

 * Common Danish Occupations found in the census records, with English translations
 * Folket i midten extracted records for Århus, Skanderborg, and Viborg
 * Danish Skippers and Officers 1701-1839

Parish Special Interest Groups

 * Sognetræf

Periodicals

 * Hvem forsker Hva

Probate Records

 * Digitized Probate Records Online
 * 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.
 * Extracted Records by Aurelia Clemons

Research Forums (for assistance)

 * DIS-Danmark Forum
 * Slægt &amp; Data Forum (run by DIS-Danmark)
 * Denmark Genealogy Facebook page - English version and Danish version

Research Resources

 * Danish Genealogical Word List
 * Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * Danske billeder, et historisk billedarkiv
 * Denmark Genealogical Links
 * Denmark Research Help (see the box What Are You Looking For? for the research guidance)
 * Genealogical research in Denmark
 * Gothic Handwriting Resource Guide
 * DanishKin Research Guidance

Schleswig-Holstein

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

Societies

 * DIS-Danmark - Databehandling i Slægtsforskning
 * MyDanishRoots.com
 * Sammenslutningen af Slægtshistoriske Foreninger
 * Samfundet for dansk genealogi og Personalhistorie
 * Slægtshistorisk Forening for Storkøbenhavn - Forside
 * SogneTræf
 * Slægt og Data by DIS Danmark

Universities

 * Links to Danish universities

West Indies

 * History
 * Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands of the United States
 * WHKMLA History of Danish West Indies, 1625-1814