Denmark "How to" Guides

Denmark "How to" Guides

How to use the guides
Select a guide from the list below based on your interests. Please note that some guides need to be completed in sequence to ensure a successful experience. Build your research knowledge and confidence with each activity you complete.

Each guide comes with three parts - Instruction, which includes a guided activity, Assignment, to test what you've learned, and an Answer key, to check how you did on the assignment. The guides are also rated as either Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced. The majority are designed for beginners.

The guides are available in PDF form designed to be downloaded and printed. To view a guide, click on its title. Once the guide has opened, use the PDF tools found in your browser to print and save the document.

PLEASE NOTE: Some guides are designed to be completed using resources found in the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. These are indicated by an * following the title of the guide. If you cannot visit the Family History Library, check your local library or your local FamilySearch Family History Center for availability of the resources described in the guide.

Available Guides
This is a work in progress. Please check back often for new and/or updated guides.


 * Inserting Special Characters - [[Media:1-Diacritics-Instruction.pdf|Instruction]]
 * Arkivalieronline: Church Records - [[Media:1-Arkivalieronline Church Records-Instruction.pdf|Instruction]], [[Media:2-Arkivalieronline Church Records-Assignment.pdf|Activity]], [[Media:3-Arkivalieronline Church Records-Answer Key.pdf|Answer Key]]
 * Danish Census Records Online [[Media:1-Dansk Demografisk Database-Instruction.pdf|Instruction]], [[Media:2-Dansk Demografisk Database-Assignment.pdf|Activity]], [[Media:3-Dansk Demografisk Database-Answer Key.pdf|Answer Key]]
 * FamilySearch Danish Gazetteer - [[Media:1 - Using Gazetteers to Determine Jurisdictions FamilySearch Research Wiki - Instruction D Jones Oct 2018 JMR.pdf|Instruction]], [[Media:2 - Using Gazetteers to Determine Jurisdictions FamilySearch Research Wiki - Activity D Jones Oct 2018 JMR.pdf|Activity]], [[Media:3 - Using Gazetteers to Determine Jurisdictions FamilySearch Research Wiki - Answer Key D Jones Oct 2018 JMR.pdf|Answer Key]]
 * Krabsens Gazetteer - [[Media:1 - Using Krabsens Gazetteer to Determine Jurisdictions - Instruction D Jones Oct 2018 JMR.pdf|Instruction]], [[Media:2 - Using Krabsens Gazetteer to Determine Jurisdictions - Activity D Jones Oct 2018 JMR.pdf|Activity]], [[Media:3 - Using Krabsens Gazetteer to Determine Jurisdictions - Answer Key D Jones Oct 2018 JMR.pdf|Answer Key]]

For areas of Denmark once part of Germany:


 * Reading German civil birth records - [[Media:1- Germany - Civil Registration Births-Instruction D Jones Dec 2018 JMR.pdf|Instruction]], [[Media:2- Germany - Civil Registration Births-Activity D Jones Dec 2018 JMR.pdf|Activity,]] [[Media:3- Germany - Civil Registration Births-Answer Key D Jones Dec 2018 JMR.pdf|Answer Key]]
 * Reading German civil marriage records - [[Media:1-Germany - Civil Registration Marriages-Instruction D Jones Dec 2018 JMR.pdf|Instruction]], [[Media:2-Germany - Civil Registration Marriages-Activity D Jones Dec 2018 JMR.pdf|Activity]], [[Media:3-Germany - Civil Registration Marriages-Answer Key D Jones Dec 2018 JMR.pdf|Answer Key]]
 * Reading German civil death records - [[Media:1- Germany - Civil Registration Deaths-Instruction D Jones Dec 2018 JMR.pdf|Instruction]], [[Media:2- Germany - Civil Registration Deaths-Activity D Jones Dec 2018 JMR.pdf|Activity]], [[Media:3- Germany - Civil Registration Deaths-Answer Key D Jones Dec 2018 JMR.pdf|Answer Key]]

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