Danish Research

​Getting Started with Danish Research

Denmark Clickable Map on FamilySearch Wiki

​Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe bordering Sweden, Norway, and Germany.
In 1793 its counties were reorganized into 24 counties. Danish is the official language.
Click on "Read More" below for links to get started on your research.

Denmark Research Topics

Beginning Research

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• Research Strategies
• Record Finder

           

          

Record Types

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• Cemeteries
• Census
• Church Records
• Citizenship
• Civil Registration
• Court Records
• Directories
• Emigration & Immigration
• Genealogies
• Heraldry
• Land & Property
• Military Levying Rolls (Lægdsruller)

• Military Records
• Newspapers
• Nobility
• Notarial Records
• Obituaries
• Occupations
• Online Records
• Periodicals
• Probate Records
• Religions
• School Records
• Taxation

Denmark Background
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• Biography
• Church History
• Danish Word List
• Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
• Feast Days
• Gazetteers
• Handwriting
• Historical Geography

• History
• Languages
• Maps
• Names, Personal
• Social Life & Customs
• For Further Reading

​Ethnicity

• Jewish Records
• Minorities

​Local Research Resources

• Archives & Libraries
• Societies
• Family History Centers

To see all the Denmark Genealogy on FamilySearch Wiki click on link below:

https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Denmark_Genealogy