GSC Notes and News for Denmark
Don't forget that on the second Monday of each month, Michelle will be available at the GSC Resource Centre in Petrie Park to help you with Danish and other Scandinavian research. Bookings are appreciated. Check our calendars which are available for download from the GSC Meeting dates page..
Michelle has recommended these sites if you are researching your Danish ancestors.
GSC Notes and News for Denmark
The Danish State Archives – online services
http://www.sa.dk/content/us/genealogy/online_services
Excellent information on getting started, basic records, Danish names, handwriting and a dictionary of common words.
Danish Demographic Database
http://www.ddd.dda.dk/ddd_en.htm
Search for transcribed census records from 1787 to 1925 and emigration records (note: type ‘Australia’ as ‘Australien’)
Arkivalieronline.dk
http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/default.aspx
Digitised parish registers and census records
Instructions in English for using Arkivalieronline.dk
http://www.utilis.dk/ressourcer/ao_english_instructions.pdf
DIS-Danmark
http://www.dis-danmark.dk/forum/list.php?11
Danish genealogy forum for English speakers where you may ask for help to find your Danish ancestors
Familysearch
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
Search for your Danish ancestor’s birth/baptism/marriage records. Both the ‘International Genealogical Index’ and ‘Vital Records Index’ contain extracted information from Danish parish registers.
There is also a lot of useful information on Danish research under ‘Research Helps’.