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’.