The main FamilySearch™ computer program helps a user search for ancestors in FamilySearch files. When the name of an ancestor is typed at the keyboard, FamilySearch quickly searches through millions of names and finds any that match. It matches last names that are spelled differently but sound the same. It can guide users from the matches they find to full screens of information—dates and places of birth, marriage, and death; and names of parents, children, and spouses.

FamilySearch™ is available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and at over 1,300 Latter-day Saint Family History Centers in the United States, Canada, and a number of other countries.

The FamilySearch™ files useful for Danish research are described below.

• Ancestral File. This file contains family history information linked in family groups and pedigrees that has been contributed since 1979. There are millions of names in this file. You are invited to contribute your family history information to Ancestral File. For more information, see the publication Contributing Information to Ancestral File, available at the Family History Library and at Family History Centers.
• Family History Library Catalog. This is an automated edition of the Family History Library's catalog. The automated edition simplifies use of the catalog. Using the catalog on FamilySearch™, patrons may easily find information about the library's holdings and microfilm call numbers.
• International Genealogical Index. The index provides names and vital information for millions of deceased persons who lived in Denmark. This valuable research tool lists birth, christening, or marriage dates.
  

RECORDS SELECTION TABLE

The table below can help you decide which records to search. In column 1 find the goal you selected. Find in column 2 the types of records that are most likely to have the information you need. Then turn to that section of this outline. Additional records that may also be useful are listed in column 3. The terms used in columns 2 and 3 are the same as the subject headings used in this outline and in the Locality section of the Family History Library Catalog.Records containing previous research (biography, genealogy, history, nobility, periodicals, societies, and the International Genealogical Index) could provide information for most of the goals. These have not been repeatedly listed unless they are especially helpful for the goal.

1. If You Need	2. Look First In	3. Then Search
Age	Census	Church Records
Birth date	Church Records	—
Death	Church Records	Probate Records, Court Records
Emigration information	Emigration and Immigration	Societies
Historical background	History	Social Life and Customs, Societies
Language helps	Language and Languages	Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Living relatives	Genealogy	Societies
Marriage	Church Records	—
Naming customs	Names, Personal	Social Life and Customs
Noble families	Nobility	Biography, Periodicals
Occupation	Church Records	Census
Parents, children, and other family members	Church Records	Census, Probate, Court Records
Parish, district, and county boundaries	Maps	Gazetteers
Physical description	Military Records	Biography, Genealogy
Place-finding aids	Gazetteers	Maps, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Places of residence	Church Records	Census, Land and Property
Previous research (compiled genealogy)	Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies	History, Biography, Archives and Libraries

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