Danish Research Websites

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With an estimated 60% of Danes using the internet daily, combined with the huge popularity of family history research in Denmark, the Danes have created a wealth of great online research tools. Here is a list of great websites useful to Danish Research:

Archives

 * Rigsarkivet
 * The National Archives
 * Links to the Landsarkiv
 * Local Archives
 * Landsarkivet for Fyn
 * Landsarkivet for Nørrejylland
 * Landsarkivet for Sjælland, Lolland-Falster og Bornholm
 * Landsarkivet for Sønderjylland
 * Danish State Archives in English

Bornholm

 * Bornholmske Kirkebøger

Church Records

 * Danish Church Records Online
 * Danish Church Records: Online Indexes
 * Contacting a Parish in Denmark (Sogneportal)

Census

 * Danish Census Records Online
 * Introduction to the Danish Demographic Database
 * Danish Demographic Database - English
 * Danish Demographic Database - Danish
 * Danish 1700 Census: males only

Copenhagen

 * Faksimilieutgåve av Kjøbenhavns Huse og Indvaanere efter Branden 1728
 * hovedstadsarkiver.dk
 * Resources.dk
 * Hovedstadsarkiver

Danish American Sources

 * ELCA Archives
 * Welcome to Dana.edu

Danish Atlas

 * Miløministeriet: Kort &amp; Matrikelstyrelsen

Danish County, District, and Parish Maps

 * Danmarks amter (1662-1793)
 * Danmarks amter (1793-1970)
 * DIS Danmarks, County, District, and Parish Maps

Dictionaries

 * Ordbog til det ældre danske sprog (1300-1700)

Emigration &amp; Immigration

 * Danish Emigration Archives
 * Danish Museum Immigration, Culture Gifts Denmark Heritage
 * Hamburg Passenger Lists
 * Over Øresund - Över Öresund
 * Scandinavian Emigrant Ships
 * Østjyske vandriner

Danish Gazetteer

 * Krabsens stednavnebase
 * Danmarks lokaladministration 1660-2007
 * Fund og Fortidsminder
 * Sogneportalen

Danish Jews

 * JGS Denmark - index

Danish Libraries

 * http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Denmark.html

Emigration from Denmark

 * The Danish Emigration Archive

Genealogy

 * Genealogy Links
 * Denmark Genealogy Resources

Local Archives

 * Find et lokalarkiv i Sammenslutningen af Lokalarkiver
 * http--www.vejlestadsarkiv.dk-dk-default1.aspwhat=dblist
 * Sammenslutningen af Lokalarkiver

Maps

 * Danmarks amter (1793-1970) - Wikipedia
 * Denmark 1850.000 clickable map
 * DIS-Danmark - Kort over Danmarks amter
 * ImageDanish-counties-1662-1793.png - Wikimedia Commons
 * index

Names

 * Nordic Names

News

 * The Copenhagen Post

Parish Special Interest Groups

 * Sognetræf

Research Forums (for assistance)

 * FamilySearch Forum


 * DIS-Danmark Forum

Schleswig-Holstein

 * Landesregierung Schleswig-Holstein This site is in German.
 * Schleswig-Holstein Database
 * Research on Als

Societies

 * Anetavlen
 * DIS-Danmark - Databehandling i Slægtsforskning
 * Genealogy Resource Index for Denmark, GRID
 * MyDanishRoots.com
 * Sammenslutningen af Slægtshistoriske Foreninger
 * Samfundet for dansk genealogi og Personalhistorie
 * Slægtshistorisk Forening for Storkøbenhavn - Anetavlen
 * Slægtshistorisk Forening for Storkøbenhavn - Forside
 * SogneTræf

Telephone

 * danish telephone dir
 * De Gule Sider ®
 * Denmark Telephone Code

Universities

 * Links to Danish universities

West Indies

 * History
 * Surt &amp; Sødt
 * Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands of the United States
 * WHKMLA History of Danish West Indies, 1625-1814