Denmark. Getting started finding your Family records Sherry Hall

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1 Denmark Getting started finding your Family records Sherry Hall

2 Denmark IS the Happiest Place on Earth The World Happiness Report from the United Nations ranked Denmark the happiest nation on Earth, with an average life satisfaction score of 7.69 out of 10.

3 Denmark Class Objectives 1. Who- Naming traditions in Scandinavian countries Patronymics 2. Where- you must know to search records Jurisdictions of Denmark 3. How to search for Danish records online- it is FREE! Web URL s 4. Family Search Wiki to be a Pro!

4 WHO Naming Traditions of Denmark Patronymic: 90% Country Folk, based on a parent's name, such as Lars Nielsen (son of Niels) Occupation: City, based on the person's trade, such as Jens Smed (the smith) Geographic: based on a person's residence, such as Peder Tolstrup Nicknames: based on a person's characteristics, such as Anders Blåtann (bluetooth) Social Status: based on person s title, status., such as (Baron or Terp)

5 Patronymic System Jens Sorensen Soren Jensen

6 Patronymic Naming Tradition -sson: Sweden , Finland , Iceland- still today -sen: Norway , Denmark Note: Many other European nations have used a form of Patronymics

7 Naming Patronymic Tradition- Denmark 1st Son Father s Father, 2nd Son Mother s Father, 3rd Son Father, 4th Son Father s Oldest Brother, 5th Son Father s 2nd Oldest Brother or Mother s Oldest Brother. 1st Daughter Mother s Mother, 2nd Daughter Father s Mother, 3rd Daughter Mother, 4th Daughter Mother s Oldest Sister, 5th Daughter Mother s Second Oldest Sister or Father s Oldest Sister

8 Patronymic Naming Tradition Jens Sorensen and Maren Nielsdatter 1. Soren Jensen 2. Niels Jensen 3. Jensen 1. Ane Jensdatter 2. Bodil Jensdatter 3. Jensdatter Following Scandinavian naming traditions, what would this family name the third son and third daughter?

9 Patronymic Naming Tradition- Denmark Inheritance factors (Old saying the name must match the land) If a young daughter dies the next girl would be given the same name. When a parent dies the next child born will carry their name. Possible that relatives had the same names, therefore two living children may bear the similar names.

10 Where- Is Location Important? YES! Location- Location- Location 1. Know your Location, to prove your Jens Jensen is really YOURS. 2. Location is also important in order to search all Free Danish Records.

11 Before 1793, Denmark was divided into about 50 small Counties Denmark Counties

12 Family Denmark History Counties 1793 Library Learning Center- Denmark 1793 Denmark consolidated into about 22 Counties and this format is used to locate your RECORD S today!

13 Denmark Amt/County Hjorring Herred/District Dronninglund Sogn/Parish Albæk Village/Gard/Farm Mosen

14 Need to find your Jurisdiction look here!

15 Translation Hints and Tricks

16 More Hints and Tricks Google Chrome Browser: -F Opens the find search bar. Magically you can search a long PDF Document! Right click your Mouse on a Google Chrome Browser page and you will not only see Copy Paste options but also a Translate option:)

17 Where- Danish Websites Danish Demographical Database ( ) Search indexed CENSUS records. Arkivalieronline ( ) Search and save great original census, church and other records. Danishfamilysearch ( Search original and indexed census records. Family Search Wiki, Links to Online Records (

18 Danish Census- Four Important Census Years 1787 First national census. This is the only census taken in August. Due to the season the census was taken in, many men were away, for fishing, labor, etc., and do not appear in the census. All other censuses after this date were taken in February First census year to include birthplace of every individual and their religious affiliation More information added to the censuses this year, including: Birth date, Year moved to parish, and marriage year First census taken after World War I. Southern Denmark re-joined the kingdom after years of Prussian/German rule (Southern Jutland or Schleswig-Holstein) under German jurisdiction has Civil Registrations which began in 1874 (Privacy- must write a letter to obtain).

19 Denmark Census Years /1803 Gap 1834/ /

20 Danish Demographical Database First Place to Look for your Denmark Family Records!

21 County Census t Project Chart Basic Word List

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28 Where- Danish Websites Nearly all of the Danish national census records are both digitized and indexed. Other Danish Records are digitized. Learn to navigate the following websites extremely well: Danish Demographical Database ( ) Search indexed census records. Arkivalieronline ( Search and save great original census, church and other records. Danishfamilysearch ( Search original and indexed census records.

29 National Arkives Choose: Here, you select which records you want to see Kirkebøger- Church Records Folketællinger- Census Records Find din slægt- Find your relatives Find en ejendom- Find a property Sønderjylland og hertugdømmerne- Southern Jutland /Schleswig Hjælpemidler- Private Archives, War information, Business, Tradesmen records, etc. Øvrige samlinger- Other, Gods, Barons, Skifts, etc.

30 Click on Church or Census and the selection page opens in a new tab.

31 Click Here Census gives you a snapshot of a household. There's 75 years available for Denmark Censuses.

32 ARCHIVE CREATOR IS KEY Order is not chronologically, for instance, the oldest or youngest first. Census are facing alphabetically by the authority which has made the individual counting. In the old days it was Interest-chamber, which was the counts. Later was it the one authority, which today is called "Denmark's statistics". "D" precedes the "R" - therefore face the census from 1850 top. Use FireFox Browser

33 Three versions of each- København/Copenhagen - Købstæder/Market towns - Landdistrikter (dvs. sogne ude på landet)/rural (ie parishes in the country). Look for other examples of Slesvig/Schleswig, Grønland/Greenland and the Færøerne/Faroe Islands. FireFox Browser Tip: Click on these three lines, you get a menu where you can select find. At the bottom of the page you get a "search" box.

34 Scroll down and select a general record set and year. Example: Landdistrikter, 1901

35 Easiest: Type the name of the Parish - or part of the Parish name - in box "parish". If you know your correct Jurisdiction in Denmark you may use the drop down Menu: 1. Select AMT/ County 2. Select Herred/ Court District 3. Select Sogn/ Church

36 THE OTHER WAY Here we started to narrow your search choosing AMT/ County Herred/ Court District Sogn/ Church in each drop-down menu. The censuses of Allerslev Parish 1901 is found. Click on the blue link here to open it in the new picture viewer.

37 Navagation Tips: Magnify You can also navigate images using. keys on your keyboard: key Function "+" Zoom in "-" Zoom Out "Page up" previous image "Page down" next image Arrow keys on the top Navigation Bar can be used to navigate when you are in the zoomed image. You can also zoom by rolling your mouse disk.

38 Scanned Records on Left. Here you need to click from page to page, or use the keys on your computer 'page up' and 'page down'. You can pull menu by dragging the black line to the right. For over 20 years, hundreds of skilled indexers have worked indexing Census Records in Dansk Demografisk Database. Ddd.dda.dk Here you will see the original Census and Church Records.

39 Tips: To Print Screenshot (Ctrl +P) Save or Share Image Options To place your Image into Family Search Memories just save your image to your computer desktop and drag into Memories.

40 Danish Family Search Danish Family Search is easy to navigate! Demonstration Now.

41 Learn More Search in the Family Search Wiki Denmark Use the interactive maps to learn about your Amt- Herred- Sogn- Farm or Place Feast Day Calendar Conversions Word Lists and Census Heading Word Lists Denmark Online Records!!!! Including Extracted Probates!!!!

42 Challenge Find Three or More Danish Census Records for your Family. Happy Searching! Thank you for coming!

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