Blog about Genealogy in Denmark

The Genealogical Value of Vaccination Records

Vaccination against smallpox was mandatory in Denmark from 1810. The first vaccination record books look a lot like census records, because children of all ages who had not had smallpox, were vaccinated during the months following the law about vaccinations.

by Lene Dræby Kottal

Danish County Records: Hometown Certificates # 4

Extraordinary hometown certificates were issued to people from Southern Jutland (then called Schleswigers) who had opted for Danish citizenship following the end of the Second Schleswig War in 1864. The application could include a copy of a citizenship record.

by Lene Dræby Kottal

Danish County Records: Hometown Certificates # 3

Extraordinary hometown certificates were issued to people from Southern Jutland (then called Schleswigers) who had opted for Danish citizenship following the end of the Second Schleswig War in 1864. The application often included could included a letter from a county office in Schleswig.

by Lene Dræby Kottal

Danish County Records: Hometown Certificates # 2

Extraordinary hometown certificates were issued to people from Southern Jutland (then called Schleswigers) who had opted for Danish citizenship following the end of the Second Schleswig War in 1864. The applications have been kept, and they often contained attachments, which have also been kept.

by Lene Dræby Kottal

Danish County Records: Hometown Certificate # 1

Extraordinary hometown certificates were issued to people from Southern Jutland (then called Schleswigers) who had opted for Danish citizenship following the end of the Second Schleswig War in 1864. The applications have been kept in the collections of the Danish county offices.

by Lene Dræby Kottal

Danish County Records: Public Trustee Record # 2

The Danish public trustee records are a good supplement for the probate records.

by Lene Dræby Kottal

Danish County Records: Public Trustee Record # 1

The Danish public trustee managed inheritance for underage heirs. The function lay at the county office, so these records are found in collections from the county offices.

by Lene Dræby Kottal

Danish County Records: Mediation in Separation and Divorce Cases

Married couples who wanted to be separated or divorced, first had to go to a meeting with a mediator from the county office.

by Lene Dræby Kottal

Danish County Records: Probate Records

The county authorities were probate administrators for residents at self-owned farms in Denmark until about 1793, so you can find probate records for self-owners in the county collections.

by Lene Dræby Kottal

Danish County Records: Military Case Files

Record series with miscellaneous letters can be worth researching. Such a collection from Odense County Office holds correspondence about a soldier, who moved to another military levying district without reporting it to the military authorities.

by Lene Dræby Kottal