Population statistics in Denmark go back further than in most other countries. Denmark’s first actual census was carried out in 1769, but as far back as the 16th century, scattered information about births and deaths can be found in the church registers. From 1840 censuses were conducted regularly at 10-year intervals and from 1901 they
From the end of the 19th century until his death in 1929, the schoolteacher and folklorist, Evald Tang Kristensen, collected thousands of accounts from the common Danish people. It grew to no less than 24,500 pages from 6,500 contributors, making it a unique material in the world, and it now plays a central role in
Københavns Stadsarkiv (Copenhagen City Archive) has since 1969 collected about 3,500 digital and searchable Copenhagen stories and made them available to the public. The memoirs are a historic goldmine where ordinary Copenhageners speak out about life in Copenhagen in the period 1920-1960. It was a time of economic depression, housing shortages and unemployment, the German
AI & Genealogy The National Archives is starting to develop a new multi-generation register of the Danes’ family relations since 1920. The register will strengthen research in Denmark and will provide greater insight into how hereditary and family conditions affect for instance health and social life paths. Danish research is an international leader and
A family trees is more than names Are you wondering how you can get to know more about your ancestors even though you never met them? Here is a guide. It is a great pleasure for any genealogist to see the family tree grow but most genealogists want more, i.e. to know what kind
