Genealogical Guidebook & Atlas of Denmark by Frank Smith and Finn A.

Very few aids have been made available to date for those who have Danish ancestry and wish to do their genealogical research themselves. However, it seems hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent in making available in the United States microfilm copies of the Danish genealogical records.  In the Family History Libary in Salt Lake City more than 63,000 rolls of microfilm of Danish genealogical records are on file. This book helps provide in the English language the basic information and references needed to conduct good research in Danish genealogical records.

This book gives a very brief description of the four major sources - church records, census returns, military levying rolls, and probate records. These sources are treated in more detail in the book Scandinavian Genealogical Research Manual. This book also includes ecclesiastcal and topographical maps which will assist both the experienced researcher and the amateur in locality problems. The topographical maps has an index of 12,000 places, each keyed to the appropriate map section. The ecclesiastical maps, based on another outline map printed by the same Institute, show parishes, districts and counties. These are an essential tool for conductiong genealogical research.

A list of parishes shows the district and county in which each is situated. This list also shows the year when the paarish registers are available, the Military Levying Roll numbers for each parish and the Municipality in which each parish is located. These are invaluable research tools.

Among other features of this book is a list of the more common terms in Danish genealogical records, together with English equivalents; and an alphabet of Gothic script to assist in deciphering the old handwriting.