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A new and comprehensive research tool is now available in Denmark. The Multigenerational Register (MGR) makes it possible to follow family relationships across several generations.

Retired Danish archivists have taken an active role in reviewing, identifying and improving descriptions of sources from the colonial period that have not previously been...

While the Danish authorities protect sensitive information in church records, it is still possible to find them uncensored at FamilySearch. The same applies to Norwegian church records -...

The Danish National Archives has recently made the police register of so-called "public mistresses" from the period 1833-1869 available on their digital platform Arkivalieronline. This material provides...

Denmark is facing a new advance in medical research with the development of a new digital registry, called the Historical Medical Birth Registry, supported by Novo Nordisk...

In a world where technology is constantly evolving, a new era of historical research has emerged, especially for those interested in history...

The old Danish parish registers that tell the story of how people lived hundreds of years ago can, like the Norwegian ones, be difficult to read. These...

The Danish National Archives is leading the Multigenerational Register project, which aims to identify family relationships for all persons born in Denmark from 1920 to the present. Now the project is taking...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen, the Danish National Archives and the Copenhagen City Archives are compiling historical life histories for all Danes from 1787 to 1901. The starting point is 64 million entries...

How has the height of schoolchildren developed throughout the 20th century? This is one of the questions that has now become easier to answer after...