Denmark, Probate Indexes, 1674-1851

What is in This Collection?

This collection is an index to probates for the counties of Denmark. This index is not complete for all counties. Images are available, but are not currently linked to the indexed records. This index was created by volunteers at the FamilySearch Library who extracted the data from microfilm onto an index card. These cards were then microfilmed and years later were scanned and the index data transcribed by a volunteer workforce.

Some completed cards were not microfilmed. These were transcribed by another group of volunteers using the Family History Department's Universal Data Entry (UDE) software so no images were available. Several years later the National Archives of Denmark gave FamilySearch permission to display images from the films they had acquired. As there were no images of the index cards available the decision was made to link the index to the original probate record rather than the index card.

As of the data of initial publication (June 2016) the only publication has been has been of the index cards that were not filmed. The current browse lists only the number of the scanned microfilm and contains no information to allow a browse with any meaningful information. Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

These records are written in Danish. For help reading them see:

• Denmark Handwriting
• Danish Genealogical Word List
• Denmark Language and Languages

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Full name of deceased Name of estate Name of parish Spouse's given name Spouse's surname

Last residence of deceased Date of probate record Names of children/cousins/various family members

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  1800 Sample Probate

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  1795-7 Extraction Index Card

Digital Folder Number List

This collection was published as a DGS browse collection. The list does not contain any description of the DGS folder's content. A table listing each DGS number and its contents can be found at Denmark, Probate Indexes Digital Folder Number List.