Danish Emigration Archives

Last modified: March 14, 1999

Danish Emigration Archives

The Danish Emigration Archives in Aalborg, Denmark, was established in 1932 to record the history of those Danes who emigrated and to nurture cultural bonds among people throughout the world, who have their roots in Denmark. The Archives has a large collection of private letters, manuscripts, diaries, biographies, newspaper clippings, photographs, portraits, etc., and we have access to the emigration lists compiled by the Copenhagen Police from 1869 to 1940. These lists give the name, last residence, age, year of emigration and first destination of the emigrant. The records are in chronological order and a computerized data base is available for the years 1869 to 1904. (We are currently working on including the years up to 1940.)

For a search in the emigration records the Danish Emigration Archives charges a fee of US $40, which we kindly ask you to send by check issued to the Danish Emigration Archives. Please inform us of your postal address.We do not carry out extended genealogical research, but we can refer you to experienced private genealogists and about 600 local and regional archives and genealogical societies all over Denmark. The secretariat of The Association of European Migration Institutions, with members from 23 European institutions for emigration history, is here in Aalborg.

To promote and support Danish emigration research the Danish Emigration Archives has published several books on emigration to the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. All our publications and books are for sale at the Archives.