Danish Demographic Database

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Always three characters in the name field
Birthplace not available before 1845
Not all entries have information about sex
KIPnr can replace district, parish and year
Replacement of Danish special characters
Truncation search/ wildcards?
You can search with full name or use wildcards:, One _  substitutes one character and a % substitutes al characters in a word. The program adds % before and after the search criteria in the top field
No hits

A lot is still to be transcribed. Look in the summary to see what is in the database. The counties in Sydslesvig and Holsten can be seen in this list.
Too many hits
When you are searching for a name the query is made in such a way that by searching for 'Hans' you will also get Hansen, Johansen, Hansine etc. If you want to avoid this then remember to begin or end a name with a space.
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Who lived
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KIPnr: Place name:
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(NB! Both fields must be adjusted if you want to narrow search)
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