So you think you can forget about using the Microfilms.....

The Danish Archives have done the world a great service by making the Danish Church Records available through www.arkivalieronline.dk or www.sa.dk/ao.

I have been helping a patron with a grandfather that was born to unwed parents (uækte).  Here is the parents information from the Danish Archives website.

1817-1836 Gerlev (Frederiksborg) opslag 26

The information about the father is pretty vague and the image has faded.

Here is the entry for our guy but taken from the Microfilm.

FHL Film 48535 Gerlev, Frederiksborg

Here we see the father's name much more clearly, his occupation and where he is from.  We can also see that this is not the same entry filmed two different times.  They are two different records for the same area.

So don't forget about the microfilm.  They're still a great tool to have.