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From: Sue Lorenzen <>
Subject: Re: [DK] instructions (in English) for accessing images at arkivalieronline
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:55:58 -0700


Your directions are perfect. Unfortunately, I am so new to Danish
research I can't seem to figure out how to translate the place I have
with the info on this site. Perhaps you can give me some direction.

Rudolph Lorenzen b. 1/9/1839 in Berg, island of Fehrmarn,
Schleswig-Holstein.
I think this area should still part of Denmark in the 1840 census I was
trying to search. I couldn't figure out which was amt, herred, or sogn.

Thanks for any help you give.

Sue Lorenzen

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:08:10 -0500 Lisa Petersen <>
writes:
> Hi,
>
> My thanks to several people on the list who tested my instructions
> on
> how to access the images at arkivalieronline recently. Here's the
> first posting to the list...I'll update and repost them
> periodically.
>
> Have fun,
>
> Lisa
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Lisa Petersen
> near Washington, D.C.
> www.kinquest.com
>
>
> The Statens Arkiver is putting images of Danish censuses and church
> books online for anyone to use, free. The URL for what's known as
> arkivalieronline (AO) is <www.arkivalieronline.dk>. There are no
> instructions in English at the web site, so use this guide to help
> you
> gain access to the images. You must have
>
> a) a browser that allows pop-up windows, at least while you're using
>
> the site. Mozilla's Firefox allows you to disable its pop-up
> blocking
> feature for web sites you specify. Also check to see if some of
> your
> other applications, such as Norton Utilities, block pop-up windows,
> and
> if so, disable them while you are at AO.
>
> b) a tiff viewer, since the images are tiffs and a viewer will allow
>
> you to view, enlarge/reduce and print. AO recommends getting a Tiff
>
> plugin. See <http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/Plugin/default.aspx>;
> for
> links to 4 tiff plugins; you'll have to see which one can be used
> on
> your operating system. I happen to have an application, not a
> plugin,
> called Preview that views, enlarges, rotates, etc. tiffs and other
> image types. After an AO image downloads to my desktop, Preview
> opens
> it in another window, allowing me to look at the image in Preview
> while
> I get the next image in my web browser.
>
> c) a username and password. This is now required so AO can prevent
> people from doing massive downloads (hundreds of files), which their
>
> server can't handle. To get a password, go to
> <http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/Login/Opretbruger.aspx>;, select
> Oprette
> to sign up for a password, wait for a new page. On the new page,
> type
> in your first name (Fornavn), last name (Efternavn), mailing
> address,
> just the number and street part (Adresse), zip code (Postnr.), city
> (By), country (Land), your email address (E-mail) and hit Send. You
>
> should receive an email response in Danish with your email address
> as
> your user name and a password. Caution - some characters look
> alike,
> e.g. lower case L looks like upper case I. Copy and paste the
> password
> from the email into a word processor with large Ariel or Courier
> font
> to see what the characters are, or always copy-and-paste your
> password
> in. At this time, there is no way to change the password to
> something
> easier to remember. If you forget your password, go back to
> <http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/Login/Opretbruger.aspx>;, select
> Glemt
> password, wait for the page to refresh, enter your email address and
>
> hit send. They will send your password to the email address your
> provide.
>
> Accessing the images
>
> 1. You can login on the main AO page
> <http://www.arkivalieronline.dk/default.aspx>;. Type or
> copy-and-paste
> your email address and password in the upper right, and hit the
> Login
> button. The page will refresh, and under the Logout button, there
> should be a note "Logget på som your-email-address," meaning logged
> in
> as you.
>
> 2. Now click on Søg i kirkebøger (church books) or Søg i
> folketællinger (censuses) in the upper left.
>
> 3. When the page refreshes, click on Søg i kirkebøger (church
> books)
> or Søg i folketællinger (censuses) again.
>
> Kirkebøger (Church Books)
>
> 4. If you're looking at the kirkebøger, choose the Amt, Herred and
> Sogn from the dropdown menus. The page will refresh after each
> selection. You could also just go down the long list of Sogne (344
> parishes as of 14 Dec 04) and pick the one you want.
>
> 5. Then a page with a table of sogn, herred, amt, tekst (links to
> images), fra, til, and F K V D J T A appears. Fra and til are the
> date
> ranges of the images, F=births, K=confirmations, V=marriages,
> D=deaths,
> J=register/index, T=moving-in lists, A=moving-out lists. I suspect
> these groups of images came from the same church book volume, but
> I'm
> not sure. Click on the highlighted Tekst link for the date range
> and
> record type you want.
>
> 6. When the page refreshes, a new dropdown menu will appear above
> the
> table: Opslag 1, and below it in red, af XXX, where XXX is the
> number
> of images in the group. To view an image, choose an Opslag from the
>
> dropdown menu. Here you have to have the tiff plugin installed and
> the
> pop-up blocker disabled. What happens now depends on your system.
> On
> mine, a tiff downloads to my desktop and my tiff viewer opens it in
> a
> different window. During the download to my desktop, a blank window
>
> pops up, which I can close at any time. Images are usually 175-500K
> in
> size and take about a minute to download through a 56K modem.
>
> 7. Since the Opslag dropdown menu does not indicate what dates and
> record type are on the images, you will have to choose one, look to
> see
> what's on it, choose another one from the dropdown menu, look at it,
>
> and so on until you get what you want. Once you get near the date
> you
> want, use the >> button to get the next image or << for the previous
>
> image.
>
> Folketællinger (Censuses)
>
> 8. If you want to look at the folketællinger, click Søg i
> folketællinger in the left menu. On the new page, click it again.
>
> 9. From the dropdown menus, choose the year (vælg årgang, 1787,
> 1801,
> 1840, 1855 and 1860 available as of 14 Dec 04), choose the land
> division (vælg stedbetegnelse). Etaten=civil service and includes
> military companies, København=city of Copenhagen with the different
> quarters, Købstad=incorporated city such as Odense and Fredericia,
> Landsogn=parishes in the country. After choosing a land division, a
>
> new pop-up menu will appear, so choose from that whatever it is you
> are
> looking for. Then hit the Hent Oplysninger button.
>
> 10. When the page refreshes, a new dropdown menu will appear:
> Opslag
> 1, and below it in red, af XXX, where XXX is the number of images
> for
> the location you chose. To view an image, choose an Opslag from the
>
> dropdown menu. Here you have to have the tiff plugin installed and
> the
> pop-up blocker disabled. On my system, a tiff downloads to my
> desktop
> and my tiff viewer opens it in a different window. Your system may
> vary. To find your family on the census, you will have to go
> through
> the images one-by-one by going back to the Opslag dropdown menu page
>
> and clicking on << or >> until you find what you're looking for.
>
> If you've been looking at censuses and want to switch to church
> books,
> just click on Søg i kirkebøger in the left menu, and vice-versa.
> Check
> the site frequently, as images are posted sometimes 3 or 4 times a
> month.
>
> If you have further questions, post them to the Denmark mailing
> list,
> and mention the computer, operating system and web browser you are
> using when you describe the problem.
>
>
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