Thank you for visiting the MyDanishRoots.com website. I hope that you will enjoy the web site, and find the information both interesting, helpful, informative, and easy to use.
As you might already know this website is exclusively about Genealogy and Family History in Denmark, and the aim is to help YOU find the information you need for your family history research. The site provide research guides on Danish history, emigration, surnames, and places as well as tools, online resources and other useful information. It is the hope that this information will take your research a step further.
It is the intention that the content is so accurate and reliable as possible. However, inaccuracies or typografical errors etc. may occur and I will do my best to update and maintain the information and data on the site as often as nessesary.
All information on the site are been provided on a non-profit basis. The site is here to help YOU, not to make money or with some kind of hidden agenda.
Restructured website / recent changes
MyDanishRoots is the fourth edition of a website first launched in September 1999 by me, Anders Buch-Jepsen, as I earlier—through helping several hundred family historians with smaller or larger —became aware of the need to provide information about genealogy, family history and related topics to english speaking family historians.The website has just been restructured and most pages have been updated and republished. A few pages and features have not yet been updated, have been deleted or changed significantly, but when completed, all information from the former website should be available along with several new articles and features. Adding new information is an ongoing process, but will be added depending of inspiration and/or extra spare time.
As for design and featured there are changes both large and small. The software running the website have been updated the new and latest version providing you—the user—better functionality and—for the administrator—better safety. The website structure has been changed, dividing the site into sections named 'Research Guides' and 'Tools & Resources'.
Browsers and operating systems
MyDanishroots.com has been optimised for all mayor browsers and operating systems, except for Netscape 4 and Internet Explorer 5 (6), to the extend that it has been possible to test and/or correct — the nessessary spare time and programming knowledge permitting. Nevertheless I recommended that you always use the latest available software for maximum security and the best browsing experience. In order to take full advantage of features and functionality, I also recommended that 'Cookies' and Javascript are turned on in your internet browsers setup.Standards Compliance
To help ensure the site is accessible to all our users it has been designed with a series of industry standards in mind.Conforming to these specifications (XHTML 4.01 transitional and CSS level 2) means that the site works on as wide a range of browsers as possible, including those designed for users who use assistive technologies (eg visual browsers, aural devices, printers, Braille devices, handheld devices).
The website also meets all the priority A guidelines of the World Wide Web Consortium's web accessibility initiative. This means that the site has been designed to allow access to people with disabilities, so most people who use assistive technologies (screen readers, keyboard only, switches etc) will be able to use the site.
