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Primary Sources
Primary sources are important sources of information about individuals. Usually they are contemporary documents that relate to events in lives of the people named in them.
The museum and the Genealogy Center possess a varied collection of both official and private documents that describe the lives of immigrants in Denmark and America from the cradle to the grave.
Similar documents may still be in the hands of family members who wish to know what they are and how to use them to further their understanding of the life and experiences of their immigrant ancestors.
Here we show a number of these documents and explain what they are and the various ways they can be used in genealogical research.
Zealand - Hamlin Twp., Iowa
Harlan, Iowa
Tarp (Ribe Co.) - Volmer, Montana
Svendborg - Jacksonville, Iowa
Rural Shelby County, Iowa
Rural Elk Horn, Iowa
Poplar, Iowa
Parsonage, Jacksonville, Iowa
Monroe Twp., Shelby County, Iowa
Mollerup - Dannebrog, Nebraska
Lild Strand (Thisted Co.)
Lidstrup - Audubon, Iowa
Lading
Kolding - Vester Nebel - Iowa
Karsminde - Kimballton
Ærø & Melville Twp., Iowa from above
Hamlin Twp., Audubon County, Iowa
Garland, Wyoming
Elyria, Nebraska
Elk Horn Main Street
Ebeltoft - Tyler, Minnesota
Dyngby - Skanderborg - Kimballton, Iowa
Copenhagen, Iowa
Brønderslev - Elk Horn, Iowa
Brejning - Rindum - Poplar, Iowa
Boulstrup - Kimballton, Iowa
Arnitlund (Haderslev)
Als - Vårst - Rural Iowa
Alderslyst - Philippines - California