• Museum of Danish America (previously known as the Danish Immigrant Museum)- Located in Elk Horn, IA, including a Family History & Genealogy Center.

• Danish Emigration Archives - Denmark's online Emigration Archives. You can search the Archives by name, birthplace, Danish county of residence, etc. Just click the drop-down menu to select English to view the Emigration Archives pages in English (or chose from a multitude of languages besides Danish).

• Arkivalieronline - Contains images of original Danish parish register (Kirkebøger) and census record (Folketællinger) pages from the 1700's thru 1925. (Danish State Archives Site - in Danish)

• Society for Danish Genealogy and Biography.

• Links - Scandanavia and the Nordic Countries - Cyndi's List of Genealogy Resources on the Internet.

• County map of Denmark

Legend: NAME; b. (Birth date); in (Birth location); m. (Spouse)

NIELSEN, Hans Peter; born 12 Mar 1849 in Aahojrup, Denmark

NISSEN, John; born 20 Aug 1836 in Denmark; m. Helena C JACOBSEN

PAULSON, Henry; born 10 Nov 1895 near Irwin.

• John NISSEN, son of John NISSEN and Catherine DOCWHILER, was born in Denmark in August 1836. He married Helena C. "Lena" JACOBSEN in 1868. Helena was born in Denmark in 1841. John and Helena are buried in Jacksonville Cemetery, Shelby Co., Iowa. Descendant information at the home page of Phyllis Peterson - 01/02/98. (Sorry, page is no longer available.)
• Henry Paulson, son of Hans Peter Nielsen and Karen Thomsen, adopted by Peter and Anna Paulsen. Descendant information (Sorry, page no longer available; was located at www.rootsweb.com/~iashelby/text/paulson.txt) -- contributed by Rod Golay - 01/22/99.