Datasets

This is the home for some of our curated datasets. Most of the datasets are saved as a Tabular Data Package with the following content:

• A single "datapackage.json"-file that describes the structure and contents of the package
• One or more csv-files that constitute the contents of the package

License

All datasets are published under a Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL) v1.0.

Citation

A CITATION.cff file is included for the automatic generation of BibTeX and APA-style citation.

Due to the structure of the collection (including diverging datasets in a single repository), we are limited to a single generic citation file. Therefore we would greatly appreciate, if you add the name(s) of the specific datasets, that you have used, to the automatically generated citation. A couple of APA-styled examples.

• If you have used the censuses from the years 1787 and 1801, the final citation should look like this:

  Aarhus City Archives. (2021). Aarhus City Archives Online Datasets (version 2ec5655). Censuses 1787 and 1801

• If you have used the City Council Minutes from 1915 through 1940, the final citation should look like this:

  Aarhus City Archives. (2021). Aarhus City Archives Online Datasets (version 2ec5655). City Council Minutes 1915-1940

Current datasets

These are the current datasets in the collection:

Censuses

We have transcribed versions of the censuses from 1787, 1801, 1834, 1845 and 1860 from Randers, Skanderborg, Viborg og Aarhus.

Citizenship Records

We currently have transcribed versions of the citizenship records from 1740 to 1862.

Marriage Records

We currently have transcribed versions of the marriage records from 1750 to 1891.

City Council Minutes

We have transcribed the minutes from the City Council of Aarhus from 1867 to 1945.

Parish Council Minutes

We have transkribed minutes from most local Parish Councils for the years 1940 to 1945.