Greenland Genealogical Records

Newspapers Covering Greenland

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

Greenland Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Greenland Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Greenland Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Greenland

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Greenland Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Greenland Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Most Common Surnames in Greenland

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Olsen1,7361:32
2Petersen1,6271:35
3Jensen1,6161:35
4Nielsen1,4231:40
5Hansen1,2781:44
6Lyberth1,0041:56
7Larsen9901:57
8Møller9721:58
9Pedersen8131:69
10Berthelsen7991:71
11Andersen7611:74
12Heilmann7571:74
13Poulsen6621:85
14Lynge6511:87
15Lennert6341:89
16Egede5881:96
17Johansen5781:98
18Frederiksen5671:99
19Kristiansen5631:100
20Kleist5321:106
21Rasmussen5181:109
22Jakobsen5041:112
23Christensen4791:118
24Brandt4611:122
25Rosing4441:127
26Knudsen4371:129
27Kristensen4191:135
28Jeremiassen4161:136
29Davidsen3941:143
30Geisler3841:147
31Fleischer3771:150
31Sørensen3771:150
33Broberg3661:154
34Josefsen3561:158
34Kreutzmann3561:158
36Mathiassen3201:176
37Jørgensen3171:178
38Lange3101:182
38Sandgreen3101:182
40Karlsen2961:190
40Lundblad2961:190
40Mølgaard2961:190
43Lund2921:193
44Mikaelsen2751:205
45Skifte2711:208
46Abelsen2611:216
47Madsen2541:222
48Motzfeldt2471:228
49Holm2431:232
50Grønvold2321:243