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Danmarks Adels Aarbog (''Yearbook of the Danish Nobility'') is an annual – now tri-annual – publication that details the
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, titles, and
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. It was first published in 1884, making it one of the oldest such publications. The most recent volume, 2012–14, is volume 100 in the series, which has detailed more than 700 pedigrees. It is published by the
Danish Nobility Association The Danish Nobility Association (or the Association of the Danish Nobility; Danish: ''Dansk Adels Forening,'' DAF) is an organization for the Danish and Norwegian nobility. The main purpose of the association is the publication of the Yearbook ...
. Each volume has a new version of the index of the families, that have a pedigree in DAA. The index was revised in vol 2012–14, and is on the net, link below. Most volumes have a section of new corrections and additions to earlier pedigrees. So each pedigree may have a number of corrections scatter through the many volumes. The corrections should be consulted by users of a pedigree(!) All corrections and additions can be found on the Net, sorted by family name. Link below.


References


External links


''Index of pedigrees''
at Steen Thomsen's site

at Steen Thomsen's site.

at Steen Thomsen's site. Biographical dictionaries Danish nobility Danish noble families Norwegian nobility Norwegian noble families {{Ref-book-stub