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From: Rich Hansen <>
Subject: Re: [DK] My Danish Family
Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 09:55:55 -0700
In-Reply-To: <200105121124510950.00BA7B3C@vaxxine.com>


on 5/12/01 4:24 AM, Sheila Moore at wrote:

> Thank you for responding to my post. As I am fairly new to genealogy, I'm not
> exactly sure where I should start looking. I have looked on the LDS site for
> my HANSEN family but have come up with a blank. I have names, places and dates
> but I want to now confirm these and don't know where to turn. I do know that
> my gggrandfather Hans had 6 children and I do have names and dates but I can't
> find out anything more about them.

You willprobably be told this by every one and his brother. BUT here I go:

To do any research on families in Denmark (especially those whose names end
in -sen, you need to know the parish (sogn) from which they came. All
records are one way or another parish based.

Once you have a parish then you need to heigh yourself to the local Family
History Center (run by the LDS) and order the microfilm(s) for your parish.
Those will be your birth, marriage and death records (plus some other
information), you can also search in the Census records. Some of those are
on line (not mine yet unhappily) but even here you need to know the parish.

If you have dates, names and location your set for a LOT of information.

Rich

--
Ad praesens ova cras pullis sunt meliora
(An egg today is better than a chicken tommow)
A Bird in hand is better than two in the bush

Rich Hansen



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