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From: Rockne Johnson <>
Subject: Re: [DK] Translation Help
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:10:26 -0700
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Hi Sue,

A broom maker is probably not the same as a brushmaker. Brooms were
usually made by collecting some twigs and tying them to a stick.
Brushmaking was an accomplished art. My wife is a member of the Society of
Brushmakers' Descendants (of England). It has a quarterly publication. A
problem with tracing brushmaking ancestors is that they traveled a lot to
sell their brushes. The baptisms of children would be strung out along the
route.

Rock

At 11:19 AM 3/28/02 -0500, Sue Schon wrote:
>Thank you, Arne Nielsen, for the translation of my letter on the Danish
>Connection. I recently translated it myself and couldn't believe how close I
>came to your translation. You cleared up a few lines that I wasn't sure were
>right.
>
>And thanks for the translation of børstenbinder - brushmaker. Can I assume
>this is basically a broommaker? Time to do a google search. :-)
>
>Mange tak,
>Sue

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