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From: "Susan Schon" <>
Subject: Re: [DK] Ministerialbog
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:48:29 -0500
References: <20041218215153.473CB5EE037@pfepb.post.tele.dk> <001001c4e6d1$646dfe60$93c427a2@sueschon> <4e27fffe04122022222de4ac78@mail.gmail.com>


> there are two copies of the ministerial church books
> both were issued by the church ministry to the parish as empty books
> to be filled in.
> they have numbered pages and are sealed
> they must never be kept under the same roof overnight
> The old books are kept at the Provincial Archives - landsarkiv - and
> the kontra, or copy books, are on the open shelves

Thank you, Hugh. Archivalier must have images from the copy books. I had an
image of my great-grandmother's birth/baptism record from an LDS film that
shows the birth dates and places of her parents (and I was very excited to
find that). The image of that birth record from Archivalier doesn't show
that information about the parents and, of course, the register page numbers
are different. There was some discussion about this on the list a while
back. It's probably wise to check the records from the original register in
case there is more information recorded there.

I have certificates for my grandparents' birth/baptisms, marriage, and
confirmations -- all of which they gathered before leaving Denmark for the
U.S. in 1916. I know they are only secondary sources and I've since found
all the kirkeboger records to go with them. Now I'm working on translating
them...a slow process for me. :-)

Sue

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