Hi Larry 1)Amt means County. 2)I would use the English, Copenhagen, Denmark 3)No need if you use English in the place name.
Wikipedia has this: Københavns Amt (English: Copenhagen County) is a former county (Danish, amt) on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. It covered the municipalities in the metropolitan Copenhagen area, with the exception of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. Effective January 1, 2007, the county was abolished and merged into Region Hovedstaden (i.e. Copenhagen Capital Region). Historically, there was a parish (Sogn) in a district (Herred) in a county (Amt). Regards, Jennifer http://colston-wenck.com -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lee [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 4 May 2012 7:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LegacyUG] Danish Question At the Geni.com site, (http://www.geni.com/people/Ruth-Owen/6000000006706122308), I found the following information for Ruth Owen (Bryan) daughter of William Jennings Bryan. From 1933 to 1936 she was U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Her death is listed as: July 26, 1954 in København, Hovedstaden, Danmark. One of my first discoveries outside the US! Now I have a quandary. I put København, Hovedstaden, Danmark for the place of death in the Individuals screen as found at Geni.com. Curiosity got the better of me so in the Geo Location Database I put: City, Exact = Copenhagen County = Blank State/Province = Blank Country, Exact = Denmark and it returns Copenhagen, , Københavns Amt, Denmark. Now I have three questions: 1) What does the Amt in Københavns Amt mean? 2) Even though I use US English, I should still use Danmark, correct? 3) Should I put the English version in the Death Notes? Regards, Larry Lee Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
