Amt is county/state concept in Denmark. Most of the Scandinavian Countries have 2 sets of divisions. One is the parish/bishopric and the other is the small government/large government units (secular). Both have created BMD records. I always spell a place like it is called locally, so would keep København, Hovedstaden, Danmark.
________________________________ From: Larry Lee <ldlee...@gmail.com> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:56 PM 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/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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 Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
