Hi Larry, My cousin, Amy Kimball Stoddard, has lived and worked in Denmark for many years and she is also an enthusiastic genealogist. I was also curious about how Denmark divided the country for governing, and I sent your questions along to Amy. I recognize that your research in Denmark may be limited to that one person who was the U.S. Ambassador, but figured you, and possibly others may gain something from Amy's explanation about the history of Danish political boundaries. Here is what Amy replied.
"On the subject of Danish government: The "AMT" does not exist anymore. About 5-6 years ago they reformed the map to centralize government. I guess that an AMT could be like a prefecture. Then that includes a whole lot of KOMMUNEs. which might be like a county. Think there are 5 major REGIONs now, down from 13 AMTs. For example, I used to live in Fyns Amt, Middelfart Kommune. Fyn is an island and had its own AMT. Now we are a part of a large REGION SYDDANMARK that links us to the mainland, Jutland. København kan mean quite a few things, depending on what you are searching for and when. Of course, it is our capital. København also was an AMT and also had Københavns Kommune that was at the core and it functioned like an AMT in itself (probably due to the size of the population). Now the whole area is called REGION HOVEDSTADEN (capital) and Bornholm is also part of it. The rest of the island of Sjælland is called REGION SJÆLLAND. If this person needs to find some location/whatever, then just say the word." Additionally Amy supplied links to three separate Wikipedia sites, two of them are in Danish, and the third is in English. I'm including them here not as links, but simply as texual entries. In English - Counties of Denmark at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_Denmark<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counties_of_Denmark> In Danish - Danmarks regioner at http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danmarks_regioner In Danish -Søgeresultater (Search Results) at http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciel:S%C3%B8gning/Danmarks_amter_(1970-2006 I hope this is of use to you and others in pursuit of information on Denmark, John Zimmerman Mesa, AZ On 5/3/2012 2:56 PM, Larry Lee wrote: > 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
