John, I want to thank you for the information, though this was mostly for Larry. One of my lines came from Denmark. They brought their four children with them to Canada, one my great grandmother. I have been in touch with a researcher who had help translating some records and she gave me her information, but not sources, which she said are in Danish. She seemed reluctant to send me the records in the original language, or maybe no longer has them. I read recently that Denmark kept excellent records that are wonderful for genealogists. Since I have the names she gave me and the dates and locations, I would so much like to find the sources and then try to have them translated.Do you or your cousin know how I could get access to those records online? Or is there a way I could find out where to write to get them? Unfortunately, I would have to write requests in English.
Another problem for me is there were no surnames as we know them. I look at the Danish sources on Ancestry and don't know how to connect the dots, even though the researcher who gave me the information has explained the naming system. However I think that she would have added any ancestry.com sources if they were available. She has gone back to our third great grandparents born around 1800. (Four individuals). Are the records more difficult to find further back than that, do you know? I hope you don't mind my "interrupting." Anything connected to Denmark catches my attention. I find myself wondering how to find relatives now living in Denmark! Peggy >________________________________ > From: hwedhlor <hwedh...@cox.net> >To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >Sent: Friday, May 4, 2012 1:39 PM >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Danish Question > >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 > > > > > 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). 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