Scenes from Scandinavia
Bike Shop in Denmark
I really enjoy seeing the cycling culture in Denmark. Maybe I love my bike because it’s in my DNA. I hope everyone is having a great Summer!
Scenes from Scandinavia
Bicycle Parking
Just some more of my favorite cycling scenes in Scandinavia. Check out the double-decker bicylce parking.
Words to Know
Words to Know: Estate
It was only a few years ago that I really began to understand how important the estates were in the lives in our Scandinavian ancestors. An estate consists of one main, large farm and manor with many other smaller farms supporting it. While we may think of this just as Read more…
Scenes from Scandinavia
Bikes of Scandinavia
I love to ride my road bike, and with Summer finally arriving, I’m putting the miles on my bike again. One of the fun parts of the culture of Scandinavia is that everyone cylces. I remember my first trip to Denmark in 1999. My husband and I were attending a Read more…
Current Projects
I Learned Something About Indexes
This week I finished a really fun client project. Of course it was based in rural Denmark, about 50 miles outside of Copenhagen. I know this area very well in terms of genealogy research. I was searching for any information about a certain Christian Sorensen, born in 1850. (Many of Read more…
Words to Know
Words to Know: Collateral Lines
Typically when we think of family history, we think in terms of a pedigree chart, which extends the direct line. But if we focus only on that direct line, we will be missing out on so many ancestors! In previous generations, the line of thinking about family history research was Read more…
Ancestor Spotlight
Ancestor Spotlight: Samuel Allred
Time for another spotlight on one of my ancestors. This was written by either my grandma or her sister, both were the granddaughters of Samuel Allred. Samuel Allred Born 3 Jun 1851 in a covered wagon near Council Bluffs, Iowa. At the time he was 15 years old, the Black Read more…
Cemetery Sightings
Death and the Mother
In honor of Mother’s Day this past weekend, I want to share one of my very favorite things I’ve seen in Denmark. This statue is on the grounds of St. Peter’s Church in Copenhagen, just a down the street from Vor Frue Kirke. The statue stands to the side of Read more…
Methodology
Gathering Evidence to Build a Tree
This week I completed a research project based in Kalmar County, Sweden. The family had their lineage traced to the time that church records began. The end-of-line ancestor, Ander Knutsson, lived while there were great records, but his birth pre-dated the church records. Our goal was to discover the birth Read more…
Words to Know
Words to Know: Christening
A christening is infant baptism. Children in Scandinavia and most of the Christian world were brought to the church as infants to be baptized as a way to find relief from original sin. Our ancestors’ christenings typically took place within weeks of birth. Sometimes a child was christened at home Read more…