A few weeks ago I posted a short description of the Danish Estate system. This is a tricky key to being really proficient in Danish research, and if I’m being honest, I feel like it’s my Achille’s Heel. I still get very intimidated by using the estate records because I Read more…
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…
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…
My workload lately has been tedious and not too exciting. But as I was cleaning up my workspace after completing a project recently, I got thinking about all the things I use regularly when I’m working. I have a literal box that I keep everything in so nothing gets lost. Read more…
Last night I was helping my 13-year-old son look at a few things on his FamilySearch family tree. He was interested to see how far back some of our family lines have been traced. One line of my dad’s family is very Danish, and I’ve researched it extensively. It’s one Read more…
I’ve had a lot of unexpected big family things come up over the past few months, which has kept me from working as much as I would like to. But the past two weeks have been great as I’ve been able to dig back into some projects and spend time Read more…
I’m not even related to my favorite ancestor. In fact, I don’t think anyone is. Kiersten Christensdatter lived in Brovst Parish, Hjorring County, Denmark from 1766-1808 and none of her children lived to adulthood. Her husband was Peder Simonsen, and he is my third-great-grandfather. I’m descended from Peder Simonsen and Read more…