Miscellaneous

Posts about Danish customs and laws, pauper records, bastardy cases, and much more

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Family history based on old bills, receipts, and letters

Old bills and letters can help tell our ancestors' family history. My grandmother Jenny Kirstine (Juhl) Hansen rarely threw away paperwork, which means we have a lot of documents that reveal details about the family's life. In this blog post, I share the information I gleaned from a change of address notification, a lease agreement, a bill, some receipts, and a letter from the municipality. All of this is tied into my mother's memories of the family's relocation from downtown Odense to the suburb of Bolbro in 1954.

by Lene Dræby Kottal, Certified Genealogist®

Memoirs about Christmas in the 1860s – Danish Family History

Danish Christmas traditions have changed over the years. Furthermore, regional differences in the celebrations existed and still do. Even if your Danish ancestor did not write their memoirs, you might still be able to get an idea of their traditions. Someone else from the same time and area might have written their memoirs, such as Niels Peder Grønvald Nielsen of Ryslinge.

by Lene Dræby Kottal, Certified Genealogist®

Donations to the Poor During Christmas 1774

In this blog post you can get a glimpse of Danish Christmas history on the basis of a newspapers from Copenhagen in 1774.

by Lene Dræby Kottal, Certified Genealogist®

Arkivalieronline: The Danish National Archives Image Viewer

Arkivalieronline contains the digital collections of the Danish National Archives. If you are used to using the FamilySearch image viewer, it probably takes a bit of practice to get used to using the Arkivalieronline image viewer. In this blog post, I provide a guide and some tips, so you can get full advantage of the images, including those that are not available at FamilySearch.

by Lene Dræby Kottal, Certified Genealogist®

From Data to Narrative: Genealogist versus Family Historian

The titles genealogist and family historian are often used interchangeably, but some claim that genealogy and family history are two distinct disciplines with their own focus and approach to researching and understanding our ancestry. Here is my take on it.

by Lene Dræby Kottal, Certified Genealogist®

The WANDER Research Method by Amy Johnson Crow

At the WikiTree Symposium in 2022, Amy Johnson Crow held the presentation Finding Ancestors Without Going in Circles: The WANDER Research Method. I recommend watching it.

by Lene Dræby Kottal, Certified Genealogist®