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Danish County Records: Hometown Certificates # 4

Danish County Records: Hometown Certificates # 4

Extraordinary hometown certificates were issued to people from Southern Jutland (then called Schleswigers) who had opted for Danish citizenship following the end of the Second Schleswig War in 1864. The application could include a copy of a citizenship record.

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Danish County Records: Hometown Certificates # 3

Danish County Records: Hometown Certificates # 3

Extraordinary hometown certificates were issued to people from Southern Jutland (then called Schleswigers) who had opted for Danish citizenship following the end of the Second Schleswig War in 1864. The application often included could included a letter from a county office in Schleswig.

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Danish County Records: Hometown Certificates # 2

Danish County Records: Hometown Certificates # 2

Extraordinary hometown certificates were issued to people from Southern Jutland (then called Schleswigers) who had opted for Danish citizenship following the end of the Second Schleswig War in 1864. The applications have been kept, and they often contained attachments, which have also been kept.

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Danish County Records: Hometown Certificate # 1

Danish County Records: Hometown Certificate # 1

Extraordinary hometown certificates were issued to people from Southern Jutland (then called Schleswigers) who had opted for Danish citizenship following the end of the Second Schleswig War in 1864. The applications have been kept in the collections of the Danish county offices.

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Danish County Records: Public Trustee Record # 2

Danish County Records: Public Trustee Record # 2

The Danish public trustee records are a good supplement for the probate records.

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Danish County Records: Public Trustee Record # 1

Danish County Records: Public Trustee Record # 1

The Danish public trustee managed inheritance for underage heirs. The function lay at the county office, so these records are found in collections from the county offices.

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Danish County Records: Mediation in Separation and Divorce Cases

Danish County Records: Mediation in Separation and Divorce Cases

Married couples who wanted to be separated or divorced, first had to go to a meeting with a mediator from the county office.

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Danish County Records: Probate Records

Danish County Records: Probate Records

The county authorities were probate administrators for residents at self-owned farms in Denmark until about 1793, so you can find probate records for self-owners in the county collections.

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Danish County Records: Military Case Files

Danish County Records: Military Case Files

Record series with miscellaneous letters can be worth researching. Such a collection from Odense County Office holds correspondence about a soldier, who moved to another military levying district without reporting it to the military authorities.

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Danish County Records: Letter of Guarantee for a Removed Reserve Soldier

Danish County Records: Letter of Guarantee for a Removed Reserve Soldier

Odense County Office left a record series called county passports, certificates, letters of guarantee, public announcements and lists.

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Danish County Records: Letter of Apprenticeship

Danish County Records: Letter of Apprenticeship

Odense County Office has a collection containing original letters of apprenticeship.

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25 County Records for Danish Family Research

25 County Records for Danish Family Research

The Danish county offices had a wide variety of tasks and the collections from the county offices contain many record series of value to family researchers. In this year's Advent calendar, I will show examples of 25 records from a Danish county office.

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