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From: "Lars J. Helbo" <>
Subject: Re: Hansen, County Hvejsel, Jutland
Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 20:23:48 +0200


At 09:51 16-05-99 -0600, Phillip wrote:
>Which leads me to my request. I am trying to trace my fathers family
>history in Denmark. What I do know is my grandfathers name is Jens
>Rasmus Hansen born 18 Jan. 1856, died 1930. Grandmothers name is Marie
>Kristine Miller born 26 Aug. 1862, died 1950. Married 16 Oct. 1885. Both
>born and lived in County Hvejsel (which is the correct term, I think)
>all their lives as far as I know. My grandmother was adopted when quite
>young. She had one brother. Her adopted parents named Jonassen.
>Grandfathers fathers name was Hans Lursen or could be Lauritzen.

Hvejsel is actually a parish. It is situated in Nørlyng herred, Vejle County.

I also have ancestors there, but I can not see any connection at the
moment. It may also be a bit earlier. My great-2-grandparents Peder
Frederiksen Solberg and Karen Marie Mortensdatter left Hvejsel in 1845 and
moved to the neighbouring parish Øster Nykirke.

When you get a bit further back in time (before 1816), you should visit the
homepage of Erik Brejl at:

http://home0.inet.tele.dk/brejl

There you will find extracts of "Skifteprotokoller for Nørvang Herred".
That is official documents about the distribution of deceased persons
estate. They are one of the best sources for genealogy in the time before
1813, when some parish registers will not really work anymore, and it is
quiet the exception that they are available on the Internet.

You may also want to look at the census-records available at:

http://ddd.sa.dk

At the moment the site is down for maintenance, but up to now it is only
the census 1787 and 1801, which are available for Hvejsel parish.

Hope this helps.
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Lars Jørgen Helbo

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