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From: Lars Jørgen Helbo <>
Subject: Re: Tjenenstetyende and Lykkegaard
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 1999 14:30:19 +0200


At 05:48 01-08-99 -0500, Tina Heuermann wrote:
>I have been corresponding with some "Lykkegaards" in Denmark through
>e-mail addresses I found on the internet. One, I found out, I am
>related to. :o) We have not been able to establish a link for the other
>two. However, one of the "un-linked" said his family BOUGHT the name in
>the early 1800's.

Are you certain that it was the 1800's and not the 1900's ?

When somebody gets another name according to the law of 1904, we often say
that they bought the name. The reason is that you have to pay a certain
amount of money for sending in the application. At the moment I think about
450 US $.

>This is the first I have heard about this practice. In the family tree
>that was completed in the early 1900's, My 4th Great Grandfather, Peter
>George Lykkegaard, 1804 in Elling, is listed as a Lykkegaard, as well as
>a few pages dating back to the 1600's.

Yes, but you have to understand that these were not family-names. Before
1828 ordinary people (>99% of the population) had _no_ family names. People
had a first-name, a patronym and sometimes an additional name.
In my family we have been using Helbo as an additonal name for at least 300
years. Nevertheless my grandfather could not use it as a family-name until
he had got a change of name in 1917.

>Is there a way to find the history of a name? My relatives in the US do
>not know much about our Danish ancestors.

Name changes according to the law from 1904 were granted through a "royal
resolution". Ours is signed by the prime-minister, and a copy should be
available at the national archives. This can be very interesting, because
the application should have a good reason. As my grandfather send in the
application, he had to prove that the name had been used in the family for
a long period. This was done with birth- and death-certificates as far back
as my great-5-grandfather.
This material should also be available at the archive.

>In regards to the Tjenenstetyende, Martin, I looked at his birth date
>and it is the same as my Great Grand Uncle. Apparently they are one in
>the same but listed as individuals. One as Barn and one as
>Tjenenstetyende. Not an accurate listing. My Great Grandmother,
>Martina who is a twin to Martin, is not listed either.

I am not quiet certain that I understand this. Could you post the entry
esactly as it is found in the archive? I think that would make it a lot
easier.
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Lars Jørgen Helbo

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