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From: Rockne Johnson <>
Subject: Re: [DK] Professional researchers
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 04:09:37 -0700
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020826112253.00c01ce8@mail.salldata.dk>
In-Reply-To: <B98FBC3F.4FA2%aluap@adelphia.net>


Hi Paula,

I am sure that professional genealogists in Denmark are well intentioned
and will often do good work. But, like you and me, they can also make
mistakes. If you find one, regard him not as an authority but as a
colleague. Check out anything that he reports and look for alternatives.

In 1995 I found that a previously unknown half-second-cousin in Utah had
placed my grandmother and her ancestors in the Mormon Ancestral File. They
had employed a researcher in Denmark to do the work in the Danish records.
The work was generally accurate but he had make one mistake. He had worked
from the churchbook only and had not compared his results with the 1787 and
1801 censuses. The mistake was due to the fact that the parish priest in
Vejstrup sogn, Svendborg amt, actually had two parishes and kept the
records for both in the same book. He found a marriage for Iver Rasmussen
in the book and assumed it to be the Iver Rasmussen in Vejstrup althought
the marriage was performed in the other parish. But the census showed that
there was an Iver Rasmussen in each parish, that the one in the other
parish had married Karen Jørgensdatter but the one in Vejstrup had married
Ursele Jørgensdatter.

Rock

At 11:06 AM 8/26/02 -0700, Paula Goodfellow wrote:
>Have any of you used a professional genealogy researcher for Danish
>research? I'd be particularly interested in someone in Denmark who knows
>Ringkøbing well. There's so much to the context and culture that help you
>out if you understand it well. Do any of you have access to a list of
>researchers in Denmark, or recommendations or horror stories? I'm going to
>work on the problem of Kristene Marie Laursdatter myself more, but may have
>to give up and see about hiring someone-- especially if probate records are
>available there that aren't available here. Paula
>


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