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From: "Matthias E. Storme" <>
Subject: Re: Family tree in Norwegian
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 07:36:08 +0200


>Kare:
>
>Do you really expect a confused person to state a problem without
>confusion??? =:-) I will try.
>
>The family tree appears to have been professionally assembled. It lists the
>family of my father's mother.
>Family name: CHRISTIANSON
>
>Problem 1: The names are each surrounded by either a circle or a square.
>Someone told me the "circles" were women & the "squares" were men. We have
>not verified this.
>
>Problem 2 : The language. We have been told that this portion of the
>family was Scandinavian, probably Norwegian. At the bottom ot the tree is a
>short paragraph written by hand. I will try to transcribe it verbatim :
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
> Tegnforklaring

Legedn of signs

> Rekfanglene betegner menn, cirklene kvinner

Whatever language this may be, it means in any way :
squares mean men, circles women

> Morskap og farskap er vist ved linjer
> Anetavlen
means "Ahnentafel"

>
> Oslo mars 1953

Oslo is the capital of Norway,so wouldn't it be logical that is norwegian ?

--
prof. Matthias E. Storme


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