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New Searchable Collections Added Online For Brazil, China, England, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Spain, & the USA

Filed in Brazil, British Census, California, China, Denmark / Danish, England, FamilySearch, Florida, Germany, Immigration/Emigration, Irish, Italian, New York, Spain, Ukraine, Wales, World War II on Dec.28, 2012

The following was received from FamilySearch December 28, 2012: FamilySearch added an additional 38.5 million new, free indexed records and images this week to its collection. Notable additions include the 6,095,759 indexed records in the new United States World War II Army Enlistment Records collection, the 4,068,907 indexed records for the new United States Germans [...]

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The Family History Library Hosts Free Research Series on Danish Research

Filed in Denmark / Danish, Events, FamilySearch, Utah on Jun.19, 2012

The following news release was received from Maryanne Taylor: SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH ⎯ Genealogists and family history enthusiasts looking for help with research in Denmark will be interested in classes held at the Family History Library in July. A free Danish Research Series will be held on Saturday, July 14, at the Family History [...]

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Finding Your Scandinavian Ancestors

Filed in Book Reviews, Denmark / Danish, Norway, Sweden on Apr.12, 2012

Time and again I have heard genealogists discuss the difficulties of researching their Scandinavian ancestors. Having, myself, a line of Norwegian ancestors I can attest to the difficulties sometimes found in this research. However, author Dr. Penelope Christensen, in Finding Your Scandinavian Ancestors, declares the process is much easier than is often expected. According to [...]

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Translating Danish Occupations into English

Filed in Denmark / Danish, Genealogy Research on Oct.07, 2011

What Did They Do? In Danish, by John E. Herl  is perhaps more like an extensive glossary than anything else. In the words of the author, “this book is a compendium of English translations and explanations of ancient & modern Danish names of occupations, officials and descriptions for family historians.” But, the book is fun. [...]

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