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Name: Hugh Watkins
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In all Danish -sen name genealogy you have
 to be clear that these are patronymics
 and were used anywhere whenever
someone called Thyge had a son.

Like my WATKINS from Wales - they are
 name-brothers
 and are 99.9% unrelated see my FAQ

Danish personal names and naming


Danish Archives FAQ

The way forward in Danish genealogy is
by parish and occupation.

To this day Civil Registration is done
by the local church offices and
- unlike the UK
there are no national indexes.

The Central Office of Civil Registration
 is not available to genealogists for
another 50 years or so (Google CPR number)

The need for a strong defence force means
that there are very good records going
back to the 1780ies but these are not
on line or even filmed lægd ruller

The project of indexing of
 folketælling = census is going well
 - coverage and county maps -
 and soon images of all
 church books and census
 will be on line, if unindexed,
to about 1891.

In 1923 police records, card indexes
of residents, were turned into the
Folkeregister for each kommune
= town or administrative unit,
often containing several parishes today.

Googling some of these terms with
place names, will find pages
about these administrative practices.

I am making another FAQ:-
Danish family history with Hugh
"How to find your Danish roots,

or your cousins abroad"


Is your data on the web where
 Danish researchers  might find it ?

good sharing

Hugh W