In all Scandinavian -sen name genealogy you have
�to be clear that these are patronymics
�and were used anywhere whenever 
someone called S�ren 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

� is Danish and short for oe
� umlaut is German Swedish Icelandic for oe
� is older handwriting or oe
o is English usage

-sen  is Danish, Norwegian, German and Scandinavian
-son is Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish
-datter is Danish
-dottir
-dotter Swedish

S�rensen S�renson S�rensen  S�renson
Soerensen  Soerenson
Sorensen Sorenson 
Soransen Soranson

but families move across frontiers so the forms 
are in other countries too.

S�rensdatter S�rensdatter
S�rensdotter S�rensdotter
S�rensdottir

used the male form when the laws
on surnames came into force.


Icelandic the patronymic system is used by law
In a family of four, a couple with a boy and a
girl, all four will therefore 
usually have different last names.
Icelandic telephone directory - Icelandic first names 
Danish spelling on Iceland

S�ren S�renson
 Ensk-�slensk or�ab�k me� alfr��ilegu �vafi. 
[English-Icelandic Dictionary]. Reykjav�k 1984
Some Icelandic horse-names

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 l�gd ruller

The project of indexing of
�folket�lling = 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

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