"Graeme Lauridsen" <lauridsen@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message news:LD%Md.15109$mo2.1183705@news.xtra.co.nz... > hey can any1 tell me anything about the lauridsen family like where in > denmark they were or summin cos i am interested in my ansestry... thx yes Graeme LAURIDSEN is a patronymic -sen means "son of" Laurid, Laurids or Lauritz so THERE IS NO ONE "LAURIDSEN FAMILY" please see these FAQ :- Danish personal names and naming FAQ http://www.rootsweb.com/~dnkcen/FAQ/names.html Lauridsen was placed 42nd with 9,471 people with that name were living in Denmark on January 1 2004 who are only "name brothers" mostly unrelated from - 1000 Danish surnames http://www.rootsweb.com/~dnkcen/FAQ/1000surnames.html Danish family history with Hugh: "How to find your Danish roots, or your cousins abroad" http://www.rootsweb.com/~dnkcen/en/hugo.html do explore this site dnkcen Site Map http://www.rootsweb.com/~dnkcen/sitemap.html If you are in USA you starte with local records working back to ships manifests - ships lists of arrivals if you are lucky you get a place of birth and then it is easy to enter the danish archive system tell us what you know so far If there is a family bible, translations can be done for you or we can help with old letters which may contain vital clues Hugh W