"Robert Heiling" <robheil@comcast.net> skrev i en meddelelse news:42967619.193D1D38@comcast.net... >> >A Bennett wrote: >> > >> >> Hi I am trying to find information on Christian Johnson who was born >> >> on >> >> April 26, 1857 in Polisound, Javlov, Denmark. He emigrated to the >> >> United >> >> States sometime around between 1879 - 1883. If you have any info on >> >> him, >> >> his >> >> parentage and ancestors please contact me. >> > >> > Since you're unsure of his date of emigration, you might want to look >> > for >> > him in >> > The Danish Emigration Archives at: >> > http://www.emiarch.dk/info.php3?l=en >> >> >> Thanks Bob I found out he arrived in 1877. He was working as a ship >> carpenter and sailor before arriving in the united states. > > I'd be interested in knowing what name you found him under there in that > database as I had previously looked without success, but I figured that > you > knew some spelling variations. > > What is your source for the village and county: "Polisound, Javlov"? > There > seem to be spelling problems with both of those. Javlov isn't one of > today's > counties in Denmark and the name doesn't sound very Danish. There is the > southern geographic region that was contested between Germany & Denmark in > the > past, but I think we need to look for different spellings and knowing the > source would help in determining what sort of errors might have been made. > > Here's also hoping that our Danish research friends jump in here to help. > :-) Hi guys... here is one of your Danish friends to help. Polisound, Javlov does NOT sound Danish... nor even rings a bell, even taking into consideration, that a lot of Scandinavian origins were spelled "soundex-wise" after a few years "over there..." As you write, none of the districts in Denmark is even remotely close to Javlov... Some of the cities here ends with "....sund", e.g. Frederikssund, Hadsund etc. etc indeed, but no city starts with "Polis..:" Any other suggestions ? Kind regards, Martin Denmark