http://www.ddss.nu/ have you tried this link? Berit Gullbekk "Claude J Ortega" <cj-usenet-01_SPAM@comcast.net> skrev i melding news:MPG.1c0accfca47576c6989720@netnews.comcast.net... In article <001c01c4d00f$552b3b80$534366a6@sueschon>, sueschon@alltel.net says... > I am new to this list. I've been researching my ancestry in Denmark and > recently discovered that my great-great-grandmother Anna Elise/Lisa > Jonasen/Johnsen may have been born in Sweden. In her daughter's > birth/baptism record in København, Anna's birth date is listed as 26 > October > 1831. In the 1860 census, her birthplace is listed as "Sverrig". In the > 1870 > census, her birthplace is listed as "Helsingør" (Denmark probably). Is it > far-fetched to think that she said Helsingborg, but the census-taker heard > and wrote down Helsingør? The earliest I've found her in Denmark is in the > birth record of her first child in 1855 in Sankt Petri Sogn, København, > although I still have some searching to do. A month after this birth, on 9 > April 1855, she married Heinrich Hermann Barby (born in Magdeburg, > Germany). > They were married in Frederiksberg Sogn, København. Her children were > Johanne Emilie Barby (born 1855), Heinrich Johan Barby (born 1858), and > Gustav Otto Barby (born 1864). I have no idea who her parents were. > > I've read some of the GEN-NORDIC archive and discovered the GenLine > website. > I have no experience with Swedish, but found that I could figure out some > of > the words because they were similar to the Danish (Födde - Født - Birth). > I > found 4 listings for parishes called Helsingborg in Malmöhus County, but 3 > of them had Födde listings for the years that would cover Anna's birth > year - 1831: Helsingborg Landförsamling 1826 - 1846, Helsingborg > Stadsförsamling 1826 - 1832, and Stads och Landsförsamling 1826 - 1846. > After I sign up for GenLine, does it matter which one I access? > > I will continue to read the GEN-NORDIC archives, but would appreciate it > if > someone could direct me to a good online Swedish dictionary if there is > one. > I'd also appreciate any other tips and suggestions. > > Thank you, > Sue > > Responded off list. -- Claude