See answers below: > Thanks for the helpful advice. But Südtondern and Leck aren't included in > the archivalieronline.dk database, are they? Unless I'm missing them.... www.arkivalieronline.dk only takes censuses and church records from the area of the former kingdom of Denmark, not today's Danish Nordslesvig/Sønderjylland and German Schleswig-Holstein. That one can find records from Tønder at www.arkivalieronline.dk is due to some lack of logic. > It's not clear to me whether that's the district or the town of Tønder . > > If it's the district I assume that could include both Leck and > Tinningstedt. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Leck is as you already know the name of both the parish and the town, whereas Tinningstedt is a village in the neighbouring parish Karlum, also Südtondern Amt. If you can get access to filmed copies of those two parishes do so; you'll have to wait for rather a long time for an answer from the Parish Office in Leck. The only web-service is the registration of the censuses of Denmark and all Schleswig-Holstein; but as only 1803 for Schleswig is finished you can't find much help there. See ddd.dda.dk - take the English version. And look at http://www.dis-danmark.dk/kipkort/ click 'Sydslesvig' and the year to find how much is already in the database - Karlum 1845 i.e. Inger - pondering about the new experience of being called a guy ;-)

"Inger Buchard" <ibuchard@post4.tele.udenspamogpunktum.dk> wrote in news:41bf7089$0$301$edfadb0f@dread12.news.tele.dk: > www.arkivalieronline.dk only takes censuses and church records from > the area of the former kingdom of Denmark, not today's Danish > Nordslesvig/Sønderjylland and German Schleswig-Holstein. That one can > find records from Tønder at www.arkivalieronline.dk is due to some > lack of logic. I was confused by that too. Still, it hasn't been a waste of time. I've enjoyed learning how to read the records and it's a fun way to start Danish lessons. At some point I'll have someone specifically in Denmark to seek; my great-great-grandfather Lorenz Peter Petersen indicated in an 1880 US census that his father was born in Denmark proper. It'll be awhile before I find out where, though. > Leck is as you already know the name of both the parish and the town, > whereas Tinningstedt is a village in the neighbouring parish Karlum, > also Südtondern Amt. If you can get access to filmed copies of those > two parishes do so; you'll have to wait for rather a long time for an > answer from the Parish Office in Leck. I'm perusing Karlum film records now and have noted that I can order census records for Leck as well, though only through 1860. Church records can also be ordered covering the period 1729-1854. This would leave out my great-geandmother's birth year (1862) but might include her parents' marriage, so it's worth a try. > The only web-service is the registration of the censuses of Denmark > and all Schleswig-Holstein; but as only 1803 for Schleswig is finished > you can't find much help there. See ddd.dda.dk - take the English > version. I've been using this too and find it helpful, though I'm looking forward to the day when more records are uploaded and online. > And look at http://www.dis-danmark.dk/kipkort/ click > 'Sydslesvig' and the year to find how much is already in the database > - Karlum 1845 i.e. Thanks very much! I have this site bookmarked and have been watching progress eagerly. > Inger > > - pondering about the new experience of being called a guy ;-) In the early days of Usenet this was more common (and I speak from experience). :-) ---- saki@ucla.edu