"Inger Buchard" <ibuchard@post4.tele.udenspamogpunktum.dk> wrote in news:41bf5426$0$270$edfadb0f@dread12.news.tele.dk: >> I have conflicting information about her birthplace. One specifies >> Tønder,the other Leck. I suspect that Tønder is correct, though the >> family emigrated from Leck in 1878. Her future husband, Hans Peter >> Petersen, was from Tønder as well, though I haven't been able to >> locate him in the archive either (born June 6, 1850). > > Be aware that Leck was in the county Tønder/Tondern. This was 1920 > split up into the German part south of the border - Südtondern - and > the Danish Tønder amt. Maybe you should look in Leck instead of Tønder > Købstad/town? Thanks for the helpful advice. But Südtondern and Leck aren't included in the archivalieronline.dk database, are they? Unless I'm missing them.... My confusion comes from not knowing exactly what database will yield results; that and having several potential places to investigate. My great-grandmother Catharina emigrated from Leck in 1878; my great- grandfather Hans from Tinningstedt in 1872 (before their marriage). Both their family names were Petersen. But their eldest son's death certificate in Chicago from 1926 (he predeceased his mother) lists both his parents' origins as "Tondern". 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. Catharina's death certificate in Chicago (1944) lists her birthplace as "Lick, Germany"...clearly Leck, but the informants have her parents' names wrong so this may be inaccurate too. Hans' death certificate from 1903 is on order from Wisconsin but that may list only country name, not town of birth. So I'm still trying to guess the likeliest town of origin for them both. Is there a better online option for me than archivalieronline.dk? I'm also beginning to look through filmed records of Leck and Tinningstedt, though that's not as accessible, of course. ---- saki@ucla.edu