"steff snyder" <rowan_98@yahoo.com> skrev i en meddelelse news:20041211212027.37508.qmail@web51410.mail.yahoo.com... > Question to Danish Friends, Was it still customary to give a son the father's first name plus sen during the 1850-80's, in Denmark? > Steffanie Snyder (Christiansen) > It was not until the first generation born after 1828 started to have children of their own that you could be certain that the new rule to pick a fixed family name really was adhered to. For the first fixed family name the father could choose between his own first name + sen, his own last name or some geographic name (name of the village, name of the farm etc.). I have individuals in my data file born in the 1860' and 70' named using the old patronymic convention. --- Helmer Christiansen