Thanks for the info! Happy Holidays! GEN-NORDIC-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 GEN-NORDIC-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 208 Today's Topics: #1 Re: GEN-NORDIC-D Digest V04 #205 ["Hugh Watkins" #2 Hovde farm in Stor Elvdal [John Reindl ] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from GEN-NORDIC-D, send a message to GEN-NORDIC-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the GEN-NORDIC-D list administrator, send mail to GEN-NORDIC-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 22:04:24 -0000 From: "Hugh Watkins" To: GEN-NORDIC-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: GEN-NORDIC-D Digest V04 #205 "steff snyder" wrote in message 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? Patronymics were forbidden by law but the law was ignored in the villages Danish personal names and naming FAQ http://www.rootsweb.com/~dnkcen/FAQ/names.html Navnelovene af 1828, 1856 og 1904 The 1904 law introduced the possibility of of "purchasing" a new self invented surname. This would be a reserved surname - forbeholdte navne and see RETSINFORMATION below for a current list. Today's price is 3000 kroner DKK about USD $500 1000 Danish surnames http://www.rootsweb.com/~dnkcen/FAQ/1000surnames.html The top one thousand surnames in Denmark on January 1 2004 - with thanks to Dorthe Larsen at Danmarks Statistik http://www.dst.dk/ BTW Norweegian names has moved to http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/genealogy.asp?articleid=2&zoneid=2 enjoy Hugh W ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 20:54:44 -0600 From: John Reindl To: GEN-NORDIC-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Hovde farm in Stor Elvdal Hi ~ I am looking for the Hovde/Hovdi farm in Stor Elvdal, most likely in the Strand clerical district. Some of the records suggest that it was part of the Furuset farm. Can anyone provide more information on the Hovde/Hovdi farm? Thanks much, John �� --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! � What will yours do?