I am now spending probably 90% of my time combining individuals. A lot of this is caused by extraction. Apparently the rules for Danish extraction are that the patronymic is ALWAYS used for the child's surname regardless of whether the father has a surname or not. Most of the people I deal with are of the upper class who had surnames and the surnames carry over so because they insist on extracting as patronyms and others put the name in with the surname, duplication is always there. Also I note that extraction usually puts in the birth date WITHOUT any birthplace and then the christening date and christening place. The birthplace is usually given in the record and is often the same as the christening place but apparently their rules say DO NOT PUT IT IN. A little sense with this would be very helpful. Steve Kelsey

I can't answer for Denmark, but I know that many European countries have several small villages that surround the one that has the local church that everybody goes to. Therefore, unless the record specifies which specific village or farm the family is associated with, the only place that you can give with any certainty is the parish church in which the child was christened. Karen On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Steve Kelsey <sjkelsey@msn.com> wrote: > I am now spending probably 90% of my time combining individuals. A lot of > this is caused by extraction. Apparently the rules for Danish extraction > are that the patronymic is ALWAYS used for the child's surname regardless > of whether the father has a surname or not. Most of the people I deal with > are of the upper class who had surnames and the surnames carry over so > because they insist on extracting as patronyms and others put the name in > with the surname, duplication is always there. Also I note that extraction > usually puts in the birth date WITHOUT any birthplace and then the > christening date and christening place. The birthplace is usually given in > the record and is often the same as the christening place but apparently > their rules say DO NOT PUT IT IN. A little sense with this would be very > helpful. > Steve Kelsey > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Finding ancestors is like eating potato chips--you can't stop with just one!