That is true, but the place of residence(even tho it may be farm name) of the parents is usually given in the record and is very, very useful. I know in Swedish extraction which I did for awhile, the residence place(farm name) was always extracted. This does not seem to be the case for Denmark Steve Kelsey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Tippets" <sahara346@gmail.com> To: <lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] combining individuals >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! > > 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 >