Villages or towns designated by a number on a tree.

[stanmapstone]

1677001 is the FHL film number for Denmark "Realregister - Albøge, Hoed 1867-1888 (med personreg.)"

Stan

[hookleg]

Thanks for all the help and suggestions. I'll see if I have any other similar references on my trees.

[StevieSteve]

I've always thought those numbers are some kind of data corruption. I'll be surprised if you get anything useful out of them.

[hookleg]

I must have come across them several dozens of times when trawling through records on ancestry, which is why I asked. You may be right, but people have copied them on to their trees.

[groom]

I must have come across them several dozens of times when trawling through records on ancestry, which is why I asked. You may be right, but people have copied them on to their trees.

Just shows that people will copy anything without questioning it!

[GailB]

1651603 is as you can see Holywell, Flintshire, Wales. I double checked this by Googling FHL 1651603 and a wikitree came up where a person had been born in Holywell.

I googled FHL 1677001 and the same happened a Wikitree and it appears to be Woolpit, Suffolk.

[hookleg]

Just come across this in my research.
William Orbell
1581–1657
Birth NOV 1581 • 1677271, Suffolk, England
Death 15 OCT 1657 • 1677271, Suffolk, England
Having looked at other trees, it appears that the 1677271 refers to Stansfield, Suffolk
I am still none the wiser as to this kind of source!!