Denmark

[bodger]

Do we have any Danish members ?, my father was stationed there in 1945/50 in the RAF, about 10 years ago i discovered that he left me a step brother whilst there, the only info. i have is a photograph of my father taken in Denmark, on the reverse it is printed :- Hans Hedegaard (foto atelier), Skals, any suggestions on how to trace further details ? bodger

[bonjedward]

Hi, I live in Denmark, about 20km from Skals, north of Viborg in Jutland.

Unfortunately, if you don't have a name, date, or place of birth, it's going to be difficult. Genealogy in Denmark is, as far as I know, still a matter of looking through the original church records (the State Church still has the job of recording all births).

In a rural area like Skals, in the 1950s, the birth would probably have been at home.
The photographer's business doesn't exist any more (not under that name, at any rate), and I can't imagine any records would have been preserved from it.


There's an English-language section in a Danish genealogical forum, see:

http://dis-danmark.dk/forum/list.php?11

where you could post a question. Good luck!

[bodger]

David,
           Thanks for your response, i will try the web you posted and see what happens, will keep you posted.
                                       Thanks bodger

[Nick Carver]

There is a branch of an English family - the Leybourn(e)s to which I am related, that has a Danish branch and I believe there were some international sportsmen of that name representing Denmark.

The reason I mention this name is that there are a lot of people researching the name (landowners in E Yorks, Nafferton) and there are church monuments confirming the line back to the early 1500s. Perhaps a contact with one of the Leybourn researchers might throw up a Danish member?

My next door neighbour is Danish. His name is Peter Petersen, as was his father and his grandfather. All very useful when it comes to genealogy. Am sure I read somewhere that a huge proportion of Danes share a very small number of surnames. I do know that finding an Icelandic link is good, because lineage is very important there.

[bodger]

Hi, David & Nick,
                         have had a response from a posting on the web, nothing concrete, but a location of where the RAF were stationed at the time, i need to get details of my fathers service record before i go much further, I will look up the Leybourne connection, as you say small connections can be a great help.  My surname is Bacon, but i don't think theres a connection to "Danish Bacon"
                                                   bodger