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*If one spouse died, the other remarried, and children were born to the new pair, the couple usually named the first child of the same sex after the deceased spouse. If a child died, the next child of the same sex often got the first child’s name. | *If one spouse died, the other remarried, and children were born to the new pair, the couple usually named the first child of the same sex after the deceased spouse. If a child died, the next child of the same sex often got the first child’s name. | ||
*Danish genealogical records may be in Danish, Latin (rarely, however), or German. Church records in German were the common rule in the Schleswig counties Aabenraa, Haderslev, Sønderborg and Tønder) until 1920. Names are often very different when translated into different languages. For example— | *Danish genealogical records may be in Danish, Latin (rarely, however), or German. Church records in German were the common rule in the Schleswig counties Aabenraa, Haderslev, Sønderborg and Tønder) until 1920. Names are often very different when translated into different languages. For example— | ||
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