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| * Click on the Danish flag to run in Danish or the British flag to run in English. | | * Click on the Danish flag to run in Danish or the British flag to run in English. |
| * Whether you are running it in Danish or English, you must represent the Danish letters of Æ, Ø, and Å. (where appropriate). For example: Sørensen uses the Danish letter Ø. If you type Sorensen, you will get zero hits.
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| * As an alternative, you can type _ in the middle of a word for single letter replacement. For example: S_rensen as an alternative for ø. You can type % to replace one or more letters. For example: Niels% allows you to search for all the Nielsens' and Nielsdatters.
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| * Type in at least 3 letters for the name you are searching for (first, last or both). Remember to consider the variations of a name such as Sven or Svend. There are also variations on the surnames such as Svensen, Svendsen, Svendsdatter, or Svensdtr. As a researcher the challenge is to figure out how the census taker wrote it.
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| * On the search page, click on underlined '''map''' or '''kort''' for the county maps. | | * On the search page, click on underlined '''map''' or '''kort''' for the county maps. |
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