Free Mini Workshop about Reading Scandinavian Handwriting

The Seattle Genealogical Society is offering a free lecture and a mini workshop about reading Scandinavian handwriting.

The lecture and workshop are hosted online via Zoom on 10 July 2022 at 1:00 pm PT.

It is open to everyone, but this society regularly offers lectures about Scandinavian genealogy, so you might want to join the society to support their work and to stay up-to-date about educational opportunities.

I am not sponsored by the society, and I was not asked to make this post. I just want to spread the word because I think the society hosts good lectures.

Family history based on old bills, receipts, and letters

Old bills and letters can help tell our ancestors' family history. My grandmother Jenny Kirstine (Juhl) Hansen rarely threw away paperwork, which means we have a lot of documents that reveal details about the family's life. In this blog post, I share the information I gleaned from a change of address notification, a lease agreement, a bill, some receipts, and a letter from the municipality. All of this is tied into my mother's memories of the family's relocation from downtown Odense to the suburb of Bolbro in 1954.

Memoirs about Christmas in the 1860s – Danish Family History

Danish Christmas traditions have changed over the years. Furthermore, regional differences in the celebrations existed and still do. Even if your Danish ancestor did not write their memoirs, you might still be able to get an idea of their traditions. Someone else from the same time and area might have written their memoirs, such as Niels Peder Grønvald Nielsen of Ryslinge.

Free Mini Workshop about Reading Scandinavian Handwriting

The lecture and workshop are hosted online via Zoom on 10 July 2022 at 1:00 pm PT.

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Family history based on old bills, receipts, and letters

Memoirs about Christmas in the 1860s – Danish Family History

Donations to the Poor During Christmas 1774