Hans Christensen is my first cousin, five times removed. That means that his children were second cousins to my Great-great-grandfather. A book of printed family group sheets were left to me by my parents. I am going through them and seeing that all the information is in FamilySearch and is accurate. In many cases, I find that more research can be done for these families, so I expand and complete the families there.
This is the first of two pages for Hans Christensen. His wife, Kirsten Hansdatter, died soon after the death of their last child, a daughter. He then remarried. His second wife was also named Kirsten Hansdatter. These two sheets showed the children, four with the first wife and two from the second.
The process I used is instructive on how this research works. I use the records provided from the Danish National Archives (Dansk Demografisk Database er en del af Rigsarkivet). Other ways to get these records is through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints FamilySearch copies of these records. I have links to these resources on my Danish Research Helps web site: Danish Genealogy Helper
I first started with the Military Levying Rolls to find what I could for these sons. Between 1801 and 1834 there are no census records. The census records are searchable, though there are errors in them, but they help locate people. Unfortunately we have a big gap of 33 years where it is easy to lose people.
I searched the Copenhagen records for the parish of Ishøj in 1800 and found Ole, son of Hans Christensen (spelled Kristensen in the MLR records at the time). From that record, I learned his number which takes me to the next record. These records are recorded for all male children about every three years. When there are changes (births, deaths and moves) these changes are noted in the records. Each record shows the father's name, the number of the previous record and the current record number. The father's name is always recorded, even though he may be deceased or the son may have moved away. This all makes for a good way to track males through the years and locations. It takes some work but it connects them very well.
Once I traced the sons past 1834, I was able to find each of these sons in the new locations in the census records in 1834, 1840, 1845 and so on. Starting in 1845, the census records also show the birth places of all in the census. There are mistakes in the census (either in original recording or in transcribing/indexing them), so that must be taken in account. I also used the parish records in the online archives. These are primary records and are most important, but the military and census records were necessary to put it all together. In this case, I successfully found the families of each of these sons and entered their information in FamilySearch.In most cases, the information was already there and needed to be connected correctly and, in some cases, corrected. In one case, Lars Hansen had been connected incorrectly to a different wife in Præstø and needed to be separated, making two different families.
All that said, I now show my notes from the Military records search for you to see here. These were vital in putting this all together.
https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=16481031#17062,661982
København 1800 H Tilgangsrulle image 18 Lægd 18 København Ishøj
Hans Kristensen [ father's name ]
H138 Ole b. Tranegilde b. 3 Aug [son's number, name, birth place and birth date]
København 1803 A Hovedrulle image 164
Hans Kristensen
H 138 104 Ole b. Tranegilde age 2
København 1806 D Hovedrulle
image 205 Hans Kristensen
104 89 Ole b. Tranegilde age 5
image 207 Hans Kristensen
C154 137 Hans b. Tranegilde born 11 Dec 1804
https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=16481031#17070,664111
København 1809 F Hovedrulle
image 242 Hans Kristensen
89 74 Ole b. Tranegilde age 8
image 245 Hans Kristensen
137 120 Hans b. Tranegilde age 4
København 1812 J Hovedrulle
image 259 Hans Kristensen
74 68 Ole b. Tranekilde age 11
image 261 Hans Kristensen
120 109 Hans b. Tranegile age 7
København 1815 A Hovedrulle Lægd 18 København Ishøj
image 283 Hans Kristensen
68 58 Ole b. Tranegilde age 14
image 286 Hans Kristensen
109 97 Hans b. Tranegilde age 10
image 291 Hans Kristensen
A 198 176 Lars b. Tranegilde b. 16 Oct 1814
https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=16481031#17111,678218
København 1818 D Hovedrulle
image 337 Hans Kristensen
58 49 Ole b. Tranegilde age 17
image 339 Hans Kristensen
97 80 Hans b. Tranegilde age 13
image 343 Hans Kristensen
176 146 Lars b. Tranegilde age 3
København 1821 G Hovedrulle
image 391 Hans Kristensen
49 42 Ole b. Tranegilde age 20
image 393 Hans Kristensen
80 70 Hans b. Traneg age 16
image 396 Hans Kristensen
146 131 Lars b. Tranegilde age 6
København 1824 K Hovedrulle
image 461 Hans Kristensen
42 36 Ole b. Tranegilde age 23
image 462 Hans Kristensen
70 60 Hans b. Tranegilde age 19
image 466 Hans Kristensen
131 116 Lars b. Tranegilde age 9
København 1827 B Hovedrulle
image 505 Hans Kristensen
36 21 Ole b. Tranegilde age 26
image 507 Hans Kristensen
60 41 Hans b. Tranegilde age 22 crossed out --> Roskilde 25 D218
image 510 Hans Kristensen
116 91 Lars b. Tranegilde age 12
Roskilde 1829 D Tilgangsrulle Lægd 25 Kildebrønde image 94
Hans Kristensen
D 218 Hans b. Tranegilde age 22 from Koben 18 41
Roskilde 1830 E Hovedrulle lægd 25 Kildebrønde image 191
Hans Kristensen
D218 182 Hans b. Tranegilde age 25
København 1830 E Hovedrulle 2 - København 1830 E Hovedrulle 30 Lægd 18 Ishøj
image 330 Hans Kristensen
21 15 Ole b. Tranegilde age 29 crossed out--> Roskilde 34 G136
image 334 Hans Kristensen
91 74 Lars b. Tranegilde age 15
København 1833 H Hovedrulle Lægd 18 Ishoj image 373
Hans Kristensen
74 53 Lars age 18
Roskilde 1832 G Tilgangsrulle Lægd 34 Ølsemagle image 104
Hans Christensen
G136 Ole b. Tranegilde age 29 from Kobn 18 15
Roskilde 1833 H Hovedrulle
Lægd 25 Kildebrønde image 200 Hans Kristensen
182 160 Hans b. Tranegilde age 28
Lægd 34 Ølsemagle image 296 Hans Kristensen
G 136 115 Ole b. Tranegilde age 32
København 1836 L Hovedrulle Lægd 18 Ishøj image 398
Hans Kristensen
53 34 Lars b. Tranegilde age 21 crossed out --> 11 N 217
Roskilde 1836 L Hovedrulle
Lægd 25 Kildebrønde image 207
Hans Christensen
160 133 Hans b. Tranegilde age 31
Lægd 34 Ølsemagle image 309
Hans Christensen
115 105 Ole b. Tranegilde age 35
København 1838 N Tilgangsrulle Lægd 11 Brøndbyevester image 61
Hans Kristensen
N 217 Lars b. Tranegilde age 21 from 1834
