Clausen - Danish records help needed!

**Pipsqueek** · 01-06-2020, 10:13 PM

Hi I am trying to research Clausen but I don't know any Danish! I have muddled through with titles but the handwriting is beyond me on this one so I am hoping someone might be able to translate it (second row fifth column) Many thanks for any help.

Reason for edit: the image hasn't appeared - is there any way to get an image on a post?

**christanel** · 02-06-2020, 2:25 AM

Hi
To upload an image to the forums the first step is to make sure that you are in Go Advanced mode on the Brit-Gen thread where you want to place the photo. Click on the picture frame in the row of images above the reply box. (6 from the RH side. The box that appears requires a URL address.
You have to upload your photo to a free site which will provide a URL address. I use Postimage which is very simple.
On the home page of Postimage click on 'Choose images' then find and click on the file you want to upload where you have the photo stored on your computer eg Pictures. Then click on the particular folder that holds your picture and Open it. Choose your photo, click on it and click on Open. You are now taken back to the Postimage page where you are given a choice of 9 links. Click on the URL 'Hotlink for forum' Now right click on the URL address and then click on Copy. Go back to the reply box on the Brit-Gen thread and in the URL box right click on your mouse and from the menu click on paste. The URL for your photo is now ready to be posted on the forum along with any information you have typed in to accompany it.
I hope I have explained this clearly enough for you to have a go. There are other free sites from which to upload images but not being very tech savvy I found the one above the easiest to use.
Christina

**Pipsqueek** · 02-06-2020, 5:03 PM

Thanks Christanel... let's see if this works.

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It does (thank you). The word I am struggling with is third row up... Magalfinar??

**Lesley Robertson** · 02-06-2020, 5:14 PM

Google translate doesn’t recognize the word as you transcribe it... it could be an old term...

**Pipsqueek** · 02-06-2020, 5:40 PM

Thank you Lesley. I keep trying google translate with different options. I am sure the first letter is an M (and the last two letters on that line belong to the name below). I think I need a Danish speaker to let me know what letters go together! Magnljinar???

**christanel** · 02-06-2020, 8:41 PM

I typed Magalfin* in to a search engine and got some results which suggest that Magalfin is a 1600's version of a Gaelic surname.
On this site
scroll down to "Figure 1. A Description of the Colony of Surranam in Guiana Drawne in the Yeare 1667: and in the paragraph below it suggests just that. An interesting article. Whether it has any connection to the Mag* name in your document?
Christina

**Pipsqueek** · 02-06-2020, 8:56 PM

Thanks Christanel. I am now looking again and wondering if it isn't an M but something followed by a C. I you look at the C in Cathrine it looks the same but not sure what letter would be before it. It's all Dutch to me!