Lene D. Kottal

@kottalgenealogy.com

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Danish professional genealogist. Check out my blog if you want free tips for finding your ancestors from Denmark - the latest post includes a photo of tiny me at my baptism! https://www.genealogistkottal.com/blog/

An image generated using Canva AI with this prompt: "An image showing crossborder connections between people and documents." Canva provides this description of the image: "A vibrant, conceptual illustration depicting the flow of information and human connection across digital and physical borders. Diverse individuals are shown exchanging and interacting with glowing digital documents, represented by abstract, interconnected lines of light and data. The style is modern and clean, with a color palette emphasizing blues, greens, and golds to signify communication and progress. The layout is dynamic, suggesting movement and interconnectedness, with a medium shot framing to capture the essence of global collaboration."
The front of a small cabin with colorful flower beds around it and a sign that says Just Married. The image was generated using Canva AI.
Portrait of my dad with his head slightly tilted. He has thick, dark hair. He is wearing square glasses, a black jacket, and a yellow or light brown shirt with a floral pattern. It was probably taken in the 1970s.
A page spread in an old book with brown - rather worn - ribbons to tie the cover of the book. The left-hand page is blank. The right-hand page has penned handwriting on it. It is an index of names sorted by company number. It is written in Gothic handwriting.
Snippet of a map from a Danish atlas. Sections of land are colored differently to display the European colonization of the American continent until 1775. Arrows away from land show export routes, such as fur from Quebec to Northern Europe. Source: Historisk Atlas (Copenhagen, Denmark: Politikens Forlag, 1983), p. 76, map 76.
Danish government book from 1768. Bound in brown leather with a golden printed title on the cover. Leather laces on the side to bind the front and back of the cover together.