I need help reading a Danish birth record
Could someone please help me with some of the words in this birth record from Hørup, Viborg Parish.
If you could translate the words at the top of the record in red after the word Almtoft, and then the last sentence at the bottom of the record after the word Almtoft. Thanks for your help!
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The first line you are requesting reads "et barn til kierke kaldet Maren" which translates as "a child to the church called Maren".
The second part is "af Almtoft-Samme dag holte bemelte Rasmus Andersen hustrun hendes kierkegang" which translates to "of Almtoft-The same day was held the churching of the aforemention Rasmus Andersens wife".
Churching is basically just introducing her back into the congregation after she had given birth to a child. This is an article about what that means: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churching_of_women. Also, an article in the Family Search Wiki: https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Scandinavia_Introductions.
This 1861 Danish/English Dictionary is available online and can be very useful in translating these records: https://books.google.com/books?id=S4gCAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Thank you greatly for your expert help, Norm! This is very helpful.
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