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Did they really write that?
"Hendes mand Hans Nielsen erklærede, at han ej var barnefader, hvorfore Moderen blev tilspurgt hvo det var Barnefader, og udlagde hun da hendes Mands Fader Niels Skov som er borte. Eltang sogn kirkebog 1797."
Church book 1797
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