Bad Danish Mormon Genealogy

My blogging has been lagging lately, but this was just took good to pass up.  I found this on new.familysearch.org.  No changes have been made to personal or place names.  This is just the way it is on the site.

How many things can you find wrong with this?


Child: Anna Marie Jensen

·         Born: 9 Aug 1863, Mormon Trail, Eastern Wyoming
·         Chr: 14 Sep 1860, Helligaands Kirke, Kobenhavn, Kobenhavn, Denmark
·         Died: 14 Feb 1930, Logan, Cache, UT
·         Bur: 18 Feb 1930, Newton, Cache, Utah, USA

Father: Hans Jensen (KLJL-N1Y)

·         Born: 13 Apr 1818, Fasrevejle, Holbeck, Den
·         Chr: 21 Apr 1818, Faarevejle, Holbaek, Denmark
·         Died: 27 Feb 1898, Gunnison, San Pete, UT
·         Bur: 28 Mar 1898

Paternal Grandfather: Peter Petersen (KN77-N99)

·         Born: about 1814, of Gudme Mark, Svendborg, Denmark
·         Died: 27 Feb 1898, Gunnison, San Pete, UT

Paternal Grandmother: Karen Kathrine Hansen or Hansdatter (KNFM-11F)

·         Born: 7 Feb 1818, Gudme Mark, Svendborg, Denmark
·         Chr: 7 Feb 1818, Gudme, Svendborg, Denmark
·         Died: 19 Feb 1818

How many errors did you find?

What really bugs me is how many people are listed as contributors to this mess.   It's just awful.

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