Researching Hans Try
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The name Hans means "form of JOHN - God is gracious" and is of Scandinavian origin.
Records of Hans Try on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Hans Try and the Try Genealogy
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 188 people with the Try surname in the UK? Try is now ranked number 3866 for popularity in the UK. |
Try Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Hans Try
Hans Try
Hans Try (1934–1990) was a Norwegian archivist and historian.
He hailed from Søgne. He started as an ethnologist, but later took the cand.philol. degree in history. He worked in the National Archival Services branch in Kristiansand from 1975. His main work was To kulturer - en stat. 1851-1884, volume eleven of the overview of Norwegian history, Norges historie, published by Cappelen and edited by Knut Mykland.
He was a deputy board member of the Norwegian Institute of Local History from 1986 to 1989 and of the State Museum Council from 1987 to 1990.
He died in 1990.
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