how to trace your ancestors in norway? pearl torii
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What do you have at home?What do you have at home?
An old Bible?
A diary?
An old letter from Norway?
A picture?
It could give you a name, a farm name, an address etc.
Sources in the country they Sources in the country they settledsettled
Marriage or Death Certificates – any trace of place of birth?
Obituaries
Immigration Records - Passenger Lists and Naturalization Records.
◦ Passenger list – the port of departure?◦ You could find the Naturalization application form.
Censuses ◦ 1900 US census – how many years they have stayed in US.◦ From 1920 US census – listing the year they arrived.
Norwegian Lutheran Church Records in US◦ Membership Lists
Emigrant RecordsEmigrant RecordsYou will find Registers, Ship’s lists, Pass
registers.◦ Some of the early records are found at
http://www.norwayheritage.com/
From 1867-1930 - the Emigrant Registers.◦ You could find their name, home address, date of
departure, name of ship and destination.◦ You could find them in The Digital Archives
http://www.digitalarkivet.no/. Choose “Database selector” and “Emigrants”.
◦ Not all of the records are online! They will be in archives in hand written books.
See if you could match sources from US/Canada with Norwegian sources.
The Digital Archives (http://www.digitalarkivet.no/) includes:◦ Emigrant protocols.◦ Passport records.◦ People moving in and out from the parish.◦ Norwegians in US Census (“utlandet”).◦ Norwegians in US Church records (“utlandet”).◦ Martin Ulvestad; Nordmænd i Amerika.
Some Norwegian Ports of emigration:◦ Oslo (Kristiania), Bergen, Stavanger, Ålesund,
Kristiansund, Trondheim, Arendal, Larvik, Sandefjord and Kristiansand (S).
Emigrant Records IIEmigrant Records II
Nowegain Censuses Nowegain Censuses (Folketellinger, manntall)(Folketellinger, manntall)Some
Census
Years1900189118851875186518011701
(Manntall)1664-66
(Manntall)
• Restriction 100 years on Censuses• 1660´s and 1701 – only men are
recorded (manntall).• 1801 – first census including
everybody – also how many times marriages a person has been married.
• 1865, 1875 and 1900 – included “place of birth”.
• 1885 – only for cities.• You could find censuses at
http://www.digitalarkivet.no/
Church Records (Kirkebøker)Church Records (Kirkebøker)The first records from 1623, Andebu in Vestfold
district.From 1730 Church Records are found in most
parishes in Norway.1812 – the Church Records are standardized.You could find births, deaths, confirmation,
vaccination, arrivals/departures, membership.The Norwegian Church Records have restrictions
–80 years from the ones who are online.Originals are found at
http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_readSome searchable records are available at
http://www.digitalarkivet.no/
An example of Church Record and Gothic Script An example of Church Record and Gothic Script 18171817
Column headings could be found in bottom at http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/na20.html
Source: Biri Kirkebok 1814-1828, folio 25 a.
Gothic scriptGothic script
The degree of difficulty depends on:◦ Ink◦ Paper◦ Handwriting◦ Period
An older script can be easier to read than a newer one! ◦ Spend time to get aquantinted with a persons hand
writing.◦ Try to learn the gotihc alphabet.
Gothic script – http://www.hist.uib.no/gotisk/
Secondary sourcesSecondary sourcesBygdebøker (country books).
Norske gårdsbruk – old and new books in one.
Genealogy books.
Articels.
Internet – family trees.
LanguageLanguage
Different pronunciation than in the English language.
Special letters after a-z is “æ”, “ø” and “å” (“aa”).
Danish spelling in old papers.
DictionariesDictionaries
Dictionaries:◦ English/Norwegian Dictionarie from Vega
Forlag – book with CD (for sale in Norway).◦ http://www.ordbok.com/engelsk/oversetter.ht
ml
◦ http://www.tritrans.net/
Special words: ◦ http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/na
17.html
Norwegian genealogy onlineNorwegian genealogy online
How to trace your ancestors in Norway - http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/sab/howto.html
Research outline (LDS) - http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/images/34090_Norway.pdf
Riksarkivet - http://www.arkivverket.no/english/sources.html
Genealogy societies, forums, e-mail Genealogy societies, forums, e-mail listslists
http://www.genealogi.no/ (The Norwegian Genealogical Society)
http://www.disnorge.no/ (The Genealogy Society of Norway - DIS)
http://www.digitalarkivet.no/ (The Digital Archive) - The User´s forum
http://www.norwayheritage.com/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/,
Norwaylist etc.
Maps Maps Finn - http://www.finn.no/ - “kartsøk”
Hvor - http://www.hvor.no/ - “Søk”
Norgesglasset - http://ngis.statkart.no/norgesglasset/default.html
Google - http://maps.google.com
Air photos - http://www.norgeibilder.no/
Pontoppidan’s map 1785 - http://da2.uib.no/pontopkart/Pkart_oversikt.htm
Help from professionals? Help from professionals? It is no certification of genealogists in Norway. Some education at Universities – check education and
reputation of the one offering you help (Local history from Sogn og Fjordane University College, Genealogy studies at Volda University College).
Do not make payment to a private account – get an invoice!
Professionals at NSF - The Norwegian Genealogical Society´s webpage - http://www.genealogi.no/Annonser/oppdragsforskning.htm - has been discussed at a board meeting before published on webpage.
The Norwegian American Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library, Madison, WI - http://www.nagcnl.org/