The Ancestor You Can’t Find: 8 Reasons Your Family Tree Hits a Brick Wall
Here are eight things worth checking before you decide an ancestor has vanished.
Read MoreNorwegian genealogy guidance for English-speaking descendants—sources, methods, and real case work.

Here are eight things worth checking before you decide an ancestor has vanished.
Read MoreThis has been an exciting week. I published a book.
Read MoreThis morning, Norway woke up without King Harald V.
Read MoreNorwegian church books are among the most important sources for anyone researching Norwegian ancestors. They contain baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials
Read MoreScenes from a Life Left Behind is published today
Read MoreStarting genealogy can be exciting. It can also be rather confusing.
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Read MoreAs the Norwegian summer finally arrives — brief as it may be — it feels right to step away from
Read MoreFor centuries, Gudbrandsdalen has occupied a special place in Norway’s historical imagination. Its burial mounds, old farmsteads, saga associations, and
Read MoreIn a previous post, we explored why mind maps can be so useful in genealogy research — especially when working
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