When the In-Migration Page Is Really an Out-Migration Page
If you work much with Norwegian church records, you eventually learn that the page headings do not always tell the
Read MoreNorwegian genealogy guidance for English-speaking descendants—sources, methods, and real case work.

If you work much with Norwegian church records, you eventually learn that the page headings do not always tell the
Read MoreLet me just say it straight: Norwegian Easter is wonderfully confusing the first time you experience it.
Read MoreA family story of emigration, war, and returning to Norway generations later.
Read MoreBetween the 1700s and 1800s, Norway underwent significant demographic, economic, and social transformations. Internal migration—that is, movement of people within
Read MoreOn a cold December evening in 1680, the sky over Jølster refused to behave. That night, Jens Nilsen Nedrebø, the
Read MoreNasjonalarkivet has launched Digitalarkivet new service for searching and viewing scanned church books (skanna kirkebøker). The rollout began in mid-December, and
Read MoreMost genealogists begin with names, dates, and places. Historians, on the other hand, usually begin with questions about societies and
Read MoreFor many family historians, photographs are among the most treasured pieces of evidence we possess. Names and dates tell us
Read MoreWhen we do genealogy and local history, it’s easy to get caught up in dates and names: born, baptized, married,
Read MoreIf you research Norwegian family history, you already know the “people records”: baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, and censuses. But serious genealogical
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