Gothic handwriting How to read Gothic handwriting – 5 February 21, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 6987 Views 2 Comments This is the last installment in my little study of Gothic handwriting.Share this:Tweet Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit More Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on TumblrLike this:Like Loading... Read More
Equipment & scanning Many genealogists may have OCR February 19, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3563 Views 0 Comments Got you worried there? Unlike a lot of other letter combinations OCR is very nice to have.Share this:Tweet Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit More Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on TumblrLike this:Like Loading... Read More
Gothic handwriting How to read Gothic handwriting – 4 – Letters to words February 15, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 6530 Views 0 Comments In this installment I will look at some words that frequently appear in church records.Share this:Tweet Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit More Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on TumblrLike this:Like Loading... Read More
Life in general...... Norwegian causes of death February 11, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 6630 Views 4 Comments Many foreigners struggle with the causes of death that are listed in the Norwegian church records.Share this:Tweet Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit More Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on TumblrLike this:Like Loading... Read More
Gothic handwriting How to Read Gothic Handwriting — Part 3: Grouping Letters February 9, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 8138 Views 0 Comments I’m continuing my quest to get better at reading Gothic handwriting in old Norwegian sources.Share this:Tweet Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit More Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on TumblrLike this:Like Loading... Read More
Gothic handwritingNorwegian concepts Gothic handwriting – 2 February 6, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 8655 Views 4 Comments In the last “installment” of this “study” I promised to be back with more. In this post, I focus particularlyShare this:Tweet Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit More Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on TumblrLike this:Like Loading... Read More
Norwegian Sources Find Norwegian place names February 6, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 13427 Views 4 Comments It can often be difficult to find the name of a particular place or farm when searching for ancestors inShare this:Tweet Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit More Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on TumblrLike this:Like Loading... Read More
Norwegian Sources Bygdebøker are made searchable at Familysearch.org. February 5, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 7928 Views 1 Comment Going to the FamilySearch.com webpage “Search Genealogies” you can search family trees submitted by users based on Norwegian bygdebøker.Share this:Tweet Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit More Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on TumblrLike this:Like Loading... Read More
Norwegian concepts Norwegian naming February 3, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 17170 Views 8 Comments When you get into Norwegian genealogy you will very soon find a number of unfamiliar and sometimes strange ways toShare this:Tweet Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit More Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on TumblrLike this:Like Loading... Read More
Gothic handwriting How to Read Gothic Handwriting — Part 1: Background (Old Norwegian Records) February 2, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 16711 Views 1 Comment If you do Norwegian genealogy, sooner or later you’ll run into Gothic handwriting (often called “Gothic script” or “blackletter-style handwriting”)Share this:Tweet Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit More Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on TumblrLike this:Like Loading... Read More
