Calling everyone from Romsdal!

I want to draw your attention to a group on Facebook that is dealing with genealogy from Romsdal.

Romsdal is the name of a traditional district in the Norwegian county Møre og Romsdal, located between Nordmøre and Sunnmøre. The district of Romsdal comprises the municipalities of Aukra, Fræna, Midsund, Molde, Nesset, Rauma, Sandøy, and Vestnes. You can read about the name, geography and history of Romsdal on Wikipedia.

In this blog I deal with concepts that I hope has relevance for the entire Norway. Nevertheless, I have lived in Romsdal most of my life and If I am asked to define a geographical area of “expertise” I would say it is Romsdal.

I want to draw your attention to a group on Facebook that is dealing with genealogy from Romsdal. The group can be found here. This is a group that was established some years ago, but has not drawn any attention and activity. I just had a chat with the moderator Monica Skjevelnes, and she tells me that everyone is welcome to take part in this group.

If you want to discuss genealogy questions or problems that is connected to Romsdal this may be the place for you.  There are many Norwegians with connection to Romsdal that already are members of the group.

I hope you will share this post with other genealogists with roots in Romsdal

The municipalities of Romsdal

No*	Geografical situation	Name	Adm. center	Inhab.	Area km²
1502		Molde	Molde	26 732	362,66
1535		Vestnes	Vestnes	6 611	351,98
1539		Rauma	Åndalsnes	7 492	1 502,14
1543		Nesset	Eidsvåg	2 970	1 046,07
1545		Midsund	Midsund	2 088	94,65
1546		Sandøy	Steinshamn	1 270	21,42
1547		Aukra	Aukra	3 518	59,07
1548		Fræna	Elnesvågen	9 717	369,73

*Community Identification Number

(Wikipedia)

The Google map does, unfortunately not, show administrative boundaries, but this is the approximate extent of Romsdal.

If you have ties to Romsdal, come on and help make this a nice and interesting place to exchange questions, ideas and experieces.