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Soothing Saturday: A Global Genealogy Empire, Headquartered in Skjevik

October 31, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 526 Views 1 Comment

Big news! Norwegian Genealogy and Then Some and Eidhammer Heritage Press have gone global!

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Uffda! I’ve Published Two New Notebooks — Because We All Forget Stuff

October 28, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 471 Views 0 Comments

I have a little announcement to make. I’ve published two new notebooks, both built around a problem that most of

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Monday Moan: Why Does Every Website Need an Account?

October 26, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 607 Views 3 Comments

“I didn’t come here to start a relationship. I came to read a page.”

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When Everything Else Fails, Drop Back and Punt: A Lesson in Genealogy Research

October 20, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 618 Views 0 Comments

I am not all that interested in football. However, during my exchange year in Kansas, I played in the marching

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Genealogy (general)

Soothing Saturday: Am I Writing the Same Things Over and Over?

October 17, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 505 Views 1 Comment

Some Saturdays, I find myself wondering what to write about next. I spend quite a bit of time reading genealogy

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Not Everyone Who Left Norway Was Going to America

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Not Everyone Who Left Rural Norway Was Going to America

October 15, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 720 Views 0 Comments

When we think about Norwegian emigration in the nineteenth century, the story is often reduced to a familiar sequence. A

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When the Family Tree Lies: A Guide to Fraudulent Genealogies

October 12, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1697 Views 0 Comments

Somewhere in almost every genealogist’s research folder sits a pedigree that looks a little too good. The line runs straight

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When “Fødested” Isn’t Just a Birthplace

October 8, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 867 Views 0 Comments

One of the pleasures of Norwegian genealogy is discovering that a seemingly ordinary entry in Norwegian confirmation records can tell

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Case Study: Finding the Norwegian Ancestry of Myron Floren

September 30, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 778 Views 0 Comments

Among the records played in our home during my childhood were those of Myron Floren playing polkas. My father told

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Monday Moan: Sometimes I Can’t Read the Damn Thing

September 21, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 591 Views 4 Comments

Sometimes I can’t read the damn thing, honestly. I have never claimed to be an expert at reading Gothic handwriting.

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Emigration (5)
Friday finds (39)
Genealogy (general) (74)
- 52 ancestors in 52 weeks (24)
- Case studies (4)
- equipment (1)
- For beginners (1)
History (41)
- Historical photos (11)
Life in general…… (216)
- Books (67)
- Inspiration (4)
- Monday moans (2)
- Soothing Saturday (13)
Norway (67)
- Places to visit (59)
- Romsdal (2)
Norwegian Genealogy (119)
- Gothic handwriting (9)
- Norwegian concepts (30)
- Norwegian Sources (85)
  - Digitalarkivet and other Archives (7)
Research workflow (16)
- Equipment & scanning (5)
- Planning & research logs (3)
- Software & note-taking (7)
Start here (16)
- Getting started / Your first steps (16)

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