What We Find When We Go Back
After a summer away from the family tree, the first return to genealogy can feel strangely familiar. The computer is
Read MoreNorwegian genealogy guidance for English-speaking descendants—sources, methods, and real case work.

After a summer away from the family tree, the first return to genealogy can feel strangely familiar. The computer is
Read MoreThis is part 3 of a series on Camilla Collett and women’s lives in nineteenth-century Norway, where we look at
Read MoreThe Pygmalion trap in genealogy offers a powerful way to understand a common but often overlooked problem in family history
Read MoreMy friend and long time reader, Nord Brue has written a forthcoming biography of his Tipp tipp oldefar Nils Trulsen
Read MoreA family story of emigration, war, and returning to Norway generations later.
Read MoreOn a cold December evening in 1680, the sky over Jølster refused to behave. That night, Jens Nilsen Nedrebø, the
Read MoreIf you’ve ever tried to research outside one single country, you know how quickly things become complicated. Different archive systems,
Read MoreA “genealogy do-over” is precisely what it sounds like: deciding to start your family history research again from the beginning
Read MoreAvoiding the wrong ancestor in your family tree can be harder than it looks, even when you feel you have
Read MoreWhen we think about Norwegian emigrants, our minds usually go to the American prairie, not to the dusty battlefields of
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