Boats – the glue of the old society
I was walking along the fjord not far from our home and came across this old boat. This made me think of how important this type of boat has been for the people living in Norway.
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Norwegian Genealogy and then some
Genealogy, history and culture from Norway
Norwegian concepts
Norwegian renaming traditions
Many genealogists know about renaming traditions. Some use it for a lot more than it’s worth.
Gothic handwriting – 2
In the last “installment” of this “study” I promised to be back with more. I have gone through some records from the first part of the 1700s and tried to recognize the letters there.
Norwegian naming
When you get into Norwegian genealogy you will very soon find a number of unfamiliar and sometimes strange ways to name a person.
Publice absolverede; juicy stuff from the records
When we read the old church books we sometimes come across the words “publice absolverede”
The lost symbol(s)
What has Dan brown’s book got to do with Norwegian genealogy?
As insignificant it may seem, it can make a lot of difference in your search for family.
The problem was made clear to me some time ago when I was contacted by a lady from the USA. She was looking for her ancestors in Norway and could tell me that her Great grandfather named “so and so” was born in Ore parish in Vest-Agder. Vest-Agder is a county situated in the southern part of Norway. Ore is a place in Vest-Agder, all right. It is in the municipality of Farsund. So far so good!
Norwegian concepts
In this section I want to discuss Norwegian concepts and words that not easily are translated or explained in a few short sentences. I was pondering on what to call this section and, as I often do, I started to search for definitions. I went to the Free Dictionary and found this explanation of the word concept:
“A general idea or understanding of something”
I think this covers what I want to express.