Digitalarkivet and other Archives

Digitalarkivet and other Archives is your practical guide to finding and using Norwegian archival sources. Here you’ll learn how Digitalarkivet works, what’s changing, and how to navigate archive rules, access, and source discovery—so you can locate the right records and use them correctly.

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Witnesses, Not Fathers: A Note on a Misleading Transcription

Martin Roe Eidhammer 402 Views 1 Comment

In genealogical work, few sources are as valuable—or as frequently misunderstood—as parish records. In some cases, the records reveal Witnesses

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A Practical Guide to the new Digitalarkivet viewer

Martin Roe Eidhammer 453 Views 2 Comments

The new Digitalarkivet interface, despite being modern in design, can still support that same approach as we used in the

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The “Eiendom” Sources in Digitalarkivet: A Complete Guide for Genealogists

Martin Roe Eidhammer 562 Views 0 Comments

If you research Norwegian family history, you already know the “people records”: baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, and censuses. But serious genealogical

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How to Use the “Find Source” Feature in Digitalarkivet

Martin Roe Eidhammer 968 Views 0 Comments

For anyone doing Norwegian genealogy, one of the most important steps is understanding which sources actually exist for the area

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