A picture of our ancestor?
Pictures can appear in the strangest places. This might be one place where we don’t want to find one of our ancestors
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Norwegian Genealogy and then some
Genealogy, history and culture from Norway
Norwegian Genealogy
Missing patronyms
Here is a little article about sources where the patronyms have been left out and the consequences this has for searching the Digital Archives.
Prosti – Deaneries in Norway
Looking at the deaneries in Norway, can help us when searching for locations.
Church administration in Norway
Here is a brief look at the administrative units of the Lutheran church in Norway.
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Old Norwegian amt (counties)
The names of the Norwegian counties have changed over time and may cause confusion when we go through the sources.
Updates in the Digital Archives 21.08.2017
Digitalarkivet announces some updates to day
Missing weddings in Norway?
Looking at the content page of some church books may lead us to think that no one got married for years in this parish.
Digitalarkivet’s “Find source feature”
This is an edited and expanded look at the re-designed Digitalarkivet’s “Find source feature”
The Norwegian Digitalarkivet with new design
The Norwegian Digitalarkivet – “The Digital archive”, today launched their newly re-designed website.
Witnesses as clues to relationship
The witnesses to an event, can be the clues we need to break through a brickwall