Norwegian Genealogy Archives

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Norwegian Genealogy and then some

Genealogy, history and culture from Norway

A quick look at the Norwegian 1664-1666 census

April 4, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 7085 Views 2 Comments

The 1664-1666 census is one of the earliest sources that are easily available to us through The Norwegian Digital archives

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Norwegian censuses

March 28, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 14262 Views 3 Comments archive, Census, Norwegian, sources

Of the many sources we use to collect genealogical data, censuses are very important. They can be a treasure trove

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Crossing oceans – bridging my heritage

March 22, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3215 Views 6 Comments

I just made two great friends from Minnesota; Rick and Janet Swanson. Not only friends, it turns out that Janet

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Norwegian renaming traditions

March 6, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 5817 Views 2 Comments

Many genealogists know about renaming traditions. Some use it for a lot more than it’s worth.

Gothic handwriting

How to read Gothic handwriting – 5

February 21, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 6630 Views 2 Comments

This is the last installment in my little study of Gothic handwriting.

Gothic handwriting

How to read Gothic handwriting – 4 – Letters to words

February 15, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 6314 Views 0 Comments

In this installment I will look at some words that frequently appear in church records.

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How to read Gothic handwriting – 3

February 9, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 7731 Views 0 Comments

I am continuing my quest at getting better at reading Gothic handwriting. In this part I will try to group

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Gothic handwriting – 2

February 6, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 8444 Views 4 Comments

In the last “installment” of this “study” I promised to be back with more. I have gone through some records

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Find Norwegian place names

February 6, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 12695 Views 4 Comments

It can often be difficult to find the name of a particular place or farm when searching for ancestors in

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Bygdebøker are made searchable at Familysearch.org.

February 5, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 7780 Views 1 Comment

Going to the FamilySearch.com webpage “Search Genealogies” you can search family trees submitted by users based on Norwegian bygdebøker.

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