Friday finds: Week 11- 2020

Here are some of the websites I have visited this week.

It’s a bit sad to start with this article about the Coronavirus, but in times like these measures have to be taken. Note that the information and the precautions may change on short notice. If you are planning a trip to Norway you need to keep updated Norway Is Closed: PM Takes Drastic Measures to Stop Coronavirus

Here is the Norwegian Institute of Public Health’s website Coronavirus disease – advice and information

News relating to the Viking era is always interesting. An archaeological excavation has changed our picture of Dublin’s earliest Viking settlement Dublin’s earliest Viking settlement seen in new light.

“Military records can be a rich resource when researching your family history. However, many of us don’t fully understand the different symbols for ranks or record acronyms” In the familytree magazine we find Decode Common Military Abbreviations and Insignia.

Ole Thorsteinsson Hanson was the mayor of Seattle 1918-1919. As the name shows, he was of Norwegian descent.  Luci J. Baker Johnson in the blog Nearby Norwegians has gathered some interesting facts about his life. Portrait of a Notable N-A: Ole T. Hanson

March is Women’s history month. Gena Philibert-Ortega has shared an interesting article in her blog Gena’s Genealogy. Read her article about Women’s History Month 2020: Suffrage and Temperance

This podcast from Research Like a Pro is about how to find and use gazetteers in your genealogy research. Diana Elder and Nicole Dyer discuss how to locate them.  RLP 87: Using Gazetteers in Research

Genealogy.com is a source for family history buffs to find genealogical research originally posted in GenForum and genealogy articles. The website has just been reworked and you should have a look at https://www.genealogy.com/