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When the In-Migration Page Is Really an Out-Migration Page
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When the In-Migration Page Is Really an Out-Migration Page

March 31, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments

If you work much with Norwegian church records, you eventually learn that the page headings do not always tell the

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Norwegian Easter: Murder, Chocolate, and a Bit of Fresh Air 🐣
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Norwegian Easter: Murder, Chocolate, and a Bit of Fresh Air 🐣

March 29, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments
Following My Ancestor Back to Norway
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Following My Ancestor Back to Norway

March 28, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1 Comment
Internal Migration in Norway in the 1700s–1800s: From Valleys to Frontiers
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Internal Migration in Norway in the 1700s–1800s: From Valleys to Frontiers

March 23, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments
Jens Nilsen Nedrebø the sheriff in Jølster
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Lensmann on the Edge of the Lake: A Microhistory of My 8th Great-Grandfather Jens Nilsen Nedrebø

March 21, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1 Comment

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What is a «bygdebok»?
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What is a «bygdebok»?

January 28, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 5 Comments
All the scanned church records will be made searchable by 2020
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All the scanned church records will be made searchable by 2020

April 2, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1 Comment
Read old Norwegian newspapers
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Read old Norwegian newspapers

April 24, 2018 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3 Comments
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Digitalarkivet’s New Service for Scanned Church Books: What’s Changing and How We Can Adapt

March 19, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments
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The census 1920 is available!

December 1, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 7195 Views 0 Comments

As of December 1. 2020, the confidentiality for the census from 1920 is lifted.

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Gothic handwriting

More free time!

August 11, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2512 Views 0 Comments

Use your free time to study the Gothic handwriting you find in many Norwegian sources

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Life in general......

All is well – Diary May 8th 2020

May 8, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3910 Views 0 Comments

Here is a little update from Skjevik, Norway

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Always something new to learn

April 9, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3499 Views 2 Comments

Roaming around in the Norwegian Chruch records, There is always something new to learn.

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Friday finds

Friday finds: Week 13 – 2020

March 27, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2952 Views 0 Comments

Here are some websites to keep us busy while riding out the Corona isolation

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Places to visit

Lofoten Islands, Norway 🇳🇴 – by drone [4K]

March 25, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 4337 Views 1 Comment

A beautiful video from the Lofoten Islands, Norway

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History

Independence as a Football Game

March 21, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2760 Views 0 Comments

The story of Nils Trulsen Bru b. 1776 in Rennesøy, Rogaland.

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Places to visit

Most ICONIC places to visit in NORWAY; LEIKANGER/BERGEN l 21 days of traveling through nature part 3

March 18, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2640 Views 0 Comments

This is the third video in this series of Bert Jan Groen and his wife’s trip through Norway.

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Books

Extra time – an opportunity!

March 17, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2973 Views 0 Comments

Here are some suggestions on how to fill the extra time many of us now got.

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Life in general......

Friday finds: Week 11- 2020

March 13, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2622 Views 0 Comments

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

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