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Archives Portal Europe — A Practical Gateway to Europe’s Archives
Genealogy (general)

Archives Portal Europe — A Practical Gateway to Europe’s Archives

March 6, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments

If you’ve ever tried to research outside one single country, you know how quickly things become complicated. Different archive systems,

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Why I’ll Always Come Back to Norway | Senja
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Why I’ll Always Come Back to Norway | Senja

March 4, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments
The Norwegian Property Numbering System
Digitalarkivet and other ArchivesNorwegian Sources

The Norwegian Property Numbering System

March 2, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments
Soothing Saturday: The Great Snow Showdown
Soothing Saturday

Soothing Saturday: The Great Snow Showdown

February 28, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments
The Black Death in Norway (Svartedauden): population collapse, social change—and how we glimpse it in the sources
Norwegian concepts

The Black Death in Norway (Svartedauden): population collapse, social change—and how we glimpse it in the sources

February 24, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments

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The big Norwegian encyclopedia
Norwegian Sources

The big Norwegian encyclopedia

November 5, 2021 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1 Comment
New material in the Digital Archives
Norwegian Sources

New material in the Digital Archives

March 10, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments
Norwegian censuses available at MyHeritage and Ancestry.com
Norwegian Sources

Norwegian censuses available at MyHeritage and Ancestry.com

March 23, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2 Comments
Missing patronyms
Norwegian Sources

Missing patronyms

October 10, 2017 Martin Roe Eidhammer 5 Comments
History

Lake Mills, Iowa’s own Nissedal

January 23, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 4429 Views 0 Comments

We take a look at this town’s very Norwegian origins.

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Books

Books on Monday: Haugen’s Norwegian dictionary

January 20, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2617 Views 0 Comments

Looking for Norwegian ancestry, a good dictionary is a must.

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History

Finding Per Spellmann

January 18, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 4505 Views 0 Comments

How a genealogy search led to one of Norway’s most well-known folksongs.

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Norwegian Sources

Where did they go to church?

January 11, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 4516 Views 6 Comments

Where can we expect to find the church records of our ancestors?

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Life in general......

Most read articles in 2019

January 4, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2579 Views 2 Comments

Here are my most read articles in 2019

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History

Christmas card from abroad

December 21, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2944 Views 10 Comments

One time the Christmas card and letter was a sure connection to the old country.

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Friday finds

Friday Finds – Norwegian Christmas cookies

December 13, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2833 Views 0 Comments

This week’s Friday finds are links to the cookies that were made in my family for Christmas

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Life in general......

I got my Christmas gift early

December 10, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2234 Views 4 Comments

About a month ago I was ready to start blogging again after a little break

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Friday finds

Friday finds week 45 – 2019

November 8, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2854 Views 6 Comments

After a long break from blogging, I am back

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Books

Books: The German Girl: A Novel

July 19, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2965 Views 0 Comments

Do you need something to read this summer? I just finished this book.

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