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Summer Pause
Life in general......

Summer Pause

June 14, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2 Comments

As the Norwegian summer finally arrives — brief as it may be — it feels right to step away from

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Beneath the Flood Layers: How Archaeology Is Rewriting the Early History of Gudbrandsdalen
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Beneath the Flood Layers: How Archaeology Is Rewriting the Early History of Gudbrandsdalen

June 13, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments
The Best Free Mind Mapping Software for Genealogy Research
Software & note-taking

The Best Free Mind Mapping Software for Genealogy Research

June 9, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments
Mapping the Branches of Your Family Tree
Software & note-taking

Mapping the Branches of Your Family Tree

June 4, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2 Comments
Reading Camilla Collett — Part 5: What Remains
History

Reading Camilla Collett — Part 5: What Remains

May 31, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments

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Witnesses, Not Fathers: A Note on a Misleading Transcription
Digitalarkivet and other ArchivesNorwegian Sources

Witnesses, Not Fathers: A Note on a Misleading Transcription

May 1, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1 Comment
Did your forefather go to sea?
Norwegian Sources

Did your forefather go to sea?

January 11, 2023 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments
Norwegian Census Records (Digitalarkivet): Years, Dates, and Search Tips
Norwegian Sources

Norwegian Census Records (Digitalarkivet): Years, Dates, and Search Tips

March 28, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3 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
Norwegian Sources

Find a Grave in Norway (Gravminner) — Updated Guide

March 3, 2021 Martin Roe Eidhammer 12979 Views 3 Comments

Finding a grave in Norway can be practical, emotional, and surprisingly informative for genealogy—especially for the “recent past,” when privacy

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Friday finds

Friday finds: Week 49 – 2020

December 4, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3368 Views 0 Comments

Here are some websites I have visited this week.

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Norwegian Sources

The census 1920 is available!

December 1, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 7409 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 2565 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 3981 Views 0 Comments

Here is a little update from Skjevik, Norway

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Norwegian Sources

Always something new to learn

April 9, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3560 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 2992 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 4412 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 2828 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 2728 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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