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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
Places to visit

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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Norwegian Sources

Make your searches more effective

March 28, 2017 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2 Comments
Link to the actual source
Norwegian Sources

Link to the actual source

June 4, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 4 Comments
A visit from the bishop
Norwegian Sources

A visit from the bishop

November 13, 2018 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments
The Norwegian Digitalarkivet with new design
Norwegian Sources

The Norwegian Digitalarkivet with new design

June 6, 2017 Martin Roe Eidhammer 6 Comments
Norwegian SourcesLife in general......

All the scanned church records will be made searchable by 2020

April 2, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3132 Views 1 Comment

Within the first part of 2020 all Norwegian scanned church records from 1815 into the 1900s will be made searchable

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Genealogy (general)

The secret ingredients to an awesome family history

March 27, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2982 Views 0 Comments

Here is a look at how we can spice up the family story we are writing.

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Norwegian Sources

Norwegian censuses available at MyHeritage and Ancestry.com

March 23, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3171 Views 2 Comments

New Norwegian Census Records Added

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Friday finds

Friday finds: Week 12 – 2019

March 22, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1865 Views 0 Comments

Here are some websites I have visited this week

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Norwegian Sources

Church book chronology

March 21, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3650 Views 3 Comments

A little trap to look out for in the church books

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Places to visit

Top 10 Reasons You Should Visit Norway in 2019

March 13, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2323 Views 0 Comments

Video: Top 10 Reasons You Should Visit Norway in 2019

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Life in general......

Give me a kick in the butt!

March 12, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1732 Views 1 Comment

I receive many emails. I intend to answer all of them.

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Norway

White Night: Impressions of Norwegian Folk Music

March 11, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2282 Views 2 Comments

A CD with Norwegian Folk Music

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52 ancestors in 52 weeks

#52ancestors: At the courthouse

March 9, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3571 Views 4 Comments

I am one week behind with this contribution to the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks challenge, but here we go!

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Friday finds

Friday finds: Week 10 – 2019

March 8, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2264 Views 0 Comments

Here are some websites that I have visited this week

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