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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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Introduction to Norwegian probate records
Norwegian Sources

Introduction to Norwegian probate records

April 27, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2 Comments
All the scanned church records will be made searchable by 2020
Life in general......Norwegian Sources

All the scanned church records will be made searchable by 2020

April 2, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1 Comment
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
Church book chronology
Norwegian Sources

Church book chronology

March 21, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3 Comments
Friday finds

Friday Finds: Week 5 – 2020

January 31, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2521 Views 0 Comments

Here is a collection of websites I have read this week

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Places to visit

OVERNIGHT TRAIN Oslo to Stavanger, Norway (first class private room)

January 29, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3833 Views 0 Comments

Follow Kara and Nate as they share their experiences on the overnight train from Oslo to Stavanger

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History

Lake Mills, Iowa’s own Nissedal

January 23, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 4644 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 2720 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 4790 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 4705 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 2680 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 3047 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 3027 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 2333 Views 4 Comments

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

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    • Gothic handwriting (9)
    • Norwegian concepts (30)
    • Norwegian Sources (80)
      • Digitalarkivet and other Archives (6)
  • Research workflow (10)
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    • Planning & research logs (1)
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