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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
History

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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The Norwegian Digitalarkivet with new design
Norwegian Sources

The Norwegian Digitalarkivet with new design

June 6, 2017 Martin Roe Eidhammer 6 Comments
Witnesses as clues to relationship
Norwegian Sources

Witnesses as clues to relationship

May 16, 2017 Martin Roe Eidhammer 4 Comments
Let’s wring the census records
Norwegian Sources

Let’s wring the census records

May 7, 2017 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1 Comment
Make your searches more effective
Norwegian Sources

Make your searches more effective

March 28, 2017 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2 Comments
Places to visit

Destination Unknown Episode 2: Norway | The Travel Intern

November 28, 2018 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2197 Views 0 Comments

Join Cherie and Rachel who head out to Norway to complete challenges in the travel series Destination Unknown

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Books

Books: Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World

November 26, 2018 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2785 Views 2 Comments

Ivory Vikings present a vivid history of the 400 years when the Vikings ruled the North Atlantic

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Friday finds

Friday finds: Week 47 – 2018

November 23, 2018 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2146 Views 0 Comments

Here are some websites I have visited this week

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Norwegian Sources

A visit from the bishop

November 13, 2018 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2583 Views 0 Comments

I was recently asked to help interpret a church record.

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Life in general......

Time for Christmas gifts?

November 12, 2018 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1528 Views 0 Comments

Christmas is coming up fast. Here are some Norwegian Christmas gift suggestions

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Genealogy (general)

What genealogy software do you use?

November 10, 2018 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2464 Views 5 Comments

It would be interesting to learn what genealogy software you use

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Friday finds

Friday Finds: Week 45 – 2018

November 9, 2018 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1832 Views 0 Comments

Here are this weeks Friday Finds

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Places to visit

Norway Travel Vlog (Ex Machina Hotel, Hiking Pulpit Rock)

November 7, 2018 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3534 Views 0 Comments

Rozz explores Norway’s scenic trails

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Books

Books: Hiding the past – The Forensic Genealogist volume 1

November 5, 2018 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2099 Views 0 Comments

Peter Coldrick had no past; that was the conclusion drawn by years of personal and professional research.

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52 ancestors in 52 weeks

52 Ancestors: Military – The War Diary of an ‘Ordinary Young Woman’

November 4, 2018 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2327 Views 1 Comment

In the late 1930’s Phyl and her sister Noela set off for a working holiday in Australia.

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