Beyond the Parish Registers: Discovering Your Ancestors in Norwegian Court Records
Most Norwegian genealogists begin their research with parish registers, census returns and probate records. These are essential sources, and they
Norwegian genealogy guidance for English-speaking descendants—sources, methods, and real case work.

Most people probably think I spend all my time with the dead. And to be fair, there is some truth
Read MoreThere is a quiet distance that often settles between our ancestors and us. We learn their names, we trace their
Read MoreAnyone who has spent time in Norwegian parish registers knows that the layout of a baptism entry is not always
Read MoreWhen genealogists think about migration, we often think first of emigration. The journey to America is dramatic, visible, and often
Read MoreIf you work much with Norwegian church records, you eventually learn that the page headings do not always tell the
Read MoreLet me just say it straight: Norwegian Easter is wonderfully confusing the first time you experience it.
Read MoreA family story of emigration, war, and returning to Norway generations later.
Read MoreBetween the 1700s and 1800s, Norway underwent significant demographic, economic, and social transformations. Internal migration—that is, movement of people within
Read MoreOn a cold December evening in 1680, the sky over Jølster refused to behave. That night, Jens Nilsen Nedrebø, the
Read MoreNasjonalarkivet has launched Digitalarkivet new service for searching and viewing scanned church books (skanna kirkebøker). The rollout began in mid-December, and
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