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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
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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 probate records 2
Norwegian Sources

Norwegian probate records 2

May 11, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 7 Comments
Read old Norwegian newspapers
Norwegian Sources

Read old Norwegian newspapers

April 24, 2018 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3 Comments
Norwegian church books
Norwegian Sources

Norwegian church books: a practical, traditional guide for genealogists

January 29, 2026 Martin Roe Eidhammer 0 Comments
Always something new to learn
Norwegian Sources

Always something new to learn

April 9, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2 Comments
Norwegian Sources

Update to the Norwegian 1801 census

July 21, 2023 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3904 Views 0 Comments

The Norwegian Digital Archive has made an update to the 1801 census that is very handy for us genealogists.

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Norwegian concepts

Who was the “Leiglending”

March 23, 2023 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3991 Views 1 Comment

When searching for Norwegian ancestors many of us find farmers described as a leiglending. What did this mean?

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Norwegian Sources

The Norwegian National Archives changes the blocking rules

March 9, 2023 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3415 Views 3 Comments

The Norwegian National Archives has changed the rules for which information can be displayed from scanned church records in the

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Genealogy (general)

How to find living persons in Norway

February 2, 2023 Martin Roe Eidhammer 5918 Views 1 Comment

These steps may help you find the person who today lives at the farm your ancestor left.

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Contact form update

January 25, 2023 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1475 Views 0 Comments

My contact form has been missing from the contact page!

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Books

Books – The Lake Wobegon Virus: A Novel

January 23, 2023 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1682 Views 0 Comments

Bestselling author and humorist Garrison Keillor return to one of America’s most beloved mythical towns, beset by a contagion of

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Cheat sheet to naval service -the Older roll

January 20, 2023 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1464 Views 0 Comments

I have now made a cheat sheet to help you search the Norwegian naval records.

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Norwegian Sources

Did your forefather go to sea?

January 11, 2023 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2314 Views 0 Comments

Norway’s long coast meant that a number of men had their livelihood at sea.

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Case studies

Case study week 45 – 2022

November 11, 2022 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1497 Views 0 Comments

When was Ingebrich Thomasen Skjeggedal baptized?

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Genealogy (general)

Digitalarkivet back to normal functioning

November 2, 2022 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1804 Views 0 Comments

The Norwegian Digital archives/Digitalarkivet is now functioning normally again.

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