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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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Bygdebøker available online
Norwegian Sources

Bygdebøker available online

January 31, 2017 Martin Roe Eidhammer 15 Comments
Quick tips: Repeat your searches
Norwegian Sources

Quick tips: Repeat your searches

February 16, 2019 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2 Comments
Make your searches more effective
Norwegian Sources

Make your searches more effective

March 28, 2017 Martin Roe Eidhammer 2 Comments
Find Norwegian place names
Norwegian Sources

Find Norwegian place names

February 6, 2016 Martin Roe Eidhammer 4 Comments
Genealogy (general)

Reduced functionality in Digitalarkivet

September 22, 2022 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1937 Views 2 Comments

It seems like the search function in the Norwegian Digital archives (Digitalarkivet) has an error. This error occurred September 20.

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Genealogy (general)

Effective searches

January 21, 2022 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3148 Views 0 Comments

A few hints on how to do effective searches

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Genealogy (general)

Golden rules of genealogy

January 7, 2022 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3417 Views 0 Comments

Roaming the internet I came across these websites with interesting advice for us.

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Getting started / Your first steps

Ask questions in online forums

January 1, 2022 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3226 Views 0 Comments

Participate in online genealogy forums. Ask questions in online forums to gain insights and share knowledge with the community. Asking

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Equipment & scanning

Quick tips – Make a wish!

December 11, 2021 Martin Roe Eidhammer 1580 Views 0 Comments

It’s still time to tell your special Santa what you would like for Christmas.

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Norwegian Sources

The big Norwegian encyclopedia

November 5, 2021 Martin Roe Eidhammer 6022 Views 1 Comment

Store Norske leksikon (SNL) – The big Norwegian encyclopedia is a free and complete encyclopedia written by professionals.

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Norwegian Sources

The history of Norwegian parishes

August 13, 2021 Martin Roe Eidhammer 5239 Views 6 Comments

Here is a very useful resource found in the Norwegian digital archives.

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Norwegian Sources

A word of warning

March 9, 2021 Martin Roe Eidhammer 7698 Views 13 Comments

Errors in the transcribed church records

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Norwegian Sources

Find a Grave in Norway (Gravminner) — Updated Guide

March 3, 2021 Martin Roe Eidhammer 12103 Views 3 Comments

Finding a grave in Norway can be practical, emotional, and surprisingly informative for genealogy—especially for the “recent past,” when privacy

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Friday finds

Friday finds: Week 49 – 2020

December 4, 2020 Martin Roe Eidhammer 3291 Views 0 Comments

Here are some websites I have visited this week.

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