{"id":105,"date":"2016-01-25T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=105"},"modified":"2020-03-17T14:48:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T12:48:46","slug":"the-norwegian-national-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/the-norwegian-national-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"The Norwegian National archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of sources available for you to search for ancestors in Norway.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u00a0Above all, the source you need to know is Digitalarkivet. This is the Norwegian National archives&#8217; website where a large number of sources are available either transcribed and indexed or as scanned images.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4627\" style=\"width: 716px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4627\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/the-norwegian-digitalarkivet-with-new-design\/screen-shot-06-06-17-at-06-08-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-06-06-17-at-06.08-PM-e1508596598656.png?fit=612%2C445&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"612,445\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 06-06-17 at 06.08 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Opening page in the Digitalarkivet&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-06-06-17-at-06.08-PM-e1508596598656.png?fit=800%2C582&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-4627\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-06-06-17-at-06.08-PM.png?resize=716%2C521&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"716\" height=\"521\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opening page in the Digitalarkivet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The sources you can find here are:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><label for=\"ka0\"><span class=\"listExpander\">Censuses<\/span><\/label><\/p>\n<p>Censuses (male register &#8211; &#8220;manntal&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>Church books<\/p>\n<p>Dissenter community<\/p>\n<p>Emigration records<\/p>\n<p>Probate records<\/p>\n<p>Seamen rolls and military rolls<\/p>\n<p>School records<\/p>\n<p>Health care records<\/p>\n<p>Poverty matters<\/p>\n<p>Accounts and tax lists<\/p>\n<p>Deed registration records<\/p>\n<p>Landed property tax records<\/p>\n<p>Insurance records<\/p>\n<p>Legal proceedings and sanctions<\/p>\n<p>Clerical archives<\/p>\n<p>Transport records<\/p>\n<p>The website has an extensive help-section in English. I highly recommend that you read this to learn the best way to search to get the best possible results. The opening page has a section called &#8220;Useful&#8221; in the top right column. Most of the sources has an English version. If you land on a page in Norwegian check out the navigation bar at the top of the page. \u00a0If this particular source has an English version you find either an English flag or the word &#8220;English&#8221; written. 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