{"id":11111,"date":"2026-03-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=11111"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:11:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:11:44","slug":"digitalarkivets-new-service-for-scanned-church-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/digitalarkivets-new-service-for-scanned-church-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitalarkivet\u2019s New Service for Scanned Church Books: What\u2019s Changing and How We Can Adapt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nasjonalarkivet has launched\u00a0 \u00a0Digitalarkivet\u00a0<\/strong>new <\/strong>service for searching and viewing scanned church books<\/strong> (skanna kirkeb\u00f8ker<\/em>). The rollout began in mid-December, and the service is still being improved based on feedback from heavy users\u2014exactly the people who live in parish registers day in and day out.<\/p>\n

If we rely on church books for Norwegian genealogy, this matters for one simple reason: the viewer is part of the method<\/strong>. A small change in layout, keyboard handling, or link placement can either speed up our work or slow it down.<\/p>\n

This post provides a practical, genealogy-first overview of the Digitalarkivets new service for scanned church books, what it replaces, what has improved since December, and the main usability concerns raised in the forum thread.<\/p>

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