{"id":547,"date":"2016-02-05T00:07:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T23:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=547"},"modified":"2018-01-04T12:29:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T11:29:56","slug":"bygdeboker-are-made-searchable-at-familysearch-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/bygdeboker-are-made-searchable-at-familysearch-org\/","title":{"rendered":"Bygdeb\u00f8ker are made searchable at Familysearch.org."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"grande fs-h3\">Going to the FamilySearch.com webpage &#8220;Search Genealogies&#8221;\u00a0 you can search family\u00a0trees submitted by users based on\u00a0Norwegian bygdeb\u00f8ker. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"grande fs-h3\">\u00a0 <div class=\"simplePullQuote right\"><p><strong>The website states: Genealogies are trees submitted to FamilySearch that can help you fill out your family lines within Family Tree. Accuracy of the data in these genealogies varies from tree to tree; <em>we encourage you to validate all data<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"hps atn\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5460\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-week-45-2017\/tree-1951473_640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/tree-1951473_640.jpg?fit=640%2C589&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,589\" 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=\"tree-1951473_640\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/tree-1951473_640.jpg?fit=640%2C589&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5460 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/tree-1951473_640.jpg?resize=179%2C165&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"179\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/tree-1951473_640.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/tree-1951473_640.jpg?resize=300%2C276&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 179px) 100vw, 179px\" \/>The<\/span><span class=\"hps atn\">se &#8220;<\/span>trees&#8221;\u00a0are developed<span class=\"hps\">\u00a0by<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">using<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Norwegian<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">bygdeb\u00f8ker,<\/span>\u00a0while<span class=\"hps\"> checking<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">these against<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">other sources<\/span>,\u00a0thus <span class=\"hps\">linking<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">all<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">the families in the<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">village<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"hps\">together<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">in<\/span>\u00a0&#8220;community <span class=\"hps\">trees&#8221;.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hps\">For<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">now they are done<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">with<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">40<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">books,<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">but<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">when<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">they are completely<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">finished<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">it will be<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">410<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hps\">To\u00a0search you<\/span>\u00a0must enter <span class=\"hps\">here<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/family-trees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Search genealogies<\/a>. <span class=\"hps\">Bottom left<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">is a<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">BLUE button<\/span>. <span class=\"hps atn\">Press the &#8220;<\/span>All&#8221; <span class=\"hps\">and<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">then<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"hps atn\">&#8220;<\/span>Community <span class=\"hps\">Trees&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">and you can<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">begin your search.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hps\"><span class=\"hps atn\">&#8220;<\/span>Community <span class=\"hps\">Trees&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">can<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">be interesting, but as I have pointed out in <a href=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/index.php\/2016\/01\/28\/what-is-a-bygdebok-2\/\">my article about bygdeb\u00f8ker<\/a>, there are several conditions that may introduce errors in these books. When transcibing the books into Familysearch&#8217;s database,\u00a0we\u00a0add another condition that may introduce errors.\u00a0If you use some of the information you find in the &#8220;community trees&#8221; you need to check them with primary sources. I have used bygdeb\u00f8ker a lot in my own research, but I use them only to draw up an outline. As I have checked the information I have found in primary sources (Church records etc.)\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span class=\"hps\"><span class=\"hps\">I have found several errors in the bygdeb\u00f8ker.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hps\"><span class=\"hps\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"556\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/bygdeboker-are-made-searchable-at-familysearch-org\/bookshelf-1082309_640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bookshelf-1082309_640.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,426\" 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=\"bookshelf-1082309_640\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bookshelf-1082309_640.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-556 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bookshelf-1082309_640.jpg?resize=278%2C185&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"bookshelf-1082309_640\" width=\"278\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bookshelf-1082309_640.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bookshelf-1082309_640.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bookshelf-1082309_640.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going to the FamilySearch.com webpage &#8220;Search Genealogies&#8221;\u00a0 you can search family\u00a0trees submitted by users based on\u00a0Norwegian bygdeb\u00f8ker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-norwegian-sources"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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