{"id":6014,"date":"2018-02-01T13:16:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T12:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=6014"},"modified":"2018-02-04T16:45:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T15:45:17","slug":"how-to-decipher-norwegian-farm-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/how-to-decipher-norwegian-farm-names\/","title":{"rendered":"How to decipher Norwegian farm names"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are some tips and tricks for deciphering Norwegian farm names<\/p>\n

I am often asked to help decipher handwritten farm names.\u00a0 I also respond to requests on genealogy fora. Even though I have gotten better at reading Gothic handwriting, I seldom “call” the name until I have consulted Oluf Rygh’s “Norwegian Farm Names.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before we go on, I should say that this technique is not entirely failproof. At the end of the article I will cover a few things that you should note.<\/em><\/p>\n

To effectively do this we need to know what parish the record is from. That’s why I prefer to be presented a link to the actual record,<\/strong> and not a cut out picture of a limited section.<\/p>\n

For this article I picked at random a parish where I am not familiar with the farm names. Here is the heading of the church record:<\/p>\n

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Quick link: https:\/\/media.digitalarkivet.no\/en\/kb20061020010441<\/a><\/p>\n

I then go to “Norwegian farm names”.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>I suggest you open this page and follow along my description.<\/p>\n

As the counties are presented with the old designation “amt” and also their old names. I always check\u00a0 the introduction that tells me the old and new county names. I just can’t seem to remember them.<\/p>\n

The opening page also have a link to “More information about Norwegian Farm Names”<\/p>\n

We have stated that we are dealing with the parish register from Rakkestad. When we start writing the name in the “Parish” field we see that a drop down menu appear and show us how we are doing:\"\"<\/p>\n

When we then choose Rakkestad,\u00a0<\/strong>we are presented with a list of all the farms in Rakkestad parish. That is; Rakkestad parish and the farms and their numbering as they were in 1886 when “Norwegian farm names” were published. This might have changed since.<\/p>\n

This is the start of this list.<\/p>\n

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If you followed the link above you might already have had a look at the church record. Here is a screen grab where I have highlighted some names (This is on the top right side of the linked page. You can hover the mouse over this picture to enlarge it):<\/p>\n

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I have put in some numbered boxes. If we compare the names in the record with the farm names in “Norwegian farm names” we see that<\/p>\n

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  1. “Nordre Kaaen”<\/strong> must be what Rygh lists as Kaan nordre<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  2. “Mellebye” \u2192 Melleby (s\u00f8ndre)<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. “Klepper”\u00a0<\/strong>is hard to read, but helped by Rygh we recognise the name as\u00a0Klepper<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. “Fladberg” \u2192 Flatberg<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. “Si\u00f8lerud”\u00a0<\/strong>must be\u00a0Skj\u00f8lerud<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If we, like in example no. 5 find a name that is spelled somewhat similar, but not quite,\u00a0we can check the box in front of the name, click the “Show” button. This brings up a list of different spellings of the farmname, found in various sources.<\/p>\n

    That is all there is to it. To learn to recognise the Gothic letters, you might want to check out “The Gotich syllabus”<\/a><\/p>\n

    But.......<\/div>
    – When these books were written a few of the parish names was spelled significantly different from today.<\/p>\n

    –\u00a0 We may come across farm\/place names that is not listed on this website.<\/p>\n

    – “Aa” is used instead of the modern “\u00e5”<\/p>\n

    – There are some parishes with the same name. We need to make sure we look at the right parish.<\/div><\/div>\n

    I have had a lot of help from the “Norwegian farm names” website. It is often the only way I, for certain, can determine a name.<\/p>\n

    If you have questions or comments, don’t hesitate to leave a word below or send me an email by going to the “Contact page”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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