{"id":7728,"date":"2019-05-11T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T06:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=7728"},"modified":"2020-08-03T11:03:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T09:03:41","slug":"norwegian-probate-records-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/norwegian-probate-records-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian probate records 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

We continue the look at Norwegian probate records

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In my article Introduction to Norwegian probate records<\/a>, we looked at the background and principles for the probation of estates.<\/p>\n

In this article, we’ll start to look at what we can find and how we can use it.<\/p>\n

The easiest probate records both to find and to read are the so-called “skiftekort”. In Digitalarkivet this name is translated as\u00a0Probate index cards.<\/strong><\/p>\n

These Probate index cards are transcriptions of the actual probate record. This means this is a secondary source and it is important to treat them as such.<\/p>\n

At the time of this writing, we find 84 collections of Probate index cards from different magistrate districts.<\/p>\n

Local court districts<\/div>
Before we continue this discussion, we need to take a look at the term “Tinglag” This indicates a local court district. This local court district usually equaled a municipality or parish.<\/p>\n

Each magistrate usually had several local court districts under his jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

There might be several farms with the same name in the magistrate’s district. These were distinguished, on the probate index Cards, by what local court district, parish<\/strong> or localparish<\/strong> the farm were situated in.<\/p>\n

Here is a list of the old local court districts in Norway.<\/a><\/p>\n

They are organized by Amt (county) and Fogderi (equals Magistrate’s district). <\/div><\/div>\n

Go on to YouTube to see my video about how to search for, and use the probate index cards.<\/p>\n