{"id":9567,"date":"2025-10-31T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/?p=9567"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:02:08","slug":"friday-finds-week-44-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-week-44-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday finds &#8211; Week 44 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join me for this week\u2019s <strong data-start=\"725\" data-end=\"741\">Friday Finds<\/strong> \u2014 a small discovery from the world of genealogy, history, and Norway\u2019s past<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"simplePullQuote right\"><p><strong data-start=\"503\" data-end=\"519\">Friday Finds<\/strong> \u2014 small discoveries from the great web of Norway\u2019s past and the world of genealogy, where every name tells a story, and every story leads home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"545\"><strong>\u201cResearch Your Norwegian Genealogy\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 FamilySearch; May 8 2025. An excellent guide outlining Norwegian ancestry research: the types of records, naming conventions and historical context you\u2019ll need. <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><a class=\"flex h-4.5 overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-2 text-[9px] font-medium transition-colors duration-150 ease-in-out text-token-text-secondary! bg-[#F4F4F4]! dark:bg-[#303030]!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/en\/blog\/norwegian-genealogy-research?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">FamilySearch<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><br data-start=\"409\" data-end=\"412\" \/><em data-start=\"415\" data-end=\"422\">Link:<\/em> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/en\/blog\/norwegian-genealogy-research?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"545\" data-is-only-node=\"\">familysearch.org\/en\/blog\/norwegian-genealogy-research<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p data-start=\"550\" data-end=\"961\"><strong>\u201cBeing Norwegian: Traditions and Genealogy\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 MyHeritage Blog; August 4 2025. Explores how Norwegian naming patterns, regional traditions and family heritage interconnect \u2014 perfect for a genealogical blog wax. <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><a class=\"flex h-4.5 overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-2 text-[9px] font-medium transition-colors duration-150 ease-in-out text-token-text-secondary! bg-[#F4F4F4]! dark:bg-[#303030]!\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.myheritage.com\/2025\/08\/being-norwegian-traditions-and-genealogy\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">MyHeritage Blog<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><br data-start=\"797\" data-end=\"800\" \/><em data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"810\">Link:<\/em> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.myheritage.com\/2025\/08\/being-norwegian-traditions-and-genealogy\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"961\" data-is-only-node=\"\">blog.myheritage.com\/2025\/08\/being-norwegian-traditions-and-genealogy\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5297\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-week-41-2017\/newspaper-2608394_640\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newspaper-2608394_640.jpg?fit=462%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"462,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-6300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;30&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"newspaper-2608394_640\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newspaper-2608394_640.jpg?fit=462%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5297 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newspaper-2608394_640.jpg?resize=128%2C177&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newspaper-2608394_640.jpg?w=462&amp;ssl=1 462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newspaper-2608394_640.jpg?resize=217%2C300&amp;ssl=1 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/>&#8220;Historian\u2019s Journey to Uncover Family Roots\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 Minot Daily News; June 9 2025. A personal story of Norwegian-American heritage and the quest to trace ancestry back to Norway \u2014 great for the human side of genealogy. <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><a class=\"flex h-4.5 overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-2 text-[9px] font-medium transition-colors duration-150 ease-in-out text-token-text-secondary! bg-[#F4F4F4]! dark:bg-[#303030]!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.minotdailynews.com\/news\/local-news\/2025\/06\/historians-journey-to-uncover-family-roots\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">minotdailynews.com<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><br data-start=\"1601\" data-end=\"1604\" \/><em data-start=\"1607\" data-end=\"1614\">Link:<\/em> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.minotdailynews.com\/news\/local-news\/2025\/06\/historians-journey-to-uncover-family-roots\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1615\" data-end=\"1803\" data-is-only-node=\"\">minotdailynews.com\/news\/local-news\/2025\/06\/historians-journey-to-uncover-family-roots\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>\u201cA World in Print: Introducing a Danish-Norwegian corpus of historical newspapers\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 on arXiv; Sep 2025. While more academic, this offers insight into how digitised historical Norwegian (and Danish) newspapers become genealogical data-sources \u2014 good research context. <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><a class=\"flex h-4.5 overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-2 text-[9px] font-medium transition-colors duration-150 ease-in-out text-token-text-secondary! bg-[#F4F4F4]! dark:bg-[#303030]!\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2509.02356?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">arXiv<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><br data-start=\"2113\" data-end=\"2116\" \/><em data-start=\"2119\" data-end=\"2126\">Link:<\/em> <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2509.02356?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2127\" data-end=\"2187\" data-is-only-node=\"\">arxiv.org\/abs\/2509.02356<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9571\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinroe.com\/blog\/friday-finds-week-44-2025\/viking-sko\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Viking-sko.jpg?fit=520%2C570&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"520,570\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Viking sko\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Viking-sko.jpg?fit=520%2C570&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9571 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Viking-sko.jpg?resize=153%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Viking-sko.jpg?w=520&amp;ssl=1 520w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinroe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Viking-sko.jpg?resize=274%2C300&amp;ssl=1 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/>\u201cThousands of leather shoes, bags and sword scabbards discovered during dig in medieval harbor in Norway\u201d<\/strong> \u2014 Live Science. A rich snapshot of everyday life in 13th\u201314th century Norway. <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><a class=\"flex h-4.5 overflow-hidden rounded-xl px-2 text-[9px] font-medium transition-colors duration-150 ease-in-out text-token-text-secondary! bg-[#F4F4F4]! dark:bg-[#303030]!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/thousands-of-leather-shoes-bags-and-sword-scabbards-discovered-during-dig-in-medieval-harbor-in-norway?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between overflow-hidden\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">Live Science<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><br data-start=\"328\" data-end=\"331\" \/>Link: <a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/thousands-of-leather-shoes-bags-and-sword-scabbards-discovered-during-dig-in-medieval-harbor-in-norway?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"627\">https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/archaeology\/thousands-of-leather-shoes-bags-and-sword-scabbards-discovered-during-dig-in-medieval-harbor-in-norway<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Thanks for joining me for another <strong data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"588\">Friday Finds<\/strong>. There\u2019s always more to uncover \u2014 from old Norwegian records to unexpected corners of history. 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