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Exploring Norwegian Genealogy: About

Exploring Norwegian Genealogy is a Norwegian genealogy research guide, written in English, by the writing team of Liv Birgit Christensen, and Margaret H. Strand – a Norway native, and a Scottish expat with over 40 years living in Norway. Both women are genealogists with wide experience.

This volume allows an in-depth look at Norwegian genealogy. Just a few of the many topics covered in the book are: How to begin doing Norwegian research, farm books, wikis, Norway facts, geography and history, maps, translation aids, naming traditions, vital records, censuses, the Digital Archives of Norway, Norwegian websites, city, and parish records. Church Records are covered in depth. Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths & Burials, Confirmations, Moves, Confessions, Communicants, Introduction, Betrothals, Vaccinations Non-conformists, and much more all explained.

Exploring Norwegian Genealogy: Table of Contents

PART 1 -WHY THIS BOOK?

About the authors

Acknowledgements

• Chapter 1: About this book
• Chapter 2: How to use this book
• Chapter 3: Collaboration
• Chapter 4. Google searches
• Chapter 5. Social media
• Chapter 6: Farm books

PART 2 – ABOUT NORWAY – A BRIEF BACKGROUND

• Chapter 1: Geography
• Chapter 2: Archives
• Chapter 3: A brief history of Norway
• Chapter 4: Population and occupations
• Chapter 5: A brief history of infrastructure
• Chapter 6: Demography
• Chapter 7: Indigenous population and ethnic minorities
• Chapter 8: Outdoor life
• Chapter 9: Language and translation aids
• Chapter 10: Names and naming traditions
• Chapter 11: Emigration from Norway

PART 3 – BEFORE YOU START RESEARCH IN NORWAY

Introduction

• Chapter 1: How to find your ancestor’s town of origin
• Chapter 2: An example – Carl
• Chapter 3: Using the FAN method
• Chapter 4: No luck?
• Chapter 5: Immigrants’ original Norwegian names
• Chapter 6: The “big three” international genealogy websites
• Chapter 7: Some other useful websites
• Chapter 8: Free access
• Chapter 9: Some useful free migration websites
• Chapter 10: Sources nearer home?

PART 4 – TWO EMIGRANTS

• Chapter 1: Anna Rahn, a Norwegian immigrant to the US
• Chapter 2: Ingvald Bratlie, immigrant to New Zealand

PART 5 – CENSUSES

• Chapter 1: The censuses
• Chapter 2: The 1801 census
• Chapter 3: The 1865 census
• Chapter 4: 1875-1891
• Chapter 5: 1900-1920
• Chapter 6: Where to find census records
• Chapter 7: Censuses in the Norwegian Historical Data Centre
• Chapter 8: Censuses in the Digital Archives

PART 6 – CHURCH BOOKS

• Chapter 1: The content of parish registers
• Chapter 2: A brief history of the church
• Chapter 3: Non-conformists
• Chapter 4: More about the church books
• Chapter 5: Where to find the parish records
• Chapter 6: What information can I find in a parish record?
• Chapter 7: Recording sources
• Chapter 8: Performing searches in the church books
• Chapter 9: Performing general searches
• Chapter 10: More about Anna’s family from the Digital Archives

PART 7 – OTHER TYPES OF RECORDS IN THE DIGITAL ARCHIVES

• Chapter 1: Some hints
• Chapter 2: Emigration records
• Chapter 3: An overview of other types of record
• Chapter 4: Records of ethnic minorities
• Chapter 5: User guides

PART 8 – CITY RECORDS

• Chapter 1: About the capital
• Chapter 2: City archives
• Chapter 3. Municipal censuses
• Chapter 4: Other types of record from ports and cities

PART 9 – OTHER NORWEGIAN WEBISTES AND RESOURCES

• Chapter 1. A supplement to the Digital Archives
• Chapter 2: Other archives
• Chapter 3: Libraries
• Chapter 4: Family history societies and other useful websites

PART 10 – PUTTING SOME FLESH ON YOUR ANCESTORS’ BONES

• Chapter 1. DNA and genealogy
• Chapter 2: Google searches
• Chapter 3: Photos
• Chapter 4: Farm books (bygdebøker)
• Chapter 5: Other useful literature
• Chapter 6: Occupations
• Chapter 7: Getting help when you are stuck
• Chapter 8: Heritage travel

APPENDIX 1 – LINKS

APPENDIX 2 – BIBLIOGRAPHY

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