Tre av min farfars søsken emigrerte til USA og Chicago-området. Ragnar i 1923, Gunvor i 1926 og Odd i 1929. Her er Odd og niesen Berit (datter…… Read more “Emigranter i familien – de som reiste til USA eller Canada”
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Släktforskardagarna 2024 i Malmö – a Swedish genealogy conference
The ArkivDigital exhibition area. Always well visited. The annual Swedish genealogy conference was held on the 24th and 25th of August 2024 in Malmo. This conference is…… Read more “Släktforskardagarna 2024 i Malmö – a Swedish genealogy conference”
A visit from Duluth, Minnesota.
From the left: Ole H. Storli, Henrik Olsen Uv, Anna Soneson, Anne H. Storli, Ole H. Storli, Dordi H. Storli and Audun Arntsen Storli. In 1930, Anne…… Read more “A visit from Duluth, Minnesota.”
Find your Norwegian family
Postcard from Norway 1907. When Christmas comes, we often think of what has been. Our parents and grandparents. How is our family in Norway doing? We might…… Read more “Find your Norwegian family”
A Norwegian in Boston, England
Marriage announcement from the Lincoln, Rutlandand Stamford Mercury, dated 21 Dec 1888. (British Newspaper Archive) By Margaret H. Strand When I was responsible for the genealogy group in…… Read more “A Norwegian in Boston, England”
READ OUR BOOK – EXPLORING NORWEGIAN GENEALOGY
Norwegian ancestors? Find them yourself with the help of our new book! An introduction to researching your Norwegian ancestry via online databases. About the authors Liv Birgit…… Read more “READ OUR BOOK – EXPLORING NORWEGIAN GENEALOGY”
Ingvald Johan Hansen Bratli – a military man
My great grandfather, Ingvald Johan Hansen, born 1815 and died in 1888, was married twice, first with Karen Oline Jahnsen and then with her niece Birgitte Jahnsen.…… Read more “Ingvald Johan Hansen Bratli – a military man”
Birgit Halvorsdatter Holte (1889-1978) – a husmann’s daughter
My grandmother was born in Atrå, Tinn in Telemark on 4th June 1889, as the ninth child of Aslaug Olsdatter Velta and Halvor Toresson Odden, later Holte.…… Read more “Birgit Halvorsdatter Holte (1889-1978) – a husmann’s daughter”
Elen Sophia Pedersdatter Kaldal and life on the Kola peninsula
Elen Sophia Pedersdatter Kaldal (1841-1930) My grandmother’s great-aunt (in Norway we say grandtante (tante=aunt)) Sofie went to live on the Kola peninsula in Russia with her husband…… Read more “Elen Sophia Pedersdatter Kaldal and life on the Kola peninsula”
A sailor from Froland: Gunerius Severin Omundsen Skuggestøl
The paper Vestlandet from Arendal included news of sailings and accidents involving ships originating from the area. We can see that some ships are headed for Cardiff…… Read more “A sailor from Froland: Gunerius Severin Omundsen Skuggestøl”
Genealogical research in Norway 
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