Before the webinar Mondays with Myrt on february 26 2018 at the Family history Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.Dave Robison, Roger Moffatt and Pat Richley-Erickson in…… Read more “Mondays with Myrt and Russ”
Tag: How to Research in Norway
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”
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”
Anne Olsdatter Røyland, “child wanderer” from Åseral
Anne was born in Åseral municipality in 1841. Åseral is situated in (the old) Vest-Agder County. Her father was Ole Andersen Røyland (1778-1860), while her mother was…… Read more “Anne Olsdatter Røyland, “child wanderer” from Åseral”
A DNA mystery in Agder county.
We are working on a DNA case where a man from Norway born in 1875, marries in Great Britain and has a family. He works as a…… Read more “A DNA mystery in Agder county.”
Advanced Norwegian genealogy – a list of links to some of the sites used in the webinar for the National Nordic Museum 26 and 27 September 2020
Remember if the site is in Norwegian, it is easy to translate with Google translate or within Chrome. Digital Archives – church books https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/search/sources Church history https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Norway_Church_Records…… Read more “Advanced Norwegian genealogy – a list of links to some of the sites used in the webinar for the National Nordic Museum 26 and 27 September 2020”
Basic Norwegian genealogy – a list of links to some of the sites used in the webinar for the National Nordic Museum 26 and 27 September 2020
Remember if the site is in Norwegian, it is easy to translate with Google translate or within Chrome. DigitaltMuseum (a place to find photographs, things/artifacts, persons and…… Read more “Basic Norwegian genealogy – a list of links to some of the sites used in the webinar for the National Nordic Museum 26 and 27 September 2020”
Norwegian Names – Naming Patterns in Norway
To keep things simple this is the basic structure of naming traditions in Norway. The Norwegian name consists of three parts: Given name Patronym (The use of…… Read more “Norwegian Names – Naming Patterns in Norway”
Genealogical research in Norway 