IN NORWEGIAN AND ENGLISH Mother and daughter, Kristiania about 1905. Adoptivbarn: Adopted child Ane: Progenitor, ancestor, forebear Barn/børn: Child, children Bestefar: Grandfather Besteforeldre/besteforældre: Grandparents Bestemor: Grandmother Broderdatter: Niece (daughter…… Read more “Relationships”
Tag: Norway
Searching the Norwegian Historical Data Center (updated)
Have you tried to search the Norwegian Historical Data Center to find family from the past? It is easier to search here than on other websites, you…… Read more “Searching the Norwegian Historical Data Center (updated)”
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS IN NORWAY
JUL Christmas card showing a “Nisse” with his bowl of Christmas porridge. Artist: Julius Holck (1845-1911). Photo: The National Library of Norway. Norwegians celebrate Christmas on the…… Read more “CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS IN NORWAY”
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”
Do you want to see where your Norwegian ancestors worshipped?
Haslum church in February 2022. Photo Liv B. Christensen The Church of Norway is an Evangelical-Lutheran church with 3.7 million members. All around Norway there are about 1600…… Read more “Do you want to see where your Norwegian ancestors worshipped?”
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”
Children and war
A picture of evacuated people staying at the farm Lunde in Varteig in april 1940, when Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany. It is from DigitaltMuseum and…… Read more “Children and war”
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”
Old artifacts: tine or laup
A laup from Oppdal, Trøndelag. The item on the right is called tine or laup in Norwegian. According to Ola Grefstad, historian and conservator, the term in…… Read more “Old artifacts: tine or laup”
Genealogical research in Norway 
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