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-Tip 1. How do I find the year my ancestor was christened?
+'''Tip 1.''' How do I find the year my ancestor was christened?
 Any record listing an age in connection with the ancestor could be used to calculate a birth or christening year. These could include U.S. records such as death records, passenger lists, censuses, marriage license applications, and so forth. Norwegian records, such as confirmations, marriages, deaths, moving lists, and censuses, would also contain an age.
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 To find Norwegian census records in the Family History Library Catalog, search under the name of the parish where the family was living, and look under the subject heading "Census."
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 For more information on determining places of origin, see the Finding the Emigrant's Town of Origin section of the Norway Research Outline.
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+'''Tip 2.''' How do I find the entry for my ancestor?
+<br>Look for the child's first name and the father's first name. Remember the record keeper spelled the name the way he thought it should be spelled. Karl with K, and Carl with C, is still Carl. The person's name may have been spelled one way in the christening, another way in the confirmation, another way in the marriage, and yet another way in the death record.
+Find birth entries for all of the other children of the parents identified as possibilities. Look for subsequent death or marriage records for these other children.
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+Compare the names of the parents and siblings of each of the remaining possibilities with the names of your ancestor's children. Often the ancestor will name his or her children the same as his or her parents or siblings. This may help you determine which of the possibilities found is your ancestor.
+Look at your ancestor's marriage record to see who the witnesses were, and look at his or her children's birth records to see who the godparents and witnesses were. Often siblings, parents, and in-laws will be listed. If you can determine that some of the witnesses to his or her marriage or children's christenings are the same people as the siblings in one of the possible ancestral families, this can prove you have found the right ancestor. You can eliminate the other leads and continue researching the correct family.
+If you are searching records which do not have a preprinted, "fill in the blank" format, look for the pattern used by the record keeper.
+The child's name may be more clearly written than other information in the entry, or it may be underlined, enlarged, or written to one side of the page. The father's name may be listed first, underlined, enlarged, indented, or outdented.
+Eliminate entries that contradict what you know about your ancestor. Check death records to see if any of the children died before your ancestor did. Check marriage records to see if any of the children married someone other than your ancestor's spouse (but remember that your ancestor may have married more than once). <br>Try to make sure the christening entry is of your direct line ancestor. Because names are so common, you must be sure you have the correct entry.
+For help with name variations, see the Names, Personal section of the Norway Research Outline.
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