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Street indexes are available for major cities throughout Norway. To use one you will need to know your ancestor's address for the time period of the census. You may search parish registers, letters, and other such records to find the address. A street index can help you find your ancestor faster in the census. | Street indexes are available for major cities throughout Norway. To use one you will need to know your ancestor's address for the time period of the census. You may search parish registers, letters, and other such records to find the address. A street index can help you find your ancestor faster in the census. | ||
'''1801 Index: | '''1801 Index''': All of the existing 1801 census has been indexed. (Holt and Dybvåg parishes in Aust-Agder county are missing; as well as Maridalen in Akershus county). | ||
Two indexes exist for each parish: the first is organized according to the names of the farms and the second according to the given name of each person living in the parish. Each county also has two indexes: one by given name and one by surname. To search the 1801 index, you will need to know the county in which your ancestor lived. These indexes can be found in the Family History Library Catalog under: | |||
NORWAY, [COUNTY] - CENSUS - 1801 - INDEXES<br>NORWAY, [COUNTY],[PARISH] - CENSUS - 1801 | NORWAY, [COUNTY] - CENSUS - 1801 - INDEXES<br>NORWAY, [COUNTY],[PARISH] - CENSUS - 1801 | ||
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'''''''Later Census Indexes'''. There are additional indexes for various parishes. These indexes are usually organized by given name and surname. To see if there are indexes from the area you are interested in, check the Family History Library Catalog under one of the following:'' | '''''''Later Census Indexes'''. There are additional indexes for various parishes. These indexes are usually organized by given name and surname. To see if there are indexes from the area you are interested in, check the Family History Library Catalog under one of the following:'' | ||
NORWAY, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - CENSUS - [YEAR] - INDEXES | NORWAY, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - CENSUS - [YEAR] - INDEXES | ||
=== Searching Census Records === | === Searching Census Records === | ||