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{ | {{Norway-sidebar}}[[Norway Genealogy|'''''Norway''''']] ''Social Life and Customs'' | ||
<br>To be effective in family history research, it is often helpful to understand the society your ancestor lived in. Learning about everyday life, religious practices, customs, and traditions will help you appreciate your ancestor and often give you ideas for research. Those that might affect your research strategy include mortality rates, life spans, apprenticeship customs, and courting and marriage customs that affected illegitimacy rates. | <br>To be effective in family history research, it is often helpful to understand the society your ancestor lived in. Learning about everyday life, religious practices, customs, and traditions will help you appreciate your ancestor and often give you ideas for research. Those that might affect your research strategy include mortality rates, life spans, apprenticeship customs, and courting and marriage customs that affected illegitimacy rates. | ||
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[http://www.tidsskriftet.no/?seks_id=941019 Here is a wonderful article on women and customs surrounding giving birth:] | [http://www.tidsskriftet.no/?seks_id=941019 Here is a wonderful article on women and customs surrounding giving birth:] | ||
The article can be found in the "Tidsskrift for den Norske legeforening". This is | The article can be found in the "Tidsskrift for den Norske legeforening". This is unfortunately in Norwegian. Adults had a shorter life span than they do today, so it is necessary to search the death records in order to get a complete picture of a family. | ||
About the time of confirmation (between the ages of 14 and 20), young people often left home to earn their own living or to prepare themselves to do so. A young man may have signed a contract for a five-year apprenticeship to learn a trade such as shoe making, barrel making, or rope making. A young woman may have become a servant in a well-to-do household or lived with relatives to learn housekeeping. | About the time of confirmation (between the ages of 14 and 20), young people often left home to earn their own living or to prepare themselves to do so. A young man may have signed a contract for a five-year apprenticeship to learn a trade such as shoe making, barrel making, or rope making. A young woman may have become a servant in a well-to-do household or lived with relatives to learn housekeeping. | ||
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The bygdebok discussed in the "[[Norway Genealogy|Genealogy]]" section describes the local customs in the various parts of Norway. Also see the "[[Norway Periodicals|Periodicals]]" and "[[Norway Societies|Societies]]" sections. | The bygdebok discussed in the "[[Norway Genealogy|Genealogy]]" section describes the local customs in the various parts of Norway. Also see the "[[Norway Periodicals|Periodicals]]" and "[[Norway Societies|Societies]]" sections. | ||
[[Category:Norway]] | [[Category:Norway]] | ||