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This brings up another question. Who should baptize the child? Often a child died shortly after birth, and there was no time for the minister to get there. Therefore it was necessary to give instructions about how an infant was to be baptized. Clean water was to be used, but in some cases beer was used if clean water could not be found. If an infant looked sickly or death was imminent, the baptism could be performed by the father of the child, the midwife or even the mother. In the church records you will often see en entry that a child had been baptized (hjemmedøbt) at home. This baptism, if the child lived, would be confirmed by the minister in the church at a later time. The confirmation of a christening or baptism is not to be confused with the confirmation process that took place when a child was between 13-18 years of age.<br><br> | This brings up another question. Who should baptize the child? Often a child died shortly after birth, and there was no time for the minister to get there. Therefore it was necessary to give instructions about how an infant was to be baptized. Clean water was to be used, but in some cases beer was used if clean water could not be found. If an infant looked sickly or death was imminent, the baptism could be performed by the father of the child, the midwife or even the mother. In the church records you will often see en entry that a child had been baptized (hjemmedøbt) at home. This baptism, if the child lived, would be confirmed by the minister in the church at a later time. The confirmation of a christening or baptism is not to be confused with the confirmation process that took place when a child was between 13-18 years of age.<br><br> | ||
===Other Birth Records=== | |||
== Children of other Denominations (Barn fra andre trossamfunn) == | |||
Children of other denominations should be listed in the Lutheran church records up to 1969, but this did not always happen. Children of Jewish descent are usually not listed in the Lutheran church records. They are listed in their own records, which by law should have been reported to the Amtmann and Magistrat (county officials) yearly from 1846-1891. The County official was to bring the records to the State Archive, but unfortunately these lists are not complete. However, children of other denominations are always listed in the fødselsregister (Registers of Vital Statistics). | |||
== Birth Clinics (Fødeklinikker) == | |||
Birth clinics and homes were establised in the 1800's. They made their own archives of birth journals as well as birth indexes. The birth journals have been deposited in the byarkiv (City Archives) and the birth indexes are deposited in Statsarkivet (State Archives). | |||
== Records kept by the midwife (Jordmorprotokoller) == | |||
The midwife would also keep a record, or diary of children born. In the year 1900, these records were standardized and you will find the name of the mother, her marital status, birth number (if it was her first, second etc.), if natural birth or complications, condition of mother (father), sex of the child, the child's health, name of the child will not be listed in these records. Each birth is listed in order of birth and may include the time. If a midwife served in several clerical district she was to keep a separate record for each. A midwife was not ordered by law to bring her records to the archive, but many of these records are available in the State Archives and in the Community Archives. They are listed with the records for the District Physicians or as their own record. | |||
A midwife was to report a living birth to Sunnhetskommisjonen/Helserådet (Health Department) within 8 days of the birth. Stillborn children or children who died shortly after birth were to be reported to the parish priest within 24 hours. The parish priest was to send his report to the Health Department once a month. | |||
=== '''Introductions''' === | === '''Introductions''' === | ||
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Parish boundary maps can also be extremely helpful when determining which parish church records to search. They can also help you identify neighboring parishes if you need to search more than one parish in a region. | Parish boundary maps can also be extremely helpful when determining which parish church records to search. They can also help you identify neighboring parishes if you need to search more than one parish in a region. | ||
=== Online Records=== | |||
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====Digitalarkivet ==== | |||
Digital images of the church books are available for browsing at the [http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read '''Digitalarkivet Website''']. Many of these records encompass records from a later time period than is a available on microfilm at the Family History Library. | |||
*Searchable databases of church records are being added regularly to the Digitalarkivet website. They can be accessed from the [http://digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no/en-gb/finn_kilde Select source] tab. | |||
*The following link will bring you to the main page of the Digital Archives (Digitalarkivet) of Norway. Here you will find most records for Norway. Click on the following link, then choose Digitized Parish Registers, then choose a parish, then the year when you ancestor was born, then page forward to the date when he/she was born and here you will find the actual birth and christening records.<br>[http://arkivverket.no/eng/content/view/full/629 Digital Archives] | |||
====The Norwegian Historical Data Centre==== | |||
You may also search for an ancestor in the follwing database, however it is not as complete as the one for the Digital Archives (Digitalarkivet) as many of the parish records have not been transcribed: | |||
*Registreringssentral for historiske data<br>Ekspedisjon Universitetet i Tromsø<br>N-9037 Tromsø<br>Norway<br>Telephone: 47 77 64 41 81<br>Internet: [http://www.rhd.uit.no/indexeng.htmlThe Norwegian Historical Data Centre]<br> | |||
====FamilySearch Historical Records Collection==== | |||
*'''Wiki articles describing online collections of the FamilySearch Historical Collection are found at:''' | |||
**[[Norway Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | |||
**[[Norway Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | |||
**[[Norway Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | |||
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== Records at the Family History Library == | |||
The Family History Library has many Norwegian church records on microfilm. The collection includes all existing parish registers from their beginning until about 1920. This collection continues to grow as new records are microfilmed. | The Family History Library has many Norwegian church records on microfilm. The collection includes all existing parish registers from their beginning until about 1920. This collection continues to grow as new records are microfilmed. | ||
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*NORWAY, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - CHURCH RECORDS. | *NORWAY, [COUNTY], [PARISH] - CHURCH RECORDS. | ||
== Records Not at the Family History Library == | === Records Not at the Family History Library === | ||
Baptism, marriage, and burial records with entries from the last 80-year period are located at the local parish church. Occasionally, pastors delay sending their old church books to the archives, so some local parishes may have records that are older than 80 years. You may write in English to local parishes for information from this most recent time period. When writing, always include a self-addressed envelope with three international postage coupons. This letter writing guide will help you with phrasing your requests: [[Letter Writing Guide for Genealogy]]] | |||
[[Category:Norway Church Records]] [[Category:Lutherans]][[Category:Church Records by Country]] | [[Category:Norway Church Records]] [[Category:Lutherans]][[Category:Church Records by Country]] | ||