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The Family History Library has many local histories for towns in Norway. The local histories are called bygdebøker. They give statistical information about the general area and may give genealogical information about the people in the community. See [[Norway Genealogy]] and [[Norway Periodicals]]. Some of these histories are available at major public and university libraries in the Midwest. | The Family History Library has many local histories for towns in Norway. The local histories are called bygdebøker. They give statistical information about the general area and may give genealogical information about the people in the community. See [[Norway Genealogy]] and [[Norway Periodicals]]. Some of these histories are available at major public and university libraries in the Midwest. | ||
[https://books.google.com/books?id=Yo8BAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=Norway#v=onepage&q&f=false Norway], By Sigwart Sörensen, Published by P. F. Collier, 1899. | |||
[https://books.google.com/books?id=tV0eAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Norway#v=onepage&q&f=false History of the Norwegian People], By Knut Gjerset, Published by The Macmillan company, 1915. | |||
[https://books.google.com/books?id=BzJHAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Norway&lr=#v=onepage&q&f=false Norway: A Few Facts from Norwegian History and Politics], By Norwegian Council of Women, Norwegian Council of Women, Published by Brøgger, 1905. | |||
& | [http://books.google.com/books?id=F40BAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Norway&lr=&as_brr=1 Norway: Its People, Products, and Institutions], By John Bowden, Published by Chapman and Hall, 1867.<br> | ||
<br>Calendar Changes <br>The Gregorian calendar, the calendar in common use today, corrected the Julian calendar that had been in use since A.D. 46. Leap years had been miscalculated in the Julian calendar. By 1582, the calendar was ten days behind the solar year. | |||
In Norway, the last day of the Julian calendar was 18 February 1700. At that time, ten days were omitted in order to bring the calendar in line with the solar year. The day after 18 February 1700 was 1 March 1700. | |||
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