Norway Farm Books: Difference between revisions

In addition to wonderful parish registers Norway has a very special source called ''Bygdebøker'', or farm books. They are books filled with detailed local history and tremendous genealogical information. Authors have used numerous sources: parish registers, census, probate, tax records, land and court records, and interviews with local residents in preparing the histories. Some of the information given predates the parish registers. These books can be a real treasure for family historians, and others looking for their ancestors. A great portion of the Norwegian population does not live in big cities. They live in small towns and villages called ''bygd''. The bygdebøker give us information about the people living on the farms in these communities, and a history of the communities.