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==Contact Information==
==Contact Information==
''The Norwegian Genealogical Library'' is owned and administered by the Norwegian Genealogical Society (Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening/NSF) and share the same premises.
''The Norwegian Genealogical Library'' is owned and administered by the Norwegian Genealogical Society (Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening/NSF) and share the premises.


'''Email:''' [mailto:kontor@genealogi.no kontor@genealogi.no]<br>
'''Email:''' [mailto:kontor@genealogi.no kontor@genealogi.no]<br>
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'''Facebook:''' [https://www.facebook.com/Genealogidotno/ NSF Facebook page]<br>
'''Facebook:''' [https://www.facebook.com/Genealogidotno/ NSF Facebook page]<br>
'''Facebook forum: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/slektshistoriskforum/ Slektshistorisk Forum]'''<br>  
'''Facebook forum: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/slektshistoriskforum/ Slektshistorisk Forum]'''<br>  
'''Wiki''': [http://slektshistoriewiki.no/ Slektshistoriewiki] (The Norwegian Genealogy Wiki, administered by the society)<br>
'''Address:''' Industriveien 6, NO-1473 Lørenskog, Norway.<br>
'''Address:''' Industriveien 6, NO-1473 Lørenskog, Norway.<br>
'''Telephone:''' +47 47 77 06 77. Calls are answered on Fridays between 9 and 12 a.m. and during the library's opening hours on Saturdays.<br>
'''Telephone:''' +47 47 77 06 77. Calls are answered on Fridays between 9 and 12 a.m. and during the library's opening hours on Saturdays.<br>
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==Description of Collections==
==Description of Collections==
Norwegian Genealogical Library (Norsk Slektshistorisk Forenings bibliotek) has one of the largest collections of genealogical literature in the country. The collection includes ''bygdebøker'' (parish books with details of people living on the farms), genealogies, biographies, reference books etc.
Norwegian Genealogical Library (Norsk Slektshistorisk Forenings bibliotek) has one of the largest collections of genealogical literature in the country. The collection includes ''bygdebøker'' (parish books with details of people living on the farms), genealogies, genealogy periodocals, biographies, reference books etc.
 
[http://koha.genealogi.no/ Library search]


===Online collections===
===Online collections===
The website of the Norwegian Genealogical Society includes genealogy collections which are either free for all visitors or restricted to members. Visitors to the library will get access to the members' area collections.
The website of the Norwegian Genealogical Society includes genealogy collections which are either free for all visitors or restricted to members. Visitors to the library will get access to the members' area collections.


The collections include among others older literature, registers of the periodicals ''Norsk Slektshistorisk Tidsskrift'' and ''Genealogen'', editions of ''Genealogen'' (free access 1987&ndash;1999), Polititidende (Police News), military sources, older cemetery inscriptions, poor relief records, prisoner records, prostitutes records, genealogy collections (Tore Vigerust, Christian Spangen, Wilhelm Lassen, John Anders Nordström, Kjell Magnell, Henrich HOlst Neumann) and much more.
The collections include among others older literature, registers of the periodicals ''Norsk Slektshistorisk Tidsskrift'' and ''Genealogen'', editions of ''Genealogen'' (free access 1987&ndash;1999), Polititidende (Police News), military sources, older cemetery inscriptions, poor relief records, prisoner records, prostitutes records, genealogy collections (Tore Vigerust, Christian Spangen, Wilhelm Lassen, John Anders Nordström, Kjell Magnell, Henrich Holst Neumann) and much more.


''Free pages:'' [https://www.genealogi.no/publikasjoner-for-alle/ Publikasjoner for alle] ("Free publications").
''Free pages:'' [https://www.genealogi.no/publikasjoner-for-alle/ Publikasjoner for alle] ("Free publications").
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