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 ==== Court Records [''Tingbøker''] ====
+These records contain reports of criminal and civil court actions including allodial rights (proving that land was owned privately, independent of any feudal obligations); paternity suits; inheritance disputes. The records provide names, dates, places and relationships, sometimes including several generations of information. Earliest records are from the 900s, but most start in the 1630s. These records are unindexed, not transcribed and require considerable study and effort to be used effectively. Most records are held in the regional archives (''statsarkiv'') and are available on microfilm and online at the [https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/ Digital Archives].
-Research use: Contain useful lineage linking information and family relationships. These records are unindexed and require considerable study and effort to be used effectively.
-Record type: Records of court actions.
-Time period: 900 to present; most start in the 1630s.
-Contents: Reports of criminal and civil court actions including allodial rights (proving that land was owned privately, independent of any feudal obligations); paternity suits; inheritance disputes. These reports provide names, dates, places and relationships, sometimes including several generations of information.
-Location: Regional archives [Statsarkiv].
-Percentage in Family History Library: 100% of needed records to 1800.
-Population coverage: 10 to 20%.
-Reliability: Good.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Norway,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1997-1998.</ref>
 === Probate Records  ===