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[http://www.tidsskriftet.no/?seks_id=941019 Here is a wonderful article on women and customs surrounding giving birth:] | [http://www.tidsskriftet.no/?seks_id=941019 Here is a wonderful article on women and customs surrounding giving birth:] | ||
The article can be found in the "Tidsskrift for den Norske legeforening". This is unfortunatly in Norwegian. | The article can be found in the "Tidsskrift for den Norske legeforening". This is unfortunatly in Norwegian. Adults had a shorter life span than they do today, so it is necessary to search the death records in order to get a complete picture of a family. | ||
Adults had a shorter life span than they do today, so it is necessary to search the death records in order to get a complete picture of a family. | |||
About the time of confirmation (between the ages of 14 and 20), young people often left home to earn their own living or to prepare themselves to do so. A young man may have signed a contract for a five-year apprenticeship to learn a trade such as shoe making, barrel making, or rope making. A young woman may have become a servant in a well-to-do household or lived with relatives to learn housekeeping. | About the time of confirmation (between the ages of 14 and 20), young people often left home to earn their own living or to prepare themselves to do so. A young man may have signed a contract for a five-year apprenticeship to learn a trade such as shoe making, barrel making, or rope making. A young woman may have become a servant in a well-to-do household or lived with relatives to learn housekeeping. | ||