FamilySearch Library Nordic Day

The Nordic Specialists at the FamilySearch Library invite you to a free Tuesday Seminar focused exclusively on Nordic genealogy topics. This is the second Nordic Day seminar in 2022. All classes will be presented as webinars. Each class will be recorded and added to the Help Center on FamilySearch.org.

Come learn from our expert staff of genealogists. Learn how to effectively do research in the Nordic countries. Explore such topics as church, census, taxation, immigration, and court records. Learn more about Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish research. Discover new techniques, strategies, and methodology to apply to your genealogical research problems.

In order to attend these classes you will need to register using this link. We will use Zoom for these presentations. Your information will be processed in accordance with their privacy & security policy located at Zoom Privacy & Security Policy.

For a complete list of classes offered by the FamilySearch Library see the FamilySearch Library Classes and Webinars page.

FamilySearch Library Nordic Day
Tuesday, 25 October 2022	Title	Description	Presenter	Class Handout
9:00-10:00 AM MDT	Leaving the Garden of Sweden: Swedish Emigration Records and Strategy	This class will teach you how to find your Swedish American ancestor's in Sweden and also teach when and why they left.	Tanner Blair Tolman, AG®	Class Handout
10:15-11:15 AM MDT	How to Use the National Archives of Sweden Website, Riksarkivet	The National Archives of Sweden (Riksarkivet) is one of the oldest authorities of the Swedish government with roots back to the 1200s. Riksarkivet has a wide variety of records and documents that were created for many different purposes at the national, regional, county, and local level. This is an updated class as the website had significant changes in 2021. This class will be prerecorded and Q&A done by other members of the Library's Nordic Research Team	Geoffrey Fröberg Morris, AG®	Class Handout
11:15 AM -12:00 PM MDT	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break	Lunch Break
12:00-1:00 PM	Understanding Norwegian Land and Records	One of the integral parts of Norwegian research is the Bygdebok. But where does the information in that book come from? What is a bygde? And how can understanding this enrich your understanding of Norwegian research? This class will review the organization of a historical farm, explain the culture behind Norwegian farming practices, talk about different types of records that were created around land ownership, and walk you through how to look for land records when you may not have access to a bygdebok for the area your ancestor lived in. This class will be prerecorded and Q&A done by other members of the Library's Nordic Research Team	Savannah Larson, BA	Class Handout
1:15-2:15 PM MDT	Exploring Four Different Kinds of Probate Records for Norway	There are several different kinds of Probate Records available online at Digitalarkivet (The Digital Archives of Norway). Digitalarkivet for Norway has made most Norwegian records available online free of charge for anyone wanting to find their ancestors. This class will teach how to use four different kinds of Probate Records and explain what kind of information is available in each one of these records. Since only about 25% of the people in Norway left a probate it is nice to find other records that will give similar information.	Liv H. Anderson, CGSM, AG®	Class Handout

Presenters

Geoffrey Fröberg Morris, BA, AG^® has been doing Swedish genealogical research for over 35 years. He lived in Sweden for two years and then received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah in Philosophy with a minor in Swedish. He has been employed for over twenty years at the FamilySearch Library as a Nordic research specialist. Among his work assignments Geoff has helped thousands of people search for their Swedish ancestor’s, engaged in many archival visits in Sweden, authored hundreds of pages into the Family Search Wiki, and routinely presents at conferences. In his spare time, Geoff founded The Swedish Genealogy Guide LLC where he offers additional tools for Swedish genealogy from his website. He is the author of A Practical Guide to Swedish Church Records for Genealogy and Family History published in 2020.

Liv H. Anderson, CG^SM, AG^® a native of Kristiansund, Norway with her first encounter with genealogy at the Trondheim Archive when she was 12 years old. Liv has worked for FamilySearch for over 35 years. The first 5 years in the Evaluation Department, processing individual and marriage entry sheets; the next 11 years in the Cataloging Department, and since November of 1995 as a Scandinavian Research Consultant. Liv is a Certified Genealogist through the Board of Certified Genealogists, Washington, DC and has accreditation in Norwegian research through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists, ICAPGen.

Savannah Larson, BA, is especially fond of stories. She has a bachelor's degree in Family History from Brigham Young University and has accumulated over ten years of family history experience. She's personally researched families in the United States, Mexico, and the Nordic Countries. Nordic Research became her obsession after she spent time in Sweden and learned to speak Swedish. She has a deep love of Swedish culture, food, language, and people that has stayed with her ever since. Aside from her job at the FamilySearch Library, Savannah spends her time painting, writing, and playing with her two little boys (who will obviously speak Swedish!).

Tanner B. Tolman, BA, AG^® is accredited through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen) for research in the Denmark Region. He has a deep passion for Danish genealogy and has worked to deepen his knowledge of the different records available. Through this, he has discovered obscure records that have made it possible to extend lines that were previously considered dead ends. He is a research consultant at the FamilySearch Library on the Nordic team.