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| == Getting started with Norway research == | | | link1=[[Europe|Europe]] |
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| Welcome to the '''''<font color="#008000"><big>Norway</big></font>'' Page!'''
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| ''' '''<br>FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the Norway Portal page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Norwegian records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Please visit the [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Category:Help help page] to learn more about using the site. The Norway Portal Page is a work in progress, your contributions and [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/FamilySearch_Wiki:Feedback feedback] are essential!
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| {{Norway County Boundaries}}
| | Guide to '''Norway ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. |
| | | ==Country Information== |
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| | Norway is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe bordered by [[Sweden Genealogy|Sweden]], [[Finland Genealogy|Finland]], [[Russia Genealogy|Russia]], and [[Denmark Genealogy|Denmark]]. Part of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmar_Union Kalmar Union] from 1397 to 1523, Norway was part of a personal union with Denmark from 1536 until 1660 when King Frederik III established an absolute monarchy and Norway came under the Danish crown. From the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1814 until 1905 it was in another personal union, this time with Sweden as part of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. Two different forms of Norwegian, ''Bokmål'' and ''Nynorsk'' are the official language, with several other recognized [[Norway Languages|national languages]]. |
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| == Counties (Fylker) ==
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| *[[Akershus County, Norway|Akershus]]
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| *[[Aust-Agder County, Norway|Aust-Agder]]
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| *[[Bergen City, Norway|Bergen City (former county)]]
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| *[[Buskerud County, Norway|Buskerud]]
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| *[[Finnmark County, Norway|Finnmark]]
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| *[[Hedmark County, Norway|Hedmark]]
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| *[[Hordaland County, Norway|Hordaland]]
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| *[[Møre og Romsdal County, Norway|Møre og Romsdal]]
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| *[[Nordland County, Norway|Nordland]]
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| *[[Nord-Trøndelag County, Norway|Nord-Trøndelag]]
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| *[[Oppland County, Norway|Oppland]]
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| *[[Oslo County, Norway|Oslo]]
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| *[[Rogaland County, Norway|Rogaland]]
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| *[[Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway|Sogn og Fjordane]]
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| *[[Sør-Trøndelag County, Norway|Sør-Trøndelag]]
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| *[[Telemark County, Norway|Telemark]]
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| *[[Troms County, Norway|Troms]]
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| *[[Vest-Agder County, Norway|Vest-Agder]]
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| *[[Vestfold County, Norway|Vestfold]]
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| *[[Østfold County, Norway|Østfold]]
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| == Research Tools == | |
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| '''A wiki article describing an online collectons is fournd at:'''
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| [[Norway 1875 Census (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Norway 1875 Census (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
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| *[[Norwegian clerical districts|Clerical District List]]
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| *[[Parish Listing Norway|Parish List]]
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| *[[Regions in Norway|Regional List]]
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| *[[Norway: Typing Æ, Ø, and Å|Norway: Typing Æ, Ø, and Å]]
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| *[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/6/6e/Parish_Register_Headings_for_Norway.pdf Parish Heading List]
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| *[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/b/b2/Census_Register_Headings_for_Norway.pdf Census Register Headings]
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| *[[Moveable Feast Day Calendar for Norway|Feast Day Calendar (Moveable)]]
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| *[[Fixed and Moveable Feast Days for Norway|Feast Days (Fixed and Moveable)]]
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| *[[Norway Handwriting|Handwriting Examples]]
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| *[[Norwegian Currency|Norwegian Currency]]
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| *[[Weight and Measurement in Old Norway|Weight and Measurement in Old Norway]]
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| *[[Norwegian Research Websites|Websites]]
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| *[[Norway Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]
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| *[[Norway Maps|Maps]]
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| *[[Norway Word List|Word List]]
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| *[[Norway Dictionary|Dictionary]]
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| *[[Norway Glossary|Glossary]]
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| *[[Norway timeline|<u>Timeline</u>]]
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| '''<big><big>Research Strategies</big></big>''' | |
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| *[[Starting Research in Norway|Starting Research in Norway]]
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| *[[Norway: Research Strategies|Strategies]]
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| *[[Norway Record Selection Table|Record Selection Table]]
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| *[[Norway Birth Record Search Strategy 1500-1813|Birth Record Search Strategy 1500-1813]]
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| *[[Norway Birth Record Search Strategy1814-Present|Birth Record Search Strategy 1814-Present]]
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| *[[Norway Birth, Marriage, and Death Search Strategies 1500 - Present|Birth, Marriage, and Death Search Strategies 1500 - Present]]
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| *[[Norway Death Record Search Strategy 1500-1813|Death Record Search Strategy 1500-1813]]
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| *[[Norway Death Record Search Strategy 1814-Present|Death Record Search Strategy 1814-Present]]
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| *(helpful tools and resources, gazetteers)
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| *(language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, etc.)
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| == Help Wanted ==
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| The Moderator for the Norway content is [[User:Rcsteuart|steuartrc]]. In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:
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| | |<span class="community_button">[[Online Research Help|Online<br>Research Help]]</span> |
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| == Featured Content == | | ==Norway Map== |
| | | The map below shows county boundaries as of about 1660 to 2018. |
| Take a look at the [[Bergen, Norway|Bergen Norway Page]], it contains links to some of the Emigrants leaving Norway for the United States from the ports in Bergen. Another useful Website for Norway research is [http://fylkesarkiv.no/ Fylkesarkivet i Sogn], can be read in English or Norweigian.
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| == Did you know? ==
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| *You can view [http://kirkefoto.blogspot.com/2009/06/fylkesvis-oversikt-over-kirker-som-er.html photos of churches] in Norway.
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| *You can also view a [http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=album-eng.htm&spraak=e Photo Album of Farms] as part of the [http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=introduk-eng.htm&spraak=e digital archives] of the Norwegian National Archives. It contains patron-submitted photos of 1900-era farms. There is a link in the album between a farm photo and the respective farm in the 1900 census list, so that one can find information on the farm and household.
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| *During the 1500-1800’s it was very common for the Norwegian people to use what is called a patronymic naming system. They would take the father’s given name and add “sen/son” or “datter”. Others chose to use the name of the farm they were associated with as their last names. This really was an address, but some of these farm names were continued through many generations and have become last names.
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| *In 1923 a new naming law (Navneloven av 1923) came into effect, and people now had to choose a family name. The change from patronymics to family names had already started in the mid-1870; the cities had started a little earlier and the smaller parishes a little later. However, the law was approved 1923. <br>In 2003 another law was put into practice. It was now again legal to choose a patronymic or matronymic name.
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| *Farm names are very important in locating people in Norway. Through these names you can find parishes and then your ancestors in the parish registers.
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| *There is a [[Norway Farm Books|Norwegian Farm Book]] Extraction Project. Contact Roger Magneson only if you wish to participate in indexing. [mailto:MagnesonR@familysearch.org MagnesonR@familysearch.org]
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| *[[Beginning Norwegian Research|Beginning Norwegian Research]]
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| *[[Obtain Background Information for Norwegian Research|Obtain Background Information]]
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| *[[Tips for beginners in Norwegian Research|Tips for beginners ]]
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| *[[Tips for Norwegian American Researchers|Tips for Norwegian Americans]]
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| '''Norway's Digital Archives''' (''[http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebMeta.exe?spraak=e Digitalarkivet]'')
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| [http://www.arkivverket.no/english/about.html The National Archival Services of Norway]maintains a website in which you can search in transcribed source material for free. Images of the original church books have also been placed there. The [http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read Digitized Parish Registers] interface can be used in English, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk) or Samisk (Davvisámegiella). However, the records are written in Norwegian.
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| *[http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e Latest databases added]
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| *[http://da2.uib.no/cgi-win/WebDebatt.exe?slag=listtema&debatt=brukar&spraak=e User Forums]
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| *[http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&antall=10&spraak=e Latest Archive News<br>]<br>
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| NEW! Join a Genealogy Research Community for Norway on [[Join a Skype Research Community|Skype]] or [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Norway-Genealogy-Research-Community/135187329923304?ref=ts Facebook]
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| <br>'''Church Records'''
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| The Norwegian Church (Den Norske Kirke) kept the vital statistics of the population. [[Norway Church Records|See Church Records]] for the contents and in-depth descriptions of the records. The links to the records available at the Family History Library are found in the individual parish under the Parishes and Congregations Section of each county.
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| *[[Norway Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]
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| *[[Norway Biography|Biographies]]
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| *[[Norway Books|Books]]
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| *[[Norway Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
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| *[[Norway Census|Census]]
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| *[[Norway Church Records|Church Records]]
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| *[[Norway Civil Registration- Vital Records|Civil Registration]]
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| *[[Norway Court Records|Court Records]]
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| *[[Norway Encyclopedias and Dictionaries|Directories]]
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| *[[Norway Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
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| *[[Norway Farm Books|Farm Books]]
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| *[[Norway Genealogy|Genealogies]]
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| *[[Norway Geography|Geography]]
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| *[[Norway Historical Geography|Geography (Historical)]]
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| *[[Norway Handwriting|Handwriting]]
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| *[[Norway History|History]]
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| *[[Norway Jurisdictions|Jurisdictions]]
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| *[[Norway Land and Property|Land and Property]]
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| *[[Norway Language and Languages|Language]]
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| *[[Norway Military Records|Military]]
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| *[[Norway Names Personal|Names, Personal]]
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| *[[Norway Newspapers|Newspapers]]
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| *[[Norway Nobility|Nobility]]
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| *[[Norwegian L.D.S. Records|Norwegian L.D.S. Records]]
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| *[[Norway Occupations|Occupations]]
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| *[[Parish Listing Norway|Parish List ]]
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| *[[Norway Periodicals|Periodicals]]
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| *[[Norway Place Names|Place Names]]
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| *[[Norway Probate Records|Probate Records]]
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| *[[Norway Schools|Schools]]
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| *[[Norway Social Life and Customs|Social Life and Customs]]
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| *[[Norway Societies|Societies]]
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| *[[Norway Taxation|Taxation]]
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| *[[Norway Vital Records|Vital Records]]
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| | == Counties (''Fykler'') == |
| | The following is a list of counties folloing the 1917 reform which renamed the administrative unit from ''amt'' to ''fylke'' and renamed several counties. |
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| | <li>[[Akershus County, Norway Genealogy|Akershus]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Aust-Agder County, Norway Genealogy|Aust-Agder]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Bergen City, Norway Genealogy|Bergen City]] (former county until 1972)</li> |
| | <li>[[Buskerud County, Norway Genealogy|Buskerud]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Finnmark County, Norway Genealogy|Finnmark]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Hedmark County, Norway Genealogy|Hedmark]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Hordaland County, Norway Genealogy|Hordaland]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Møre og Romsdal County, Norway Genealogy|Møre og Romsdal]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Nordland County, Norway Genealogy|Nordland]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Nord-Trøndelag County, Norway Genealogy|Nord-Trøndelag]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Oppland County, Norway Genealogy|Oppland]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Oslo County, Norway Genealogy|Oslo]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Rogaland County, Norway Genealogy|Rogaland]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Sogn og Fjordane County, Norway Genealogy|Sogn og Fjordane]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Sør-Trøndelag County, Norway Genealogy|Sør-Trøndelag]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Telemark County, Norway Genealogy|Telemark]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Troms County, Norway Genealogy|Troms]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Vest-Agder County, Norway Genealogy|Vest-Agder]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Vestfold County, Norway Genealogy|Vestfold]]</li> |
| | <li>[[Østfold County, Norway Genealogy|Østfold]]</li> |
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| | ===Parishes=== |
| | Counties in Norway are further subdivided into parishes. For a complete list, see [[Parish Listing Norway]]. |
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