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'''DØDSMELDINGER (DEATH NOTICES)''' <br>Death notices are a source not often used in searching for ancestors in Norway, but this source may list information about both families and properties not found anywhere else. Probate records (skifteprotokoller) are often used, but not everyone who died had a probate done. However, there should be a death notice listed for every person who died. This includes the very young to the very old, and it does not matter if a person was rich or poor. Often a whole family is listed in a death notice. | '''DØDSMELDINGER (DEATH NOTICES)''' <br>Death notices are a source not often used in searching for ancestors in Norway, but this source may list information about both families and properties not found anywhere else. Probate records (skifteprotokoller) are often used, but not everyone who died had a probate done. However, there should be a death notice listed for every person who died. This includes the very young to the very old, and it does not matter if a person was rich or poor. Often a whole family is listed in a death notice. | ||
The Sorenskriver or Judge was usually the authority over probate cases, but as he could not do everything himself he relied heavily on the Sherriff (Lensmann) and therefore gave him power of Attorney to deal with such cases and this is also the case with death notices. As soon as a person died it was the law that the Sherriff was to be notified and to keep the Dødsmeldings protokoll (Death Notice records). This dates back to a law of 1792, with a chancery poster in 1812 and a revision of the law December 12th 1930 paragraph 12. | |||
These records are available at the respective Archives in Norway. Many are searchable in an index online at the Digital Archives of Norway as well as in a scanned format online. These online scanned records are not complete for the whole country as of yet but they are well worth searching if your area has been scanned. | |||
You will find them by going to the Digital Archives main page, click on Digitised Probate Documents, which brings you to a page in Norwegian only “Skannet skiftemateriale” (scanned probate material) and here you can choose “Velg protokolltype” in the 4th box down from the top and then choose “dødsfallsprotokoll” (death notices). Now click on the box that reads “utfør” and you will be able to see which records have been put online. They are first listed by county, then by office (Parish or clerical district), and then by year. You will want to click on the year when your relative died, and then search the records for this year. As you search these records you will notice that they are in chronological order somewhat by date and they are fairly easy to read. | |||
These death notices usually include the name of the deceased, occupation, residence, age, and date of death, but many include more detailed information about the family. | |||
<br>Some of the notices are brief, while others will give a wealth of information. There is no standard format for the heading on the forms. Below you will see two different types of death notices. The first one is handwritten and gives an example of how it was kept in 1847 in Andebu parish, Vestfold county, Norway. | <br>Some of the notices are brief, while others will give a wealth of information. There is no standard format for the heading on the forms. Below you will see two different types of death notices. The first one is handwritten and gives an example of how it was kept in 1847 in Andebu parish, Vestfold county, Norway. | ||
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'''Example 1 describes the columns used at the top of the page for Andebu in 1847.''' | '''Example 1 describes the columns used at the top of the page for Andebu in 1847.''' | ||
'''Column 1''': Annmeldelsens Datum (Reported Date) | |||
<br>'''Column 2''': Dødsfadets Datum (Death date) | <br>'''Column 2''': Dødsfadets Datum (Death date) | ||
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<br>'''Column 5:''' Anmerkninger (Remarks). | <br>'''Column 5:''' Anmerkninger (Remarks). | ||
<br>'''4th quarter of 1847''' | <br>'''4th quarter of 1847''' | ||
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<br>http://arkivverket.no/URN:sk_read/55336/14/?size=big&mode=0 | <br>http://arkivverket.no/URN:sk_read/55336/14/?size=big&mode=0 | ||
'''The next example is from Flå lensmannskontor (Flå Sherriff district) in 1908, and describes the columns used at top of the page. At this time the column headings are in print.''' | '''The next example is from Flå lensmannskontor (Flå Sherriff district) in 1908, and describes the columns used at top of the page. At this time the column headings are in print.''' | ||
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<br>http://arkivverket.no/URN:sk_read/55404/35/?size=big&mode=0 | <br>http://arkivverket.no/URN:sk_read/55404/35/?size=big&mode=0 | ||
References: <br>Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening: http://91.207.159.195/mediawiki/index.php/D%C3%B8dsmeldinger_som_slektshistorisk_kilde | |||
<br>Store Norske Leksikon: http://snl.no/d%C3%B8d/rettslige%20forhold<br> | <br>Store Norske Leksikon: http://snl.no/d%C3%B8d/rettslige%20forhold<br> | ||
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