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==Online Resources== | |||
*[https://familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lesson/280 '''Norwegian History'''] - Online FamilySearch lesson | |||
*[[Norway Weights and Measurement|Norway Weights and Measurement]] | |||
*[http://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/calendar/ A Calendar Converter] | |||
== Online History Books == | |||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=zWeTUgfpbS8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Norway&as_brr=1&source=gbs_similarbooks_r&cad=3_1#PPR7,M1 History of Norway from the Earliest Times: From the Earliest Times to 1885] By Hjalmar Hjorth 1900 | |||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=ZXaWrlTc8hcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Norway&as_brr=1&source=gbs_similarbooks_r&cad=3_1 The Stories of the Kings of Norway Called the Round World] (Heimskringla) By Snorri Sturluson, Eiríkr 1893 | |||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=jfACAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Norway&as_brr=1&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=3_0 Norway] By Sigvart Sorensen 1899 | |||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=tV0eAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Norway&as_brr=1 History of the Norwegian People] By Knut Gjerset 1915 | |||
*See Also: [[Norway Books|Norway Books]] | |||
== General History == | |||
'''800-1000:''' [[Norway:Viking Age|Viking Age]] | '''800-1000:''' [[Norway:Viking Age|Viking Age]] | ||
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'''1940-1945 World War II''': Germany occupies Norway. | '''1940-1945 World War II''': Germany occupies Norway. | ||
'''History of Early Emigration from Norway''': [[Norway Emigration and Immigration|https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Norway_Emigration_and_Immigration]] | '''History of Early Emigration from Norway''': [[Norway Emigration and Immigration|https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Norway_Emigration_and_Immigration]] | ||
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Major works on Norwegian history are also available in public and university libraries. | Major works on Norwegian history are also available in public and university libraries. | ||
== Local Histories == | |||
Local histories should be studied and enjoyed for the background information they can provide about your family's life-style and environment. | Local histories should be studied and enjoyed for the background information they can provide about your family's life-style and environment. | ||
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The FamilySearch Library has many local histories for towns in Norway. The local histories (bygdebøker), give statistical information about the general area and genealogical information about the people in the community. (For more information, see the "[[Norway Genealogy|Genealogy]]" section). Some of these histories are also available at major public and university libraries in the Midwest. | The FamilySearch Library has many local histories for towns in Norway. The local histories (bygdebøker), give statistical information about the general area and genealogical information about the people in the community. (For more information, see the "[[Norway Genealogy|Genealogy]]" section). Some of these histories are also available at major public and university libraries in the Midwest. | ||
== Epidemic == | |||
In the spring of 1918 a strange influenza was reported. It was noted that World War I soldiers serving in the Western Front were getting sick with some kind of an influenza that included high fever that often was followed by pneumonia. This was before penicillin was in use which made it a real hardship for its victims. The sickness started in the US, then spread fast to the rest of the world. In the early summer of 1918 it hit Spain, and since the King of Spain was the first one to die in Spain, it was from then on called the Spanish sickness or in Norwegian "Spanskesyken" or "Spanska". By 1919 the sickness had spread to most of the world. A total of about 27 millions world wide died from this epidemic in1918 and 1919. | In the spring of 1918 a strange influenza was reported. It was noted that World War I soldiers serving in the Western Front were getting sick with some kind of an influenza that included high fever that often was followed by pneumonia. This was before penicillin was in use which made it a real hardship for its victims. The sickness started in the US, then spread fast to the rest of the world. In the early summer of 1918 it hit Spain, and since the King of Spain was the first one to die in Spain, it was from then on called the Spanish sickness or in Norwegian "Spanskesyken" or "Spanska". By 1919 the sickness had spread to most of the world. A total of about 27 millions world wide died from this epidemic in1918 and 1919. | ||
== Calendar Changes == | |||
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar in common use in the world today. It is a correction of the Julian calendar which had been in use since A.D. 46. Leap years had been miscalculated in the Julian calendar. By 1582, the calendar was 10 days behind the solar year. | The Gregorian calendar is the calendar in common use in the world today. It is a correction of the Julian calendar which had been in use since A.D. 46. Leap years had been miscalculated in the Julian calendar. By 1582, the calendar was 10 days behind the solar year. | ||
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The calendar is available at the FamilySearch Library. It may also be available through other genealogical organizations. | The calendar is available at the FamilySearch Library. It may also be available through other genealogical organizations. | ||
=== Basic Elements of Research (Background and History) === | === Basic Elements of Research (Background and History) === | ||
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<br>'''Ports to conduct trade around year 1100-1200'''<br>In early records you will find jurisdictions called “Skipreide, Skipreie, or Skiprede”. Early on it was an area that was assigned to outfit a ship for military use. Its size was determined according to the number of farms in the area and did not always include the whole parish. In some cases it could include several parishes. A skipreie may therefore include a number of farms of a given parish while another skipreie may include the remaining farms in the same parish. A skipreie was not confined to a parish border and may include farms in several parishes. As the population grew and there were more people in a given area, the skipreie became smaller and smaller. Today a Skipreie (Skipsrederi) is just a factory in a city or town where ships are being built.<br> | <br>'''Ports to conduct trade around year 1100-1200'''<br>In early records you will find jurisdictions called “Skipreide, Skipreie, or Skiprede”. Early on it was an area that was assigned to outfit a ship for military use. Its size was determined according to the number of farms in the area and did not always include the whole parish. In some cases it could include several parishes. A skipreie may therefore include a number of farms of a given parish while another skipreie may include the remaining farms in the same parish. A skipreie was not confined to a parish border and may include farms in several parishes. As the population grew and there were more people in a given area, the skipreie became smaller and smaller. Today a Skipreie (Skipsrederi) is just a factory in a city or town where ships are being built.<br> | ||
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