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Norway Probate Records: Difference between revisions
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For the most part, people today are interested in the country communities; relatively few lived in the cities before the industrial revolution. However, if a person lived in a city, there are usually indexes by last name. | For the most part, people today are interested in the country communities; relatively few lived in the cities before the industrial revolution. However, if a person lived in a city, there are usually indexes by last name. | ||
The probate records were generated on the level of the''Lagrett'' or ''Sorenskriveri'' (District court). There are county maps, outlining the probate district in the probate section of the FamilySearch Wiki for Norway. The boundaries of these judicial districts have changed relatively little, because the boundaries were usually determined by natural geological features in the landscape. However, some areas have changed from one district to another, and as time passed and the population increased, some districts split in two. For example, the early judicial district called ''Gudbrandsdalen'', later split into North Gudbrandsdalen and South Gudbrandsdalen. | The probate records were generated on the level of the ''Lagrett'' or ''Sorenskriveri'' (District court). There are county maps, outlining the probate district in the probate section of the FamilySearch Wiki for Norway. The boundaries of these judicial districts have changed relatively little, because the boundaries were usually determined by natural geological features in the landscape. However, some areas have changed from one district to another, and as time passed and the population increased, some districts split in two. For example, the early judicial district called ''Gudbrandsdalen'', later split into North Gudbrandsdalen and South Gudbrandsdalen. | ||
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'''Prosti'''<br>An ecclesiastical probate jurisdiction, on the level of ''Prosi'' (deanery) was set up for the clergy, sextons and schoolteachers in 1661. From 1736 the School teacher and the parish clerk in a rural parish was usually the same person. This changed over time – different time, in different parishes. This separate probate record was terminated around 1809, some districts continuing the practice a little later. These probate records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library as well as online at Digital Archives. | '''Prosti'''<br>An ecclesiastical probate jurisdiction, on the level of ''Prosi'' (deanery) was set up for the clergy, sextons and schoolteachers in 1661. From 1736 the School teacher and the parish clerk in a rural parish was usually the same person. This changed over time – different time, in different parishes. This separate probate record was terminated around 1809, some districts continuing the practice a little later. These probate records are available on microfilm at the Family History Library as well as online at Digital Archives. | ||