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A census is a count and description of the population. Censuses have been taken by the Norwegian government and by ecclesiastical officials for population studies and taxation purposes. If we include the three broad census record categories we can cover the time period from 1500's-1910. | A census is a count and description of the population. Censuses have been taken by the Norwegian government and by ecclesiastical officials for population studies and taxation purposes. If we include the three broad census record categories we can cover the time period from 1500's-1910. | ||
We usually use the term | We usually use the term census to include ''skattemantall''which are tax lists, ''manntall'' which are usually lists of males only, sometimes recorded for purposes of military service, and ''folketellinger'' which are enumerations of the population. | ||
Census records can provide information about a person's: | Census records can provide information about a person's: | ||
*Name | *Name | ||
*Age | *Age | ||