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 === Barn fra andre trossamfunn (Children of other Denominations)  ===
-Children of other denominations should be listed in the Lutheran church records up to 1969, but this did not always happen.&nbsp; Children of Jewish descent are usually not listed in the Lutheran church records. They are listed in their own records which by law should have been reported to the Amtmann and Magistrat (county officials) yearly from 1846-1891.&nbsp; The County official was to bring the records to the State Arvhice, but unfortunately these lists are not complete.&nbsp; However, children of other denominations are always listed in the fødselsregister (Registers of Vital Statistics).<br>
+Children of other denominations should be listed in the Lutheran church records up to 1969, but this did not always happen.&nbsp; Children of Jewish descent are usually not listed in the Lutheran church records. They are listed in their own records, which by law should have been reported to the Amtmann and Magistrat (county officials) yearly from 1846-1891.&nbsp; The County official was to bring the records to the State Archive, but unfortunately these lists are not complete.&nbsp; However, children of other denominations are always listed in the fødselsregister (Registers of Vital Statistics).<br>
+=== Jordmorprotokoller (Records kept by the midwife) ===
+The midwife would also keep a record, or diary of children born.&nbsp; In the year 1900 these records were standardized and you will find the name of the mother, her marrital status, birth number (if it was her first, second etc.), if natural birth or complications, condition of mother (father), sex of the child, the child's health,&nbsp; name of the child will not be listed in these records.&nbsp; Each birth is listed in birthdate order and may include the time.&nbsp; If a midwife served in several clerical district she was to keep a separate record for each.&nbsp; A midwife was not ordered by law to bring her records to the archive, but many of these records are available in the State Archives and in the Community Archives .&nbsp; They are listed with the records for the District Physicians or as their own record.
+A&nbsp; midwife was to report a living birth to Sunnhetskommisjonen/Helserådet (Health Department) within 8 days of the birth.&nbsp; Stillborn children or children who died shortly after birth were to be reported to the parish priest within 24 hours.&nbsp; The parish priest was to send his report to the Health Department once a month.
 === Records at the Family History Library  ===