Norway Handwriting

Norway Handwriting Helps Parish Registers Pre - 1814 Birth and Christening Confirmation Engagement Marriage Death and Burial Language Characteristics Norwegian Genealogical Word List Variant Forms of Words In Norwegian, as in English, the forms of some words will vary according to how they are used in a sentence. Who—whose—whom or marry—marries— married are examples of words in English with variant forms. The endings of a word in a document may differ from those in this list. For example: Mann man Kone wife Mannen the man Kona the wife Menn men Koner wives Mennene the men Konene the wives Alphabetical Order Written Norwegian has three letters not found in the English alphabet: Æ (æ), Ø (ø), and Å (å). In most record sources prior to 1915, Å (å) is written as Aa (aa) and filed at the beginning of the alphabet. Modern Norwegian dictionaries, indexes, the Locality section of the Family History Library Catalog, and this word list use the following alphabetical order: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z æ ø å Spelling Spelling was not standardized when most early records were made. The following spelling variations are common: aa used for å b used for p c used for k ch used for k d used for t e used for æ f used for v g used for k hj used for j i used for j j used for gj ld used for ll nd used for nn q used for k tj used for kj  u used for v w used for v x used for ks   Examples: gjørtler spelled as giørtler mann spelled as mand  kvinne spelled as quinde   Genealogy Key Words In order to find and use specific types of Norwegian records, you will need to know some key words in Norwegian. This section lists key genealogical terms in English and the Norwegian words with the same or similar meanings. For example, in the first column you will find the English word marriage. In the second column you will find Norwegian words with meanings such as marry, marriage, wedding, wedlock, unite, legitimate, joined, and other words used in Norwegian records to indicate marriage.   English Norwegian banns  lysninger birth fødte, født burial begravelse, jordet census  folketelling child  barn christening døbte, døbt clerical district prestegjeld confirmation konfirmasjon, konfirmerede death  døde, død engagement  forlovelse, trolovelse father  far female  kvinnekjønn husband  ektemann index register male mannkjønn marriage copulerede, egteviede, gift, vielse military  militær mother mor moving in innflyttning moving out  utflyttning name, given  fornavn name, surname  etternavn parents  foreldre parish  sogn probate  skifte vaccination vaccinerede, vaksinert wife hustru year  år