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The farm books give us, in addition to names, dates, places, a peek into their traditions, superstitions, faith, and everyday lives. You might find information on relationships between neighbors; there were often legal disputes with regards to property boundaries, inheritance problems and drinking brawls.<br>There might be an article about the emigration from the parish, often with a list of parishioners leaving for North-America (or other places), and information about where they settled. Some books also include excerpt from letters written home to family from overseas and pictures of the emigrants and their new homesteads. | The farm books give us, in addition to names, dates, places, a peek into their traditions, superstitions, faith, and everyday lives. You might find information on relationships between neighbors; there were often legal disputes with regards to property boundaries, inheritance problems and drinking brawls.<br>There might be an article about the emigration from the parish, often with a list of parishioners leaving for North-America (or other places), and information about where they settled. Some books also include excerpt from letters written home to family from overseas and pictures of the emigrants and their new homesteads. | ||
There is an extraction program underway to extract the information from these farm books. | There is an extraction program underway to extract the information from these farm books. | ||
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*[http://www.dokpro.uio.no/rygh_ng/rygh_form.html ">Oluf www.dokpro.uio.no/rygh_ng/rygh_form.html">Oluf] Rygh: Norwegian Farm Name | *[http://www.dokpro.uio.no/rygh_ng/rygh_form.html ">Oluf www.dokpro.uio.no/rygh_ng/rygh_form.html">Oluf] Rygh: Norwegian Farm Name | ||
A guide to the | A guide to the [http://bygdebok.library.und.edu/ Arne G. Brekke Bygdebok Collection] in the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, is available. The Collection does not circulate, but one can [http://bygdebok.library.und.edu/ contact the Department of Special Collections] for assistance to obtain information from the bygdebøker. | ||
The University of North Dakota Chester Fritz LIbrary | The University of North Dakota Chester Fritz LIbrary See: | ||
[http://library.und.edu/special-collections/bygdebok/ http://library.und.edu/special-collections/bygdebok/] | [http://library.und.edu/special-collections/bygdebok/ http://library.und.edu/special-collections/bygdebok/] | ||
Another great article about "Bygdeøker" by John Follesdal see | |||
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/na18.html | |||
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/na18.html | |||
[[Category:Norway]] | [[Category:Norway]] | ||