FamilySearch Library Nordic Day
The Family History Library and the Research Specialists of the Nordic Reference Team invite you to a free Saturday Seminar focused exclusively on Nordic genealogy topics. This one-day seminar will be offered once a quarter beginning on September 19, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Nordic Day on September 19th will not be open for public attendance. All classes will be presented as webinars. Each class will be recorded and added to the Help Center on FamilySearch.org.
Come learn from our expert staff of genealogists and special guest presenters. Learn how to effectively do research in the Nordic countries. Explore such topics as census, church, immigration, and vital records. Learn more about Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish research. Discover new techniques, strategies, and methodology to apply to your genealogical research problems.
In order to attend these classes you must register. To attend the webinars please go to https://bit.ly/2YKZhb7. We will use Zoom for these presentations. Your information will be processed in accordance with their privacy & security policy located at Zoom Privacy & Security Policy.
For a complete list of classes offered by the Family History Library see the Family History Library Classes and Webinars page.
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| Saturday, 19 September, 2020 | Title | Description | Presenter | Class Handout | |
| 9:00-10:00 AM MDT | Nordic Locality Research: Why it's important and What to include. | It’s easy to make mistakes or miss crucial clues when you don’t know much about the area you’re researching in. This class will demonstrate how locality research can save you time and frustration. It will also walk you through important websites and sources to help you as you conduct locality research in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. | Savannah Larson, BA | Class Handout | |
| 10:15-11:15 AM MDT | 1891 Norway Census: Searching Indexes and Images. | The 1891 Census of Norway has been kept somewhat different from most of the other Norwegian censuses. Therefore, this class is intended to help family history researchers learn some simple steps that will make it easy to find a person in both the indexed and original images. | Liv H. Anderson, CGSM, AG® | Class Handout | |
| 11:30 AM -12:30 PM MDT | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | Lunch Break | |
| 1:15-2:15 PM | Sorting Nordic Identities 2: The Case of Three Ane Rasmussens. | Using the case of Anne Kirstine Rasmussen, this class will demonstrate how to separate out multiple identities that have been merged or compiled into one person in the FamilySearch Family Tree. The class will review Nordic naming practices, Family Tree merging and sourcing guidelines, and discuss methodologies for sorting identities. | Forrest Emmett, BA | Class Handout | |
| 2:30-3:30 PM MDT | Denmark Copyhold Deeds | Copyhold deeds generally begin in 1719 and are agreements between lords and the peasants who leased land from them. These records often record the name of the tenant his place of birth and relationship to the new tenant if any. This class will teach you how to locate and use these records to extend your ancestry. | Tanner B. Tolman, AG® | Class Handout | |
| 2:30-3:30 PM MDT | Swedish Genealogy Files: Mystery of the Soldier Lars Holm | Thirty-five years ago, a letter was received from the military archive in Stockholm stating very little had been found about the soldier Lars Holm of Västerlövsta parish. This end of line ancestor was well documented in military and parish records with no success. Revisited in 2015, this mystery was solved using an innovative combination of military, parish, and court records. | Geoffrey Fröberg Morris, AG® | Class Handout | |
Presenters
Liv H. Anderson, CGSM, AG® a native of Kristiansund, Norway with her first encounter with genealogy at the Trondheim Archive when she was 12 years old. Liv has worked for FamilySearch for over 35 years. The first 5 years in the Evaluation Department, processing individual and marriage entry sheets; the next 11 years in the Cataloging Department, and since November of 1995 as a Scandinavian Research Consultant. Liv is a Certified Genealogist through the Board of Certified Genealogists, Washington, DC and has accreditation in Norwegian research through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists, ICAPGen.
Forrest Emmett, BA, Forrest received his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in Family History-Genealogy. His passion for Scandinavian research stems from the stories he heard as a child about his Norwegian immigrant ancestors. For the last year, he has interned with the Family History Library on the Nordic Research team. Before that, he also interned with the Norwegian Emigrant Museum in Ottestad, Norway and the Chester Fritz Library special collections at the University of North Dakota.
Geoffrey Fröberg Morris, BA, AG® Geoffrey began family history research as a teen when he was mentored by his mother (a native of Sweden) who was accredited in Swedish research. He received a bachelors degree from the University of Utah in Philosophy with a minor in Swedish. He has been employed for over 15 years at the Family History Library as a member of the Nordic research team. Among his work assignments, Geoff has engaged in many archival visits in Sweden and Denmark. He has authored hundreds of pages to the Family Search Wiki, and presents at conferences routinely.
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Tanner B. Tolman, BA, AG® Tanner Blair Tolman is accredited through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGen) for research in the Denmark Region. He has a deep passion for Danish genealogy and has worked to deepen his knowledge of the different records available. Through this, he has discovered obscure records that have made it possible to extend lines that were previously considered dead ends. He is a research consultant at the Family History Library on the Nordic team.