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 Posted - 17/10/2004 : 22:14:53
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| My grandfather was born in Oslo on November 28 1878 but I am unable to find any record of this event. I paid a professional and they were unable to locate any information. Are there any civil records of births,marriages and deaths for Oslo or is it strictly church records? |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 18/10/2004 : 18:49:27
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What was your grandfather's name? When did he leave Norway?
If you know the names and vital dates of any of his relatives in Norway please list those too.
In the 1878 time period most vital records were recorded in the church books. There were quite a few different church congregations in Olso and the general Oslo area - each keeping its own record books. With his name, birth year and and at least a good approximation of when he left Norway - there's a chance that he could be found in emigration records and that record MIGHT list a more detailed location for his birth. |
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crossword
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Canada
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Posted - 18/10/2004 : 23:31:19
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| My grandfathers name was Einar Eriksen. He was born November 28 1878. His mother was Oline Eriksen(Evensdatter). He had a sister Ragnhild Eriksen born 1882. He emigrated to Sidney,Nova Scotia,Canada in April 1903. He lived in Ottawa,Ontario,Canada until 1906. He moved to Minnesota and then to Grand Forks,North Dakota. In 1914 the family moved to Saskatoon,Saskatchewan. His death certificate gives his father's name as Hamer Eriksen. |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Trond
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Norway
174 Posts |
Posted - 19/10/2004 : 20:54:20
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There are local censuses for Oslo (Kristiania) from 1899 and 1901 that could give valuable information. If Einar stilled lived here 1905 you would even get accurate date of birth and place of birth in the censuses of the folks living in the household. The censuses are found at
The Oslo City Archives.
These censuses are sorted by street names. Herman Foss Gade was a “suburb” of the city in 1900 and the folks living there most immigrants from the countryside. As in this case the household consist of Oline from Hamar, her children Ragnhild and Einar born in Kristiania, Julie from Vermland, Sweden and Hans from north of Norway. Those immigrants’ families moved around the city quite a lot and are difficult to trace. The way to do that is by using is “Adressbooks” for Kristiania in this timeframe.
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Edited by - Trond on 19/10/2004 20:56:39 |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
3351 Posts |
Posted - 19/10/2004 : 21:39:03
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Trond - I'm facinated with the information you've just given. I am a volunteer at an LDS Family History Center in the US a couple days a week and I quickly decided to search their online library catalog to see if the 'censuses' for Oslo that you just mentioned. It appears that they do not. BUT they have listings for some Oslo 'directories' or 'address books' published every year between 1887 and 1901... the Norwegian language description they use for these is "Kristiania adressebog : med firmaregister for Kristiania" -- do you think could that possibly be the same resource?
I spend alot of time at the Family History Center trying to help people who had ancestors from Norway - beyond my own Norwegian ancestors I'm very interested in all resources for greater detail research that I can find available. |
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Trond
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Norway
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Posted - 19/10/2004 : 23:05:58
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Yes, Kristiania Adressebog contains firmaregister (company register) they have tree parts. Sorted by surname, sorted under street name and a company register. Most of them are filmed (35mm) and could maybe be ordered from the Oslo City Archive. One book is given for each year.
Censuses and Adressebog helped me tracing my families establish their life in Kristiania. Some other interesting info was also added to the census. My own grandmother was raised in Herman Foss Gade (1905).
The censuses are also filmed (16mm cassette).
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Brining
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 20/10/2004 : 02:45:38
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Here is the record for Oline leaving Hamar for Kristiana in 1875
Interesting that the next person is Emil Eriksen leaving about a month later. Click Here
Hamer is not a very common name and I haven't found any Hamer Eriksen's in the 1865 census so wonder if they have the 1st name wrong??
Oline was single when she left so that at least narrows a search down if you look for the marriage record
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 20/10/2004 : 14:37:14
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| This is good information to know. Thank you very much Trond. Microfilm copies of the 1887 thru 1901 Kristiania Adressebog are also available for ordering from the LDS Family History Library. |
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crossword
Starting member
Canada
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Posted - 24/10/2004 : 20:36:01
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| I thank everybody for there suggestions. I had run out of ideas on this one. In response to Brining I believe that Einar's fathers name was Halvor just because it was the most common name I guess and because I could find a Halvor Eriksen who was also a bricklayer and I could not account for his whereqabouts in 1901. His first name would have been given by my dad or my grandmother on the death certificate and who knows how long Einar's dad even lived after 1882. Again thanks for the suggestions. |
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Starting member
Canada
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Posted - 24/10/2004 : 21:46:43
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| I have looked at the Oslo Archives and can see that they have census's for years that I would be Iinterested in and city directories for siimilar years. I have no Norwegian and cannot find how to borrow the microfilm in question. If anyone can tell me how I could get access to the information in question I would be greatful Thanks |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 24/10/2004 : 22:17:04
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You are in Canada according to your user profile - check to see where the nearest LDS Family History Center to you is located. You can check their locations online through familysearch.org
At that same webpage you can see the lists of the materials that they have on microfilm or microfiche for any area of the world (the library catalog) that you might be interested in ordering at the Family History Center. They don't seem to have the two Oslo city censuses that were mentioned - but they do have the Oslo directories on microfilm.
I live in a southern US state and my cost to order and use a microfilm for about 5-6 weeks through the nearest LDS Family History Center here is $3.25. (It basically covers the price of shipping from and back to Salt Lake City.) They also have microfilm readers and a (finicky) microfilm image printer here at the Family History Center -- but I've learned to use my digital camera to capture images I simply must have in my family history research papers.
You could also use those microfilms in the main Salt Lake City Library if you feel like organizing a "genealogy roadtrip" -- but a trip to Norway would be nice too! |
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