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TFOlsen
Junior member
USA
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 Posted - 04/08/2006 : 01:11:34
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By interlibrary loan from St. Olaf College, I have use of three of the four title volumes. Especially volume one, the Ættebok, is proving to be a veritable treasure trove, generating literally hundreds of "relatives" of my great-grandparents (Johan OLSEN Gjerde and Oline (Olina) CHRISTIANSDTR Engeset) on farms in the Norddal area of Møre og Romsdal.
Thanks much to those of you on this helpful site that urged me to track down these Bygdebøker.
Of course, I'm capturing this data (I use Family Tree Maker software) and will eventually post my expanded research results on the LDS and other collections of online family tree research.
The youngest individuals cited in this particular Ættebok were born before 1950 (the work was published in 1952). Like the US, Norwegian public records newer than 50-60 years seem to be closed for privacy reasons.
My question concerns modern Norwegian genealogists. If they're like me, they know about living relatives who might not yet appear in official government records.
We'll probably visit Norway in 2007 and it would be wonderful to contact some of my own relatives...but how might I find them? The bad news is that I'd have to get lucky for them to be genealogists...but the good news is that I'll have hundreds of potential connections.
Is there a particular family-tree-sharing website where my Norwegian contemporaries are likeliest to look, and where they might find my US-Norwegian connection? Thanks for any brainstorms. |
Tom Olsen
2024 Falcon Court
Bellingham, WA 98229 |
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Jo Anne Sadler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 04/08/2006 : 02:15:27
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Well, the two suggestions that Hopkins and I gave you in a prior posting still stand:
http://www.norwayheritage.com/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2868
There is a forum on Digitalarkivet, it is mostly in Norwegian but if you write in English you may receive a reply if, in fact, you make a connection.
There should be a Møre og Romsdal forum on Rootsweb.
Maybe someone in Norway can find you some local links for the area, historical society, etc.
Putting in my two cents, the bygdeboks are great but they are still secondary information that can contain errors. Alot of stuff posted online is incredibly inaccurate and undocumented; it is downloaded and copied over and over by name collectors who don't seem to care whether their information is correct or not. Obtaining the church records, whether online or for rental through a Family History Center is the most accurate source of information. |
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NancyC
Medium member
Norway
198 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2006 : 14:19:37
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| There is a Web magazine for the Norddal area called Grova. It has a section on emigration and other materials. Click here. On the lefthand side you will find links to e-mail addresses: Tor Myklebust, Arne Solli, Bjørn Jonson Dale. A good way to start might be to send off some messages to them - the links I have found seem to be in Norwegian, and these men would probably help you find what you are looking for. |
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TFOlsen
Junior member
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - 07/08/2006 : 19:06:52
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Originally posted by NancyC
There is a Web magazine for the Norddal area called Grova. It has a section on emigration and other materials. Click here. On the lefthand side you will find links to e-mail addresses: Tor Myklebust, Arne Solli, Bjørn Jonson Dale. A good way to start might be to send off some messages to them - the links I have found seem to be in Norwegian, and these men would probably help you find what you are looking for.
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm not fluent in Norwegian, but I can usually, albeit slowly, get the gist with the help of translation dictionaries. |
Tom Olsen
2024 Falcon Court
Bellingham, WA 98229 |
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Exploiting the Norddal Bygdebøker
