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Joe Holman Halsrud
Junior member
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 Posted - 06/04/2010 : 01:25:34
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I'm trying to find the death or emmigration of: Erik Olsen
We nicely know that Erik and Agnete Olsdatter had Olaf Eriksen in 31 Oct 1872 in Nordre Land, Oppland.
And, records show Erik Olsen was born:
03 Feb 1855, Engereie, Ostinni, Nordre Land, Oppland.
But, our family (today) doesn't seem to have any records of him making it to the United States.
So, is there some death record ?
And, I have tried to find emmigration with no luck thus far.
Agnete and him never married it seems (baptismal of Olaf denotes they were not married). Agnete got married to another fellow later on... so...
I'd appreciate any help.
Joe. |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 06/04/2010 : 13:43:27
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The death and burial records are kept in the parish church books.
The Digitalarkivet web site has been adding scanned images of the original Norwegian parish church records for anyone with Internet access since November 2005.
The Digitalarkivet web site - http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar
An English option is available by clicking on that word from either the left hand column or the blue link bar along the bottom of the homepage.
The scanned images are available from the homepage link "Skanna kyrkjebøker" [Norwegian version]/"Digitised parish records" [English version] which is listed along the left hand column and from the blue banner of links along the top section of the homepage.
After you've clicked on that link and a new main page has presented on the screen be sure and read the instructions that are available from the Digitalarkivet for navigating the scanned records. The instructions are available in Bokmål (official Norwegian), Nyorsk (Norwegian), Davvisámegiella (Saami), and English.
Recommended basic reading are the "Startsiden" [Norwegian version]/"Main page" [English version], "Brukerveiledning" [Norwegian version]/"User's guide" [English version] and "Om tjenesten" [Norwegian version]/"About this service" [English version].
Good information about translating the formats of Norwegian parish church records during various time periods, many of the basic terms used and understanding how to use the information should be studied at this web site -
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/na20.html
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Joe Holman Halsrud
Junior member
USA
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Posted - 07/04/2010 : 03:12:29
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| So, are you saying you cannot query for the death records? The records are just scanned, currently? |
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Hopkins
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 07/04/2010 : 11:44:32
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There appear to be a few smaller databases of 'deaths' in Land areas that have been created - but they are NOT all inclusive. They cover only Torpa, Nordsinni og Østsinni sokn i Land prestegjeld 1847-1859; Nordre Land prestegjeld 1860-1871; and, Nordsinni sokn i Nordre Land prestegjeld 1882-1903 as are found on the Digitalarkivet website.
Only one of those three would be of interest to your search and it covers only 1882-1903. The only man with a given name starting with 'Eri' was a much much older man named Hansen.
So, if your man stayed in Nordre Land that leaves you the church records to pour through.
Norway has fantastic records available and the number of databases created by volunteers for even easier searching is unbelievable and increases all the time. But not everything is extracted into such electronic formats.
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Erik Olsen - last whereabouts?
