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JustiBlak
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 Posted - 16/10/2012 : 19:53:50
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| All it states is His name, and says that he intends to become a citizen and renounces the king of norway and sweden. 11 day of sept 1888. signed.. that is all ... |
You Just Cant Have Enough Family in your life.
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 16/10/2012 : 20:59:27
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That's a bad break. Which county did he file in and did he ever become a US citizen?
The departures from Oslo / Kristiania are covered in 3 databases at the digital archives. Oslo / Kristiania dates covered are 1867-1930. If he left as an emigrant and he was from Oslo, it's most likely that his name is on one or each of the lists. If he was a sailor departing as part of his job, he may or may not be on the lists. When I looked I found no Louis Johnson (that spelling) listings. Louis is not typically a Norwegian name so most likely he was known by something else in Norway.
Now on to other information. When they married Louis and Mina were married by the justice of the peace, rather than a minister. Were they church-going folk? Were their children baptized and in which church [es]? Sometimes, if they belonged to a Norwegian Lutheran church with a Norway trained minister the pastor would keep his books similar to those in Norway and the church's registers may contain information about origin in Norway. The godparents of their children might also be relatives or friends from the old country about whom there may be information about their origins in Norway in the church registers & elsewhere.
Even though you have records (like the marriage record) which indicates an Oslo origin for Louis--it may or may not be true. People often simplify the story and name the big city as their point of origin when in fact they come from parishes around or near the city or someplace completely different. Searching the registers in just the city of Oslo for even a specific date as you have 7 Mar 1843 would be a BIG job. It's doable but will likely be time-consuming. The registers themselves are handwritten, and follow the chronological order of the baptisms (not necessarily the dates of birth) in the given parish. Baptisms were supposed to be performed shortly after the births but that happens so rarely it becomes the exception instead of the rule.
Searching confirmation records is sometimes quicker because you are only dealing with the names of those who survived their childhood and you are often assisted by the pastor who arranged the list of confirmands by sex (boys together, then girls together and so on) Confirmations are usually about 15 years after baptisms, sometimes more sometimes less.
The parishes in Oslo in 1843 are
Aker
Oslo Domkirke /Vår Frelsers
Garnisonsmenigheten
Oslo Hospitalet /Gamlebyen
Rikshospitalet
Kristiania Tukthus
Akershus Festning
By the time Louis would have been confirmed (approx 1858 +/-)the city has grown and there were several additional parishes
to search.
All of this looking and he may or may not even be there.... |
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JustiBlak
Starting member
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Posted - 16/10/2012 : 21:41:59
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So what is the best link to search birth records in Norway?
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You Just Cant Have Enough Family in your life.
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Kåarto
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 16/10/2012 : 22:23:26
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Digitised church records for Oslo.
Døpte in Norwegian is Christened, link
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 16/10/2012 : 22:53:25
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Here is the beginning of Aker in 1843:
Source information: Oslo county, Aker, Parish register copy nr. 7 (1838-1846), Birth and baptism records 1843, page 188-189.
Permanent pagelink: http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_kildeid=7695&idx_id=7695&uid=ny&idx_side=-100
On the page heading at the top, clicking on the arrows to the right and left of the page number will move you forward or backward in time. |
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