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poleson
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Posted - 11/01/2014 :  02:16:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Does anyone know if there is a list of farm signs? I am specifically looking for the Bjalaand farm in Telemark. Thank you
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jkmarler
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Posted - 11/01/2014 :  03:46:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Bumerke and segl are usually found in bygdebøker.
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Hopkins
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Posted - 11/01/2014 :  14:52:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
A country wide list of the old bumerke used across Norway? No, I do not believe so.

You are curious about 'Bjalaand' farm in Kviteseid district of Telemark? You might try the bygdebøker for that district “Kviteseid bygdesoge”, 3 volumes by Torjus Loupedalen.
There is no automatic guarantee that bumerke are included in those books -- but they might.

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/na16.html

http://www.norwayheritage.com/Property-Marks-in-Rural-Norway.htm

There are also a few websites where persons who already have access to certain books already have volunteered to do limited lookups for others. For example:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/lookups.html
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wgnorway/lookups.html
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wgnorway/NorLinks10.htm
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