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lornejohnson
Senior member
Canada
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 Posted - 11/03/2015 : 21:04:09
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| Family lore has it that my Norwegian lineage is from the Sami. My great grandfather was labeled a "black Norwegian" due to his swarthy skin color. If I was to trace my ancestry back far enough, what would I look for to indicate a Sami connection? Is there a particular group of "farm names" that represent the Sami ? (I've presently traced my paternal side back to the late 1700's) |
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 11/03/2015 : 22:48:09
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If the farm name starts with "Reindeer", there could be a good chance...
Joke aside. Going back in history, most sami people didn't live on farms. They travelled where the reindeer grazed, and lived in tents.
I think the best way to start when looking for a Sami connection in your ancestry is to see WHERE the person lived, the NAME, the noted PROFESSION and the listed NATIONALITY.
They live (and lived) in specific areas, their names are distinctive, their profession was mainly hunting, fishing or reindeers, and they could be listed as sami or "kven" in the census.
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Edited by - jwiborg on 11/03/2015 23:14:21 |
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Kåarto
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 12/03/2015 : 08:50:48
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Add. info.
A large group of the Sami People were permanent settlers along the coast and fjords called "Sjøsamer or "Sjøfinner" or "Bufinner", Coastal Sami People.
They lived of fishing, hunting and had their own livestock and were skilled boatbuilders.
Sami settlements in the 1900 census link
The largest settlements had 50 families or more.
They are mentioned in written sources by chieftain Ottar ca 890.
Acc. to the 1603 census "Tax-census" they paid tax to respectively Norway, Sweden and Russia.
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Edited by - Kåarto on 12/03/2015 09:06:17 |
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Sami Lineage
