Headstones have for hundreds of years been a way to honor our ancestors. They come in different shapes and forms, depending on where and when. In Valdres and Gudbrandsdalen, we have found wooden headstones. They were, according to Lokalhistoriskwiki.no, most… Read More »Wooden headstones
Some time ago, the old Digital Archives was closed due to security issues. With this, some databases that we hoped would be left in the Digital Archive disappeared. Among other things, there were excerpts from several US censuses that had… Read More »Old Digital Archives closed
In 2017, the National Archives of Norway cooperated with Ancestry, MyHeritage and FamilySearch on a pilot project of transcribing Norwegian records. These partners have worked with the National Archives and have invested a great deal of time and resources making… Read More »New searchable records
Soon all the Norwegian church books from the period 1801-1900’s will be searchable at the website, Digitalarkivet.no. According to their plan, these church records will be available during the first half of 2020. Since 2017, the digital archive has collaborated… Read More »Searchable Norwegian Church records