Genealogy Jottings

Anyone wanting to pursue Norwegian genealogical research can do it easily from home these days. Norway is digitizing its parish records and making them available online at no charge at http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:kb_read?idx_reset=nytt. The records include census, baptisms, stillbirths, confirmations, marriages, deaths, arrivals and departures from the parish, and emigrations. One can document entire families using just this site! The records are not indexed, but if you know the location where an ancestor resided, you can find one record and then work your way from there by using the place and date references found in the first record. The only obstacle is learning the read the old Gothic script. I am excited about finding all my Bentsen ancestors in these records!

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