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Immigration Records Pt. 1

Norwegian Words Man – Dreng, Drenge, Mandkjøn Wife – Kone, Hustru Girl/Maid, Unmarried woman – Pigen, Pige, Kvindekjøn Hi friends, I hope you enjoyed last week’s blog about finding your ancestor in census records. I know I didn’t go too in depth with them because there’s just too much to cover in one post.  However, if you want to learn more,...

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Beginning to find a Norwegian Ancestor

Norwegian Words Married=Viede, Gifte Dead or death=Død, Døde Buried=Begravet So where does one start when trying to find their Norwegian ancestors? On Familysearch.org there is a wonderful article about Beginning Norwegian Research that does an awesome job explaining the basics. I’m going to be focusing on Norway in my blog posts first because...

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What does a genealogist do?!

So I’ve decided to include Norwegian words as a fun little thing at the beginning of each blog post. So here goes… Født=birth, as in a birth record. So any time you see that word on a title page of a record, then you know you’re looking at a birth record and not a marriage or death record. So on to the question of the day. What does a genealogist...

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The Reason for my Scandinavian Obsession

Hello, everyone!  I’m pleased to make your acquaintance. I hope we become better friends as I discuss all things genealogy on this blog. First, let me tell you how I became interested in genealogy.  Long ago in high school, my church youth group did an assignment to find our grandparents on census records or any historical record. I was...

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