Hello everyone! How did your week go this week? Was it an easy one or a challenging one? Mine, thankfully, was an easy one, but next week proves to be busy. This week I want you to be aware of an important chapter in our Scandinavian ancestors’ lives. One of the reasons people immigrated to America was for religion. Your ancestor may have...
A Norwegian Research Story
Hi everyone! How’s your week going? Are you finding your school year groove yet or is your chaos your groove this year? I finally feel settled into my new school and family routine! I love it when that happens! I don’t really like the transition stage of anything in life, so I’m glad that I’m finally settled in.Last week I...
Getting to Know Your Ancestor Better
Hello everyone! Can you believe August is just about over and we will officially be in Fall in a few days? Wow, how time flies! Wouldn’t it be fun to walk in your ancestor’s shoes? Who among you has done that yet? It could be going to a town that they lived in or doing a whole journey from your ancestor’s birth to their death. How...
Midsummer-Scandinavian Style
Hello everyone! How’s your summer going? Is it rocking and rolling or are you already bored?! Has your genealogy research been put on the back burner due to kids, pools, and flexible summer schedules? No worries! You just do you this summer! My summer is very much up and down with things that my daughter wants to do and things that I want to...
Public Family Trees-Can They Help You?
Hello everyone! How has your week been? Has it been crazy busy or slow and steady? Have you tried your hand at the tips I taught last week about Ancestry and Family Search? It’s super awesome, huh? I really have fun using the card catalog and the Family Search catalog. I hope you are having some good luck with them. If not, then drop me a...
Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org Search Tips
Hello everyone! How’s your week going? I’m excited to be with you for another week! Have you ever searched on Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org and they show you a hundred or thousand search results? It can be very overwhelming! Let me tell you about a little known feature on both of them that has helped me be a better and faster researcher.Ancestry.comCard...
Norwegian Farm Books-What are they and How do I use them for Genealogy?
Hello everyone! Today we are talking about Norwegian farm books. What is that you ask? Let me tell you! These resources are exclusive to Norway. No other Scandinavian country attempted this that I know of. It’s a book of local history using church records, census, probate, tax records, and interviews with local residents to get a detailed...
Norwegian Emigration-Where do I go?
Hello everyone! How’s it going this week? Doing well or not so great? I hope all is well. I hope God is smiling on your efforts to track down your ancestors. So, how many of you struggle to find immigration or emigration records for your ancestors? What do those two terms mean anyway? Immigration is coming into a country while emigration means...
Genealogy Travel-Tips and Tricks
It’s travel season everyone! I’ve been feeling the travel bug ever since my neck of the woods has warmed up somewhat. It’s got me thinking about doing some genealogy travel. What is that you ask? It’s where you travel around the world for genealogy purposes. You can travel for researching at archives, for visiting your ancestor’s...