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Government Archives Instructions
http://www.arkivverket.no/eng/content/view/full/2
by Orval Skousen
The English
information is very good on this site.
As you browse on this site, you will soon discover that there is more
than just censuses and parish records to look at. Have Fun.
When you first enter the site,
read the paragraph and then click on “Read More”.
Click on “The Digital Archives”
to view the search page.
It
consists of a row in blue across the top that lets you search in
Databases, Censuses, and the “Digitized Parish Records”. Down the left side under the column
“Databases”, the most important will be “The Digital Inn”, the “Digitized Parish Registers”
(the same as
across the top),
“Photo Album of
Farms” and “Tracing ancestors in Norway”.
1. The
Censuses of 1801, 1865, 1875, 1900 are searchable. Other censuses were for statistical information only. The search form is in English, the data is
in Norwegian.
2. The
"Digital Inn" is a set of contributed databases.
When you get to the search page, the list of contributors is given. After clicking on one of the contributors, a
list of the data that has been submitted is presented, then you can look
through it.
You must read Norwegian to
accomplish much.
3. The "Digitized Parish Records" - Clicking the statement in the Databases
column gives you one additional screen of information that you will not see by
clicking the button on the top row.
The
information on the search page is in English and gives you all you need to know
to search.
You cannot do a name search
on these digital images.
It's like
looking through a microfilm roll. You need to read the old Gothic Script.
4. The "Photo Album of Farms" gives pictures of farms
that are tied to the 1900 census.
If
you can find the farm you want, you can click on the census and see who lived
there.
5. "Tracing
ancestors in Norway" is a very good book or pamphlet on Genealogy in
Norway.
It is worth reading.