Bergen, Norway

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= Family History Resources =

Norwegians who live outside of cities lived in communities they call farms. The history of these farms are recorded in the Norwegian Farm Books. These farm books contain a lot of helpful family history information. They are only published in Norwegian, but there is an extraction program underway to make the information available online.

Poll tax for Bergen 1683

Cemeteries
Historic Cemeteries in Bergen Norway

Censuses
Digitalarkivet Bergen City, Norway Census 1801 1865 1875 1900

Military
The marines Roll, Bergen 1727

Seamans in Bergen 1754-1800

Index of the Military ballot for Bergen ca. 1850-1890

Examination board 1803-1805, Bergen

List of soldiers in Bergen ca. 1860-1890

World War II

German institutions and addresses in Bergen in the spring of 1945

Casualties from the explosion in Bergen, 20 april 1944

British intelligence on German installations in Bergen

Protocol from 1944 of the Antiquarian commitee in the "Katastrofeutvalg" in Bergen

Passenger Lists
Bergen-New York ships passenger lists 1871-1873 in Norwegian (3608 listings)

Passports issued for travel to America from Bergen 1842-1860 (1123 listings)

Emigrants from Bergen 1874-1930 (110,228 listings)

Other
Railroad workers at Bergensbanen V. 1898-1908

"gesell" (Journeymen) in Bergen 1675-1763


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