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.

Cemeteries
Historic Cemeteries in Bergen Norway

Censuses
Digitalarkivet Bergen City, Norway Census 1801 1865 1875 1900

Deeds
Register of mortgages in Bergen 1681-1691

Map
Map of Bergen 1900

Military
The Marine 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 '

Census for military tax (krigsstyr) of 1712 for Bergen

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)

Probate Records
Probate registry for Bergen 1675-1852

Clerical Probate Records for Bergen Diocese 1681-1809

Probate acts for Bergen 1782-1796

Other
Railroad workers at Bergensbanen V. 1898-1908

"gesell" (Journeymen) in Bergen 1675-1763

"gesell" (Journeymen) in Bergen 1755-1837

Immigrated apprentices in Bergen 1671-1837

Bergen's mercantile marine 1688

From "rode" to streetname in Bergen 1906-1907

The Real estate register for Bergen 1686-1696

Statistics: Weddings/baptisms/deaths in Bergen 1735

Driver Licences in Bergen 1927

Portrait photographies from Gamle Bergen Museum

Protocol of mascopis (neighbours) in Svengården in Bergen 1598-1700

Index: Crew list for Bergen 1790

Schools
School for midwives in Bergen from 1862-1919

Bergen Cathedral School 1749-1867

Bergen Cathedral School 1860-1929

Examination at Tank School, Bergen 1874-1883

TAX LISTS
Poll tax for Bergen 1675

Poll tax for Bergen 1683

Poll tax for Bergen 1689

Capital assessment for Bergen 1657

Property assessment for Bergen 1645

Fattigskatt i Nykirke sognet 1757

Tax census for Bergen 1713

Tax census for Bergen 1715


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