This is the first lesson in a series on how to find and access the records available at Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening (The Norwegian Genealogical Society).
This class will discuss individuals and groups that emigrated from Norway in the 17th and 18th centuries.
In this lesson you will learn of the Sloopers of 1825 as well as other early 19th century Norwegian emigrants.
This lesson will discuss the websites that you can use to search for early Norwegian emigrants. It will also discuss how to use two of these websites.
This lesson teaches how to use the database from the Norwegian American Genealogical Center. The database discusses early emigrants and where they settled in the United States of America.
This lesson will cover the history of early Norwegian emigration.
This segment walks you through an example of finding and using a Sjeleregister.
This segment focuses on the process of finding a Sjeleregister.
This class teaches how to use Sjeleregister records created by the parish priest in order to extend Norwegian lines and better understand their lives.
This class will teach how to find a person in the scanned records when the information in the indexed record of the 1891 census is incorrect.
If a person lived during the time when patronymic naming was used, please follow these guidelines when entering the name into Family Tree.
To further prove that we have the correct person we will find Gyrid in her confirmation record, as well as in her moving record from the parish, and finally find her in a farm book.
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