Here are some favorite online sources Nearby Norwegians have used while doing genealogy and other research:
NORWEGIAN RESEARCH
- Ancestors from Norway (on Rootsweb)
- Ancestry and History
- Digitalarkivet-Arkivverket (Norwegian digital archives)
- DIS-Norge (The Genealogy Society of Norway)
- Hemneslekt ("Where Hemne People Gather": Hemne, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
- Norway Heritage ("Hands Across the Sea." Passenger lists and emigrants ships)
- Norwegian American Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library (Experts in Norwegian American Ancestry)
- Norwegian American Historical Association (NAHA)
- Norwegian Genealogical Society
- Richard Fauskrud (Genealogy in Faaberg and Lillehammer localities only)
- The Norway List (on Rootsweb)
GENERAL RESEARCH
- Ancestry.com (Subscription based genealogy database)
- Chronicling America (Historic American newspapers online by the Library of Congress)
- FamilySearch (Non-profit family history organization)
- Find-A-Grave Cemetery and grave marker information from around the world)
- Hathitrust (Online digital library through a partnership of academic and research institutions
- Newspapers.com (Subscription based collection of historical newspapers)
- WorldCat (Simply the world's largest library catalog)
You may also be interested in reading about some of the resources listed above. Here are links to articles where we reference using these resources.
Sharing Resources - Blog Posts about Researching
"If a tree
falls in a forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?"......February 20, 2018
Norway •
Digitization–The National Library of Norway is Digitizing its Entire
Collection..January 5. 2018
Bygdebøker and
Arne G. Brekke, Citizen Advocate..... October
21, 2017
Facebook Groups, a
new way to ask for help...... October
8, 2017
Where do I begin,
my Norwegian Genealogy Research......October
6, 2017
Norwegian Naming
Patterns, Expertly explained in a YouTube Video......September
30, 2017
Understanding the
new Digitalarkivet website - Launched May 2017.....September
27, 2017
Uncoding Gothic
Script..... September
17, 2017
Online Norwegian
Newspaper Research....March
11, 2013
Digging for 'gold
nuggets' in historical newspapers, specifically The Seattle Daily Times......March 8, 2013
MOHAI Resource
Center in GEORGETOWN.....February
9, 2013
Why Norway Have
Two Written Languages.....February
15, 2009
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