Tag Archives: Norway

This week’s crème de la crème — July 16, 2022

Posted on July 16, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMy great-grandfather’s Vimy Memorial visit: fact or fiction? by Rebecca Murray on Library and Archives Canada Blog. Worrying signs for LAC researchers by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Chernigov Guberniya Jewish Community … Continue reading →

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1 million Norwegian emigration records added to MyHeritage

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Gail Dever

MyHeritage recently added one million emigration registers from Norway from 1867 to 1973. During the 19th and 20th centuries, an estimated 800,000 Norwegians left their homeland largely for economic reasons. Many who worked on farms lost their jobs due to … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 13, 2021

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsThe Pick of the Irish Research Sites by Alison Spring on The Frugal Family Historian. Ancestry uploads seven new Irish collections by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. Yes, Dog Licenses by Donna … Continue reading →

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New record collections on FamilySearch — Week of February 1

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Gail Dever

FamilySearch added three new record collections and expanded many others this past week. Among the expanded collections is Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001 with 7,177 records. The new collections are: Norway Census, 1870 267,848 records United States, Colorado, Military Discharge … Continue reading →

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FamilySearch adds 1891 Norway census

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Gail Dever

This year has been a good one for genealogists researching their Norwegian ancestry. Thanks to a multi-year collaborative project with Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch, and Arkivverket (National Archives of Norway), we are seeing several new Norwegian collections being made available online. … Continue reading →

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Ancestry, MyHeritage and FamilySearch collaborate to make millions of Norwegian church records searchable online

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Gail Dever

Thanks to a multi-year collaborative project with Ancestry, MyHeritage, and FamilySearch, Arkivverket (National Archives of Norway) now has 80 million names in its Digital Archives. Last week, MyHeritage announced it had released its collection, Historical Norway Church Records, 1815–1938, that … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 18, 2020

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Alberta Ancestors: The Wainwright Public Library Newspaper Archives by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Exploring our family history resources by Emily Dutton on The National Archives Blog. The Local … Continue reading →

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1865 Norway census now available on Ancestry

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Gail Dever

Ancestry on Sunday released the 1865 Norway Census that contains information about more than 1.6 million people. This census introduced the self-count system. In urban areas, landlords were requested to personally complete the census forms, which were then collected at … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 28, 2017

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Halloween in Peel: A Look at Some Selected Records by Kyle Neill on Archives @ PAMA. Circle Of Life: Ontario Vital Records by Cindi Foreman on My Moynahan Genealogy. Eastern Canada … Continue reading →

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Canadian airmen escape from German-occupied Norway during WWII

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Gail Dever

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Canada has posted on its website the story about a crew of six Canadian airmen who crash-landed in Norway and how they evaded 4,000 German soldiers to make it to safety. On September 26, 1944, … Continue reading →

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