Resources
Here are some of the resources I have used to find my ancestors. There are also resources available with the various genealogy sites which I have also used. In addition there are many forums and user groups I have also found helpful.
Searchable records
- https://www.digitalarkivet.no/ — The Norwegian Digital Archive, my most used resource. Very useful for church records and census data (In Norwegian)
- https://www.nb.no/ — The National Library of Norway with Norwegian newspapers and books. (In Norwegian)
- https://www.slektogdata.no/gravminner — A database of graves in Norway, searchable by name. Unless you are a member you need to specify burial site. I have not been able to find much here. (In Norwegian)
- https://www.dokpro.uio.no/rygh_ng/rygh_form.html — A searchable encyclopedia of Norwegian farm names, developed in the early 20th century.
- https://www.sa.dk/da/ — Digital archive for Denmark (In Danish)
- https://riksarkivet.se/ — Digital archive for Sweden (In Swedish)
Family Trees
- https://www.familysearch.org/ — Free worldwide family history site created by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and maintained by all its users. One person, one record shared by all. A great resource.
- https://www.myheritage.com — A subscription based family history site. Here you create your own personal tree but can confirm matches with people in trees managed by other members. A free version is also available.
- https://www.geni.com — Another subscription based genealogy site now owned by MyHeritage. This is a mixture of the two methods above. A free version is also available.
- https://www.wikitree.com/ — One worldwide community family tree, free for all to use.
Guides and lists of resources
- https://www.arkivverket.no/en — the Digital Archive Portal
- https://www.arkivverket.no/en/find-your-ancestors/tracing-your-ancestry —A guide to tracing your ancestry in Norway from the Digital Archive.
- https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/content/trace-ancestors — How to trace your ancestors in Norway
- https://www.arkivverket.no/slektsgranskning/historikk-for-prestegjeld-og-sogn – A history of the parishes by country showing changes with time. Helpful for narrowing down which church register to look up. (In Norwegian)
- https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Main_Page — FamilySearch Research Wiki, a Genealogy Resource Guide
- https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Norway_Genealogy — A guide to Norway ancestry, family history and genealogy
- https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Norway_Occupations — A list of Norwegian occupations with English translations
- https://slekt1.com/ — SLEKT1, an online Norwegian family and local history website
- https://slekt1.com/kildeguiden/ — List of links to various resources from around the world, including Norway. (In Norwegian)
- https://slekt1.com/litteratur/wpbdp_category/bygdeboker/ — Links to lists of farm books by county
- https://www.genealogi.no/ — Norwegian Genealogical Society
- https://www.genealogi.no/bli-slektsforsker/ — Become a genealogist (In Norwegian)
- https://www.genealogi.no/wiki/index.php/Portal:Hovedside — The Norwegian Genealogical Society’s wiki
- https://www.genealogi.no/wiki/index.php/Portal:Kilder — Lists of primary and secondary sources for people and events in Norway. (In Norwegian)
- https://www.genealogi.no/wiki/index.php/Liste_over_digitaliserte_bygdebøker — List of farm books by county
- https://www.norwaydna.no — Norway DNA Project. This also has lots of advice in Norwegian but some also in English.
- https://www.wikitree.com/indexes/person/A/index.html — WikiTree Genealogy: Searchable index of Family Names
- https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Lokalhistoriewiki:Hovedside — Local history wiki, run by the Norwegian Institute of Local History (NLI) at the National Library
Books
- Ulvik : gards- og ættesoga. 1 : Almennsoga og ein del gards- og ættesoga (O. Kolltveit, J. Kvestad, T. Dyrvik)
— https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012080925001 - Ulvik : gards- og ættesoga. 2 : Gards- og ættesoga Syse-Vallavik
— https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012080925001 - Odda, Ullensvang og Kinsarvik i gamal og ny tid. 1 : Bygdesoga (Kolltveit, Olav)
- — https://www.nb.no/items/5a524ea812a3848d9a28bbbd4119372f
- Odda, Ullensvang og Kinsarvik i gamal og ny tid. 4 1 : Bygdesoga (Kolltveit, Olav)
— https://www.nb.no/items/b5b452a237bfe984741d52a1438a76d1 - Odda, Ullensvang og Kinsarvik i gamal og ny tid. 5 1 : Bygdesoga (Kolltveit, Olav)
— https://www.nb.no/items/287769873469229c329b4092b228ec09 - Ættar-bok for Ulvik, by Bu, Aamund K
— https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018110848516 - Ættar-bok for Kinsarvik, by Bu, Aamund K
— https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012032124020 - Ættar-bok for Odda, by Bu, Aamund K
— https://www.nb.no/items/ee841c99a88843d61538055dd0129f05 - Voss Bygdebok, Ættebok for Vossestrand, Roald Lyngvær
— https://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/7bceda01c9e70cf5763852d764e735fd
Note: These Bygdebøker (farm/village books) are available online from the Norwegian Library but only from Norwegian IP addresses.
Forums and user groups
- https://forum.arkivverket.no/ — Forums for the National Archives of Norway
- MyHeritage Facebook Group
Other links
- https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl — UK records
- http://genealogi-dk.blogspot.com/ — Blog with links to Danish resources
- http://viklund.nu/svsfl/ — List of links to Swedish genealogy resources
- http://slektskilder.blogspot.com/ — Photographed genealogical sources
- https://aulis.org/Calendar/Ecclesiastical_dates.html — Calculate dates from religious events