Genealogy in The Nordic Countries

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1 Genealogy in The Nordic Countries

2 Presenter: 2 Finn Karlsen, Norway finn@fkarlsen.net URL:

3 Where to find the stories

4 Bernhard Næss and his wife lived most of their married life in Mellemveien 12 in Trondheim. That is a three stories apartmentbuilding with a front towards the street and two wings into the back yard where they were living. There were 26 families in the building and 156 people had their home there. 60% of these were 15 years or younger. Across the street was a school and the local church was also close by. Bernhard worked at a mechanical shop and he paid 18 kr pr month in rent for the apartment. 4

5 What is a good story? 5 Something that describes the person Something that describes relations between people Something that describes where the people are living Events that happened to people

6 Two parts 6 Can we tweek more information from the ordinary sources like churchbooks, censuses and emigration records? Other sources that we don t know about or don t think about that might bring stories

7 Restrictions 7 Language Almost all sources are in the local language Availability Only parts of the wanted sources are available online Understanding Even if you have some understanding of the language, the meaning of the source might be difficult to understand Some people have not any stories

8 Ordinary Sources 8 The ordinary sources would be church books and census records Here we find relationships, dates and places for important events like birth, marriage, death Some of theses sources are searchable There might be hidden stories there

9 Census records 9 Sweden 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1930 Norway 1801, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1891, 1900, 1910 Denmark 1787, 1801, 1834, 1840, 1845, 1850, 1880 Sønderjylland: 1769, 1803, 1835, 1840, 1845, 1860, 1921 More available but not searchable for the whole country

10 Where do we find the 10 censuses? Norway Digitalarkivet Digitalarkivet.arkivverket.no Denmark Dansk Demografisk Database Ddd.dda.dk Sweden SVAR Digitala forskarsalen Sok.riksarkivet.se/svar-digitala-forskarsalen

11 Census Trondheim

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13 Gule sider (Yellow pages) 13

14 Street picture 14

15 Census Trondheim

16 What does the census 16 record tell us? The family lives in a sidebuilding on 3rd floor They pay 18 kr/mnd in rent There are 26 families in the building There 156 people living there 6 per family avg. 93 of them (60%) are 15 years or younger

17 Death records 17 Death records are mainly found in the Church Books Might have information about cause of death People who disappeared at sea might not be there A civilian reporting system of deaths was in Denmark and Norway in addition to the church registration

18 Task 18 Kristian Bernhoff Loretnsen Kværnø, died October 1899 Frøya, Sør- Trøndelag, Norway

19 Death at Frøya

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21 Task 21 Jonas Herman Karlsen, born 1897, died 1918 in Kall in Northern Sweden, close to Østersund

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23 Spanska sjukan 23

24 Confirmation records 24 Easy to forget that they exist Had to have your confirmation before you could get yout marriage Might give some additional information If you can not find the baptism, try looking for the confirmation. They often tell where and when the baptism took place. Confirmation usually years old, but could be much older

25 Task 25 Ane Cathrine Momborg, born Odense, Denmark 1802, confirmation probably 1816

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27 Bygdebøker/Farmbooks 27 A Norwegian fenomena History of the farms in a parish/community Does not exist everywhere Quality differ Based on other sources Also based on stories told by inhabitants

28 Frosta boka IX 28

29 Stjørdal 29 vol V, p. 2

30 Newspapers 30 The daily life Many digitized and searchable, more coming Give stories about the community at the time of our people living there Advertisment sections give lot of information about what was available

31 Morgenbladet 31 Jan 1853

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33 Under en skiftesamling i det fælleds Boe efter afdøde Ægtefolk Ole Erichsen og Kirstine 33 Enoksdatter Mediaas Plads, i Sneaasens Præstegjeld, er, iblandt Konens Arvinger, opgiven Hendes Sødskendebarn Lars Lorentssen eller Lorents Larsen, der formodes at være boesat paa Værdalsøren. Saavel Han, som de flere, der formene sig arverettigede, eller maatte have noget Andet at erindre i dette Boe, indkaldes herved at legitimere sig for Skifteretten og ellers at iagttage deres Tarv, alt inden lovlig Tid. Inderøens Sorenskrivercontoir, den 11te April P. M. Ottesen

34 Where do we find the 34 newspapers? Norway National library Denmark Sweden

35 Local History 35 Bygdebøker might have volumes with local history Local historical organizations publish local histories Sweden Denmark Search Google for Historiske Samfund Norway Landslaget for lokalhistorie -

36 Solleröen Sweden 36

37 Lolland Falster Denmark 37

38 Meløy Norway 38

39 Maps 39 Gule sider Sweden Lantmäteriet Denmark Kort og matrikelstyrelsen Norway Statens kartverk

40 Probates 40 Saturday 11 February 11:00 room 150 What people owned How it was divided between the heir Important information for the stories.

41 Fire insurance 41 The Scandinavian countries started early with fire insurance, first in cities Includes description of the houses Size Building material and wall covering Number of rooms Windows and doors Fireplaces and chimneys Distance between houses Few indexes

42 Where to find records 42 Most records are still missing Denmark Arkivalier Online, Find en Ejendom Norway Digitalarkivet, Finn kilde, Assuranser Sweden SVAR index Brandförsäkringsverket,

43 Klepp, Rogaland, NO,

44 Fireinsurance taxation 44 En enetages Vaaningshusbygning ikke før forsikret paa en ca 2 Meter gjennemsnitlig høy Graastensmur opført af Tømmer, tækket med Sutag af Bord og Skifer 14 Meter langt 9,5 Meter bredt, 4 Meter høit fra Grundmuren til Taget og herfra til Mønet 3,50 meter. En tilbygget Kvistbygning hvis Bredde er Mtr 4,40 stikker 2,30 ud fra Husets søndre Langvæg. I Huset er 5 større Værelser foruden Kjøkken, Gang, Bislag og Badeværelse. Til Loftet fører Trappe. Her er 5 Værelser foruden 3 Skraakammer. 2 Lodpiber, 10 Ovne og Komfyr er anbragt i Huset. Kjælderen indelt i 4 Rum, dels med Mursten, dels graasten, rullebod, potetkjælder, kulrum og Husholdningskjælder. Fra Kjælderen fører en Trappe op i huset.

45 Hindsted, Ålborg, DK

46 Dalby, Värmland SV

47 Presentation 47 The presentation will be available at my website to morrow and will be there for at least two weeks

48 That s all! 48