Norwegian Genealogical Research Resources
Many members have expressed an interest in exploring their heritage and discovering more about their ancestors. We have reviewed a number of Norwegian Genealogy resources available online and provided a review below.
Website: Velkommen to Norway Genealogy, Coordinator and webmaster: Linda K. Schwartz
URL: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wgnorway/
Primary Focus : Links to Norway-related genealogy resources that are available on the Internet.
Synopsis: Presents an organized resource catalog in the following major categories
- Getting Started
- Bygdebøker
- Census
- Church
- Culture
- Emigration
- Family Pages
- General
- History
- Land
- Language
- Lookup
- Mail lists
- Organizations
- Reference
- Search
- Travel
Website: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: Norway / Norge
URL: http://www.cyndislist.com/norway.htm
Primary Focus: Cyndi's List is the largest link-based genealogy website on the internet that offers a wide selection of categories to choose from.
Synopsis: Presents an organized resource catalog in the following major categories for Norway / Norge:
- General Resource Sites
- Government & Cities
- History & Culture
- How To
- Language & Names
- Libraries, Archives & Museums
- Locality Specific
- Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat
- Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information
- Military
- Newspapers
- People & Families
- Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services
- Publications, Software & Supplies
- Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists
- Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
- Religion & Churches
- Societies & Groups
Website: Ancestors from Norway
URL: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/
Primary Focus : Ancestors from Norway was created to provide a road map to various Internet resources on Norwegian - American genealogy
Synopsis: Site contains several original articles on how to trace your Norwegian ancestors, as well as numerous links to genealogy-related web sites in Norway and the U.S.
- Introduction
- How To articles
- They went to America
- Norwegian-American web sites
- Norwegian genealogy resources
- Queries and surname searches
- Finding relatives in Norway & the US
- Local newspapers in Norway
- Search Norwegian library collections
- Genealogy newsgroups
Website: Norwegian American Genealogical Center and Naeseth Library
Primary Focus: Organized in 1974 to stimulate interest in and promote the study of Norwegian-American Genealogy.
Synopsis: One of the world's largest collections of materials relating to Norwegian immigration and Norwegian family history. The collection includes:
- Norwegian parish records (dating from the 17th century to the 20th century) that provide information about baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials and emigrations
- Norwegian local histories (known as Bygdebøker)
- Family histories
- Norwegian census records
- American cemetery records and obituary files
- Some North American port records
- American Lutheran Church records
