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Using Flickr to Share Family Photos: A Digital Album for Our Family History For many family historians, photographs are among the most treasured pieces of evidence we possess. Names and dates tell us who our ancestors were, but photographs show us their faces, their clothing, their homes, and sometimes even the landscapes they lived in. Using Flickr to share family photos can be a wonderful way to preserve and connect these memories. 

Using Flickr to Share Family Photos: A Digital Album for Our Family History

For many family historians, photographs are among the most treasured pieces of evidence we possess. Names and dates tell us who our ancestors were, but photographs show us their faces, their clothing, their homes, and…

Why Your Story Matters When we do genealogy and local history, it’s easy to get caught up in dates and names: born, baptized, married, buried. Important, yes – but a life is more than a line in a parish register.

Why Your Story Matters

When we do genealogy and local history, it’s easy to get caught up in dates and names: born, baptized, married, buried. Important, yes – but a life is more than a line in a parish register.

The “Eiendom” Sources in Digitalarkivet: A Complete Guide for Genealogists If you research Norwegian family history, you already know the “people records”: baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, and censuses. But serious genealogical research in Norway eventually leads to something even more revealing: Eiendom sources in Digitalarkivet (Digitalarkivet, n.d.-a).

The “Eiendom” Sources in Digitalarkivet: A Complete Guide for Genealogists

If you research Norwegian family history, you already know the “people records”: baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, and censuses. But serious genealogical research in Norway eventually leads to something even more…

Archives Portal Europe — A Practical Gateway to Europe’s Archives If you’ve ever tried to research outside one single country, you know how quickly things become complicated. Different archive systems, languages, and catalog structures. And sometimes, different historical borders altogether.

Archives Portal Europe — A Practical Gateway to Europe’s Archives

If you’ve ever tried to research outside one single country, you know how quickly things become complicated. Different archive systems, languages, and catalog structures. And sometimes, different historical borders altogether.

Exploring Norwegian Genealogy, a Book Review skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/07/exploring-norwegian-genealogy-book.html

#BookReview #Norwegian #Genealogy #Research #Census #ParishRecords #FarmNames #Patronymics

Why I’ll Always Come Back to Norway | Senja After years of choosing warm, sunny destinations, Dravis and Anna traded beaches for snowstorms and headed to Senja, Norway.

Why I’ll Always Come Back to Norway | Senja

After years of choosing warm, sunny destinations, Dravis and Anna traded beaches for snowstorms and headed to Senja, Norway.

Daniel, thank you for introducing yourself. I specialize in Norwegian genealogy. I’ve been conducting research for someone whose ancestors hail from Ireland. I must admit I’ve hit a brick wall with my research there. Would you be willing to provide me some guidance?

1 Mar 2026 Trick for finding where your ancestors lived #genealogy

This week's crème de la crème - February 28, 2026 - Genealogy à la carte Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsIreland Death Records: A Window into the Lives of Your Ancestors by Rachel J. Trotter on FamilySearch Blog. Try FamilySearch Simple Search in Beta ...

Genealogy à la carte's weekly crème de la crème never disappoints. #genealogy #FamilyHistory via @genealogyalacarte.bsky.social

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The Norwegian Property Numbering System Before we can use the Eiendom sources in Digitalarkivet confidently, we need to understand how Norwegian property is identified. To do this, it's important to have some knowledge of the Norwegian property numbering system.

The Norwegian Property Numbering System

Before we can use the Eiendom sources in Digitalarkivet confidently, we need to understand how Norwegian property is identified. To do this, it's important to have some knowledge of the Norwegian property numbering system.

Soothing Saturday: The Great Snow Showdown Big snowfall overnight, and the neighborhood is out in full force. Snowblowers roar, shovels clash, and snowbanks rise like fortresses. Join me for this week’s Soothing Saturday — The Great Snow Showdown. Soothing Saturday — is my little corner for slowing down and stepping away from my usual genealogy deep dives. Think of it as a gentle exhale at the end of the week — a space for reflections, small joys, and simple stories written just for the pleasure of it.We woke up this morning to silence — that soft, heavy kind that only follows a proper snowfall.

Soothing Saturday: The Great Snow Showdown

Big snowfall overnight, and the neighborhood is out in full force. Snowblowers roar, shovels clash, and snowbanks rise like fortresses. Join me for this week’s Soothing Saturday — The Great Snow Showdown. Soothing Saturday — is my little corner for…

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FREE I'm excited to present a live webinar on March 24 hosted by the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center: "Free Genealogical Resources for New York (and Beyond)" - Please mark your calendar, watch for registration soon! acpl.libnet.info/event/15848150

Gentle reminder: it’s okay to not be productive with your research when you’re stressed or overwhelmed. It’s okay to take a break. Closing the laptop is sometimes the most productive research choice. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

The Black Death in Norway (Svartedauden): population collapse, social change—and how we glimpse it in the sources The Black Death is often described as a single, terrible event. In Norway, it was both an event and the beginning of a long, uneven era of recurring plague. The Black Death reshaped Norway's population, land, and power in profound ways.

The Black Death in Norway (Svartedauden): population collapse, social change—and how we glimpse it in the sources

The Black Death is often described as a single, terrible event. In Norway, it was both an event and the beginning of a long, uneven era of recurring plague. The Black Death reshaped…

Friday Finds – Week 8, 2026 Here are some articles I have read over the last week.

Friday Finds – Week 8, 2026

Here are some articles I have read over the last week.

Norske Gaardnavne (Oluf Rygh): the old master key to Norwegian farm names If you do Norwegian genealogy for any length of time, you’ll meet the same problem again and again: the place is there in the record, but the spelling is… creative. Norske Gaardnavne (Oluf Rygh): the old master key to Norwegian farm names, is an indispensable resource for untangling these tricky place names.

Norske Gaardnavne (Oluf Rygh): the old master key to Norwegian farm names

If you do Norwegian genealogy for any length of time, you’ll meet the same problem again and again: the place is there in the record, but the spelling is… creative. Norske Gaardnavne (Oluf Rygh): the old master key to…

Norwegian Administrative Units Through Time When you research Norwegian ancestors, “where” can change depending on the year. Norway’s local identity is stable, but the official administrative units—both civil and church—shifted over time. Understanding Norwegian administrative units is crucial, as archives and indexes are usually organized by the administrative unit that created the record.

Norwegian Administrative Units Through Time

When you research Norwegian ancestors, “where” can change depending on the year. Norway’s local identity is stable, but the official administrative units—both civil and church—shifted over time. Understanding Norwegian administrative units is crucial, as…

From Name Collector to Careful Researcher: Embracing the Genealogy Do-Over A “genealogy do-over” is precisely what it sounds like: deciding to start your family history research again from the beginning – on purpose – so you can do it better this time.

From Name Collector to Careful Researcher: Embracing the Genealogy Do-Over

A “genealogy do-over” is precisely what it sounds like: deciding to start your family history research again from the beginning – on purpose – so you can do it better this time.

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When Two Oles Share a Birthday Avoiding the wrong ancestor in your family tree can be harder than it looks, even when you feel you have “solid” facts in front of you.

When Two Oles Share a Birthday

Avoiding the wrong ancestor in your family tree can be harder than it looks, even when you feel you have “solid” facts in front of you.

Norwegians in the Boer War: A Small Nation in a Distant Conflict When we think about Norwegian emigrants, our minds usually go to the American prairie, not to the dusty battlefields of South Africa. Yet during the Second Boer War (1899–1902), a small but colorful group of Norwegians found themselves in the conflict – as volunteers, medics and, eventually, prisoners of war.

Norwegians in the Boer War: A Small Nation in a Distant Conflict

When we think about Norwegian emigrants, our minds usually go to the American prairie, not to the dusty battlefields of South Africa. Yet during the Second Boer War (1899–1902), a small but colorful group of Norwegians found…

Soothing Saturday: When the Light Comes Back (And We All Pretend We’re Fine) If you live in Norway, winter teaches you a very specific kind of patience. Not the heroic, mountain-trek patience. More the everyday kind where you put on your jacket, look out the window, and think, “Ah. Darkness again. How original.” Soothing Saturday — is my little corner for slowing down and stepping away from my usual genealogy deep dives. Think of it as a gentle exhale at the end of the week — a space for reflections, small joys, and simple stories written just for the pleasure of it.And yet—every year—something small happens that lifts the whole country’s mood: the days start getting longer.

Soothing Saturday: When the Light Comes Back (And We All Pretend We’re Fine)

If you live in Norway, winter teaches you a very specific kind of patience. Not the heroic, mountain-trek patience. More the everyday kind where you put on your jacket, look out the window, and think, “Ah. Darkness again.…

Norwegian church books: a practical, traditional guide for genealogists If you research Norwegian ancestors, Norwegian church books are where most solid proof begins—and where many good family stories become verifiable history.

Norwegian church books: a practical, traditional guide for genealogists

If you research Norwegian ancestors, Norwegian church books are where most solid proof begins—and where many good family stories become verifiable history.

Forgotten Women Article One of our team, Margaret Roberts, has written a beautiful article about A Few Forgotten Women and the work we do. It features Sarah Wildblood, who Margaret researched for our 1819 Forgotten Women Fri...

A Few Forgotten Women article by Margaret Roberts in this month's Really Useful Bulletin www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/forgott... Do check it out #WomensHistory #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

24 Jan 2026 When a birthdate is blank #genealogy

Free Online United States City Directories

An excellent source of #genealogy info is Historical City Directories. They provide substantial info between censuses, such as addresses, occupations, spouse's name, etc.

For the country, there are 27,870 Free City Directory Collections

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Using ChatGPT to make a table of data from a handwritten document from 1842! YouTube video by From Paper To People Podcast & Ancestors Alive!

Tonight's #genealogy - using ChatGPT on old documents
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Old Photograph Railway Station Dalnaspidal Scotland

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of a steam train in the railway station in Dalnaspidal in the Highlands. This intermediate station was opened in 1865 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2015/05/old-...

Your 4-Day Genealogy Outlook
#winterstorm #GenealogyForecast

Friday Finds — Week 4, 2026 Here are five reads I’ve bookmarked this week, chosen to be both useful and thought-provoking.

Friday Finds — Week 4, 2026

Here are five reads I’ve bookmarked this week, chosen to be both useful and thought-provoking.