A Guide to Norwegian Genealogy, Emigration, and Transmigration

by LIV Marit Haakenstad, Becky Kruse Gjendem (Editor), Tynlee Paige Roberts (Translator)

Overview

Ready to dive into Norwegian Genealogy? Here is all you need to start tracing your ancestor's journey back to Norway - the emigration history, the sources, where to find them, and the methodology. It is also helpful for those who have already started doing Norwegian Genealogy.

The first part of this book, "A Guide to Norwegian Genealogy, Emigration, and Transmigration" gives an overall view of the Norwegian emigration history before taking you to Great Britain, which was one of several routes for transmigration. Further, you will get an insight into what happened when Norwegian emigrants arrived in North America.

The second part is a description and a guide to sources in the United States, Canada, and Norway. What information can you find in genealogical sources in the US and Canada that show the way back to Norway? What clues do they contain, and how could they be used to find traces of them in Norway? The book also thoroughly covers Norwegian sources, like emigration records, censuses, church records, probates, mortgage registers and mortgage books, land registers, seaman records, military records, and bygdebøker (farm books). Finally, the whole book finishes with a chapter about genealogical methods. In the appendix, we have a Norwegian-English dictionary.

This book has a proper source citation, so use the sources to find more information about a topic.

See a short video about the book at https://www.studygenealogy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Book.mp4

Illustrators: Liv Marit Haakenstad and Ragnhild Haakenstad

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788230361375
Publisher:	LIV Marit Haakenstad
Publication date:	08/11/2023
Pages:	420
Sales rank:	192,578
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.31(d)

About the Author

Liv Marit Haakenstad, AG® was born 1965 at Lillehammer, Norway, and grew up in Biri, Norway. At the age of 12, she started doing genealogy research, and she has worked as a professional genealogist and author for many years. She has written more than a hundred genealogy articles on computers & genealogy, Norwegian emigration, genealogy, and genealogy technology, and nine books on Norwegian genealogy. She is often assisting International heir research firms and is working as a forensic genealogist. Haakenstad has been a consultant for several genealogical TV shows, including Who Do you Think You Are? BBC and Canada, and Norwegian Anno. Liv Marit Haakenstad is an International genealogy presenter who has given more than 150 lectures throughout Norway, the United States, and England. She was a speaker at Who Do you Think You Are? Live conference in Birmingham, UK in 2015. She was a featured speaker at the RootsTech London Conference in 2019 and was a speaker at RootsTech Connect 2021, and RootsTech 2023 in Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Haakenstad has a master's degree in nonfiction writing from USN (University of South-Eastern Norway). Her website is found at https://www.livmarithaakenstad.com/

Table of Contents

Part 1 — The Emigration
1: Introduction
2: From Norway to America
3: Settlers and settlements
Part 2 — Genealogy
4: Worth knowing before you begin
5: Family records
6: Searching archives online
7: Sources in the United States and Canada
8: Sources in Norway
9: Genealogical methods
10: Archives and the internet
Appendix
Appendix 1. Overview of some larger head agents and lines
Appendix 2. Overview of emigration lines from Norway to England, Germany, and America
Appendix 3. Overview of lines carrying Norwegian emigrants from other European countries
Appendix 4. A Norwegian-English dictionary Sources
Parts and chapters creditation