SLIG 2017 Course 5

Using a Full Array of Sources to Find Your Danish, Icelandic, and Norwegian Ancestors

SLIG 2018 Virtual Nordic

Researching in Norway, Denmark & Iceland

Presentations

Class 01 (2017) Scandinavian Resarch Fundamentals
Class 01 (2018) Scandinavian Research Fundamentals
Class 02 Where Are the Records I Want?
Class 04 Censuses - Manntaller and Folketellinger
Class 05 Death, Inheritance and Probates

Regulations on Inheritance / Forordning om arv
• Denmark 1845
  
• Iceland 1850
  
• Norway 1854
  

Class 06 Law and Punishment
Class 07 Taxation and Land Registers
Class 08 Property and Ownership
Class 09 Military Records
Class 10 Migration In and From Scandinavia
Class 11 Estates - Their Function and Records in Nordic Society
Class 12 Scandinavian Local Organizations | Presentation links
Class 13 The Archives
Class 14 Minorities and Their Records | Presentation Links
Class 15 Scandinavian-American Societies | Presentation Links

Class 02 Links

Denmark

• Online gazetteer Krabsens stednavnebase
• Copenhagen University, Nordisk Forskningsinstitut Danmarks stednavne
• Wikipedia.da - Description of Trap's gazetter and links to scanned version Traps Danmark
• Historical map of Denmark HistoriskAtlas.dk

Iceland

• Árni Magnússon Foundation, Reykjavik Homepage Árnastofnun | Forsíða
• Árni Magnússon Foundation, Reykjavik List of places in the Árna Magnússonar Collection
• Iceland National Land Survey Landmælingar Íslands
• Icelandic online gazetteer Örnefnasjá - See Place Names
• Searchable map of Iceland Ja.is

Norway

• University of Oslo's list of searchable databases Universitetet i Oslo - Eining for digital dokumentasjon
• University of Oslo's Dokumentasjonsprosjektet
• Oluf Rygh's gazetteer of Norway Norske Gaardnavne
• Project Runeberg Norske Elvenavne
• Searchable map of Norway Finn Kart
• Lokalhistorie Wiki: Skipreide

Class 04 Links

Google sheets: Online Census Availability

Denmark

• Rigsarkivet Danmark English homepage
  • Folketellinger
  • Dansk Demografisk Database English homepage
• DIS-Danmark - slægt og data KIP Projektet

• Danish Family Search
  • Census homepage
  • Clickable county map

Iceland

• Manntal.is

Norway

• Digital Archives English homepage
  • More searches - censuses
  • 1815, 1825, 1835, 1845, 1855 censuses
• Norwegian Historical Data Centre / Registreringssentral for Historiske Data (RHD) English homepage
  • RHD Simple search
  • RHD Advanced search

Extra Presentations

Why We Have Church Records
Matrikkel Number or Farm Name?- Which Is More Important
Bad Danish Mormon Genealogy

Bibliography

2017 Book List

Charts and Tables

Chronology of Nordic Law
Property Ownership in Norway, 1536-1821
Scandinavian Monarchs and Presidents, 1250-2016
Norges Civile, Geistlige og Judicielle Indelling, 1917

Related Materials

Robert Molesworth, An Account of Denmark : As It Was In the Year 1692
LokalhistorieWiki.no: Bumerke

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