FINDING RECORDS OF YOUR ANCESTORS, PART A NORWAY 1827 TO 1900 Beginning Norwegian researchers will also need: Genealogical Word List: Norwegian (34093). If your ancestor lived in Norway between 1827 and 1900, follow the steps in this booklet to find the records of his or her family. These instructions will show you which records to search, what to look for, and what tools to use. One piece of infor- mation will lead to another until you have identified each family member and filled out a family group record. Find your ancestor’s birth 1 record in church records. Find your ancestor’s par- 2 ents, brothers, and sisters in census records. Find the birth records of 2 3 1 your ancestor’s brothers 3 and sisters in church 4 records. Find the marriage record 4 of your ancestor’s parents in church records. This family is now complete. Latter-day Saints: Now see additional instructions for submitting names for temple ordinances. The steps and tools you need are described inside. HOW TO BEGIN—PREPARATION You should have already gathered as much information Tips: as possible from your home and family and filled out family group records and a pedigree chart. You may have If you don’t know your ancestor’s birth date: checked FamilySearch™ or other computer files to see if • Start with a more recent generation. You will learn how others have researched your Norwegian family. to do research, and you will probably discover something To Begin: you didn’t know about your family. A. From your pedigree chart, choose an ancestor who •Find the records for the family in the example given. was born in Norway between 1827 and 1900. You must This will teach you basic research skills before you know the birth date and birthplace (parish) in order to research your own family. This is a good class activity. find your ancestor’s family. It is helpful to know the clerical district and county. If you don’t know the parish where your ancestor was B. Write your ancestor’s name in the children’s section born, see Tips on page 6. of a new family group record. Read through the instruc- tions in this booklet. Then follow the steps below to find your ancestor’s family. Pedigree Chart Chart no. _______ Family Group Record If typing, set spacing at 1 1/2. Page of Husband Last See "Other Given name(s) name marriages" No. 1 on this chart is the same as no. _______ on chart no. _______. 8 Born (day month year) Place (Father of no. 4) LDS ordinance dates Te m p l e B E SP SS F C Cont. on chart no. Christened Place Baptized Mark boxes when ordinances are completed. When born _______ Where B Baptized Died Place Endowed 4 When married E Endowed (Father of no. 2) B E SP SS F C When died Buried Place Sealed to parents SP Sealed to parents When born Where Married Place Sealed to spouse SS Sealed to spouse Where F Family Group Record exists for this couple 9 Husband's father Last Deceased When married (Mother of no. 4) Given name(s) name C Children's ordinances completed B E SP SS Cont. on Where chart no. Husband's mother Maiden Deceased When born _______ Given name(s) name When died Where Wife Maiden See "Other Given name(s) name marriages" 2 Where When died (Father) Born (day month year) Place B E SP SS F C Where LDS ordinance dates Te m p l e When born Christened Place Baptized Where 10 (Father of no. 5) B E SP SS F C Cont. on Died Place Endowed When married chart no. When born _______ Write date as: 4 Oct. 1896 Buried Place Sealed to parents Where Where Wife's father Last Deceased When died 5 When married Given name(s) (Mother of no. 2) name Where B E SP SS When died Wife's mother Maiden Deceased When born Where Given name(s) name Where Children List each child (whether living or dead) in order of birth. LDS ordinance dates Te m p l e 11 When died (Mother of no. 5) 1 Sex Given Last See "Other B E SP SS Cont. on name(s) name marriages" chart no. Anders Gotskalksen Where M Born (day month year) Place Baptized When born _______ Where 13 Mar 1860 Aarsand, Ænes, Hordaland, Norway Christened Place Endowed 1Dorothea Josefine Havneraas When died (Name) B E SP SS F C Where Died Place Sealed to parents When born Spouse Last Where Given name(s) name 12 (Father of no. 6) Married Place Sealed to spouse B E SP SS F C Cont. on When married chart no. Where When born _______ 2 Sex Given Last See "Other name(s) marriages" Where name When died Born (day month year) Place Baptized 6 Anders Gotskalksen When married Where (Father of no. 3) B E SP SS F C When died Christened Place Endowed When born13 March 1860 Where Died Place Sealed to parents (Spouse) Where B E SP SS Ænes, Hordaland, 13 Spouse Last When married Norway (Mother of no. 6) B E SP SS Cont. on arwick, Eng. Given name(s) name Where chart no. olk, North Carolina, USA or Married Place Sealed to spouse When born _______ 3 Boletta Kristina Andersdatter When died Where 3 Sex Given Last See "Other (Mother) B E SP SS Where When died name(s) name marriages" Born (day month year) Place Baptized When born 26 December 1885 Where Where Ænes, Hordaland, Norway Christened Place Endowed 14 When died (Father of no. 7) P Write place as: Tryon, St. Martins, Birmingham, W 1955 B E SP SS F C Cont. on Died Place Sealed to parents Where Kristiansund, Møre og chart no. When born _______ Spouse Last Romsdal, Norway Where Given name(s) name Place 7 Anna Dorthea Oddsdatter When married Married Sealed to spouse Your name and address (Mother of no. 3) B E SP SS When died Select only one of the following options. The option you select applies Your name When born Where to all names on this form. Where Option 1—Family File Send all 15 names to my family file at the Te mple. When died (Mother of no. 7) Address B E SP SS Cont. on Where Option 2—Temple File Send all names to any temple, chart no. and assign proxies for all approved ordinances. When born _______ Telephone number Date prepared Where Option 3—Ancestral File Send all names to the When died computerized Ancestral File for research purposes only, not for ordinances. I am including the required pedigree chart. Where Phone Date prepared ( ) Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 3/96. Printed in USA. 31826 Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 10/93 Printed in USA 31827 A. Dorothea’s pedigree chart B. Dorothea begins a family group record with Anders Gotskalksen listed as a child THE RESEARCH PROCESS The following pages walk you through the research center. Here she looks in the Family History Library process. In the case study, Dorothea is looking for the Catalog for the records she wants and orders the micro- family of Anders Gotskalksen. She takes her family films she needs. She makes several visits to the center. group records and pedigree chart to a family history Follow these same steps to find your family. Norway 2 THE RESEARCH PROCESS Case study: Anders Gotskalksen, born in 1860 at Aarsand Farm, Ænes Parish, Kvinnherad Clerical District, Hordaland County, Norway. Your ancestor:_______________, _________, in _________, ________, _________, ____________, Norway. name birth date farm parish clerical district county FIND YOUR ANCESTOR’S BIRTH (CHRISTENING) RECORD IN CHURCH RECORDS. (See “Church Records: Births” on page 9.) 1 A. At the family history center, Dorothea searches for Anders on the film. His surname is recorded as in the Family History Library Catalog for the parish Gotskalksen. (See “Naming Customs in Norway” on in Norway where her ancestor was born (Ænes page 13.) She photocopies the record for her files. Parish, Kvinnherad Clerical District). Then she C. Dorothea writes on the family group record: looks for church records. (See “Using the Family (1) Anders’s birth information on the front and History Library Catalog” on page 8.) (2) source information (such as parish name, film B. She finds the FHL film number 1283392 and number, volume and years covered, and page orders it. She finds birth and christening records number) on the back. Parish Number Birth Date Christening Date Name Legitimate or Illegitimate Parents FIND YOUR ANCESTOR’S FAMILY IN CENSUS RECORDS. (See “Census Records” on page 10.) 2 A. Dorothea now looks for the first census after looks for farm number 103 (farms are in numerical Anders’s birth. She looks in the Family History order). This census lists the entire family. Library Catalog for Kvinnherad (the clerical district D. Dorothea estimates the birth year for each family where Anders was born), Hordaland, Norway, and member from the ages given in the census by sub- then she looks for the topic “Census—1865.” tracting the age of the person from the year of the B. Dorothea finds the census on FHL film 0123068. census. (These birth years will be approximate.) C. At the beginning of the film she finds an index E. Dorothea writes on the family group record: of all the farms in Kvinnherad Clerical District. (1) information about all family members on the She finds the farm Aarsand (where Anders and his front and (2) source information on the back.