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1 - Getting Started
1b- Bygdeboker  
2 - Census Records
3 - Church/Vital Records
4 - Culture
5 - Emigration
6 - General Norway Genealogy
7 - History
8 - Land Records

 9 - Language
10 - Lookup Volunteers
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12 - Norwegian Family Pages
13 - Organizations/Societies
14 - Maps/Other Resources
15 - Search Engines
16 - Travel in Norway

Norwegian Research Sources 

Getting Started with Norwegian Genealogy

Ancestors from Norway ***  Outstanding articles http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/index.html
by John Follesdal, including the following topics:

• Getting Started Tracing Norwegian Ancestors
• Identifying your Ancestor's Farm in Norway  
• Understanding Norwegian Census Records  
• Norwegian-English Dictionary
• How to Use a Norwegian Bygdebok in your genealogy research 
• Local Newspapers in Norway

Basics of Norwegian Genealogy Research

Genealogical Wordlist - Norway - from LDS ** (may be slow to load)

LDS Family History Research Helps including the Norwegian Genealogical Word List, Norway Research Outline, and Map of Norway. (Scroll down to Norway entries) **

New to Norwegian Genealogy? How to get started researching your ancestors.

Norway Roots (Norske Røtter og Slektsgransking), includes immigrants to Canada

Norwegian-American Dictionary from Otto Jørgensen ***

Norwegian Naming Practices by Jan Oldevoll

Oluf Rygh: Norwegian Farm Names - Database currently covers the volumes 1 through 17 of O. Rygh's series on Norwegian farm names  ***

Research Tips: Before You Can Research in Norway

Rootsweb Guide to Genealogy Research

Search for farm/place - 1801 (from the University of Bergen)

Searching the Ellis Island Database in One Step from Stephen P. Morse ***

Slekt & Historie *** Great articles!
by Johan Ingvald Borgos, including the following topics and many more:

• Norwegian Farm Names
• Norway Maps
• Norwegian Farmer Groups
• Norwegian First Names
• Norwegian Naming Patterns
• Special Nordic Characters

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