Find your ancestor
Are you looking for your Norwegian heritage and ancestors? Here you will find basic information to help you start your journey.
Start tracing your ancestry in Norway
Tracing your lineage is a fun and rewarding challenge that requires some basic knowledge of past centuries. The following information from the National Library of...
Tracing your lineage is a fun and rewarding challenge that requires some basic knowledge of past centuries. The following information from the National Library of...
Online resources
Many Norwegian sources relevant to family history research can be found online.
Many Norwegian sources relevant to family history research can be found online.
Public censuses
The censuses are lists of all inhabitants in Norway at a certain point in time. They provide information such as who was living at a...
The censuses are lists of all inhabitants in Norway at a certain point in time. They provide information such as who was living at a...
Parish Registers
Norwegian ministers started the registration of births/christenings, engagements/marriages and deaths/burials in the 17th century.
Norwegian ministers started the registration of births/christenings, engagements/marriages and deaths/burials in the 17th century.
Passenger lists
Over the past couple of hundred years there has been a requirement for written registration of passengers for the transportation of persons over long distances....
Over the past couple of hundred years there has been a requirement for written registration of passengers for the transportation of persons over long distances....