NOTE: to keep this page on your monitor while you go to the sites below:
Use your RIGHT mouse button to access the site. If you are asked to open a "new window" or a "new tab", say "yes".

How to trace your ancestors in Norway - This is Mike's recommendation!

Bulletin Board: Nordic-American

American Norwegians and Norwegians of Norway Information

Cindi's list "Norway" provides the following links. Click on any of them and you will see many more links.

Ancestry.com - myfamily.com inc. US records. Paid membership.

Ellisisland.org.- Free with registration.You can purchase mamifests and photos of vessels.

Familysearch.org - LDS site. Select US, British, Canadian Censes. US SS death index, some other records. Free.

Hadeland Emigrants

Immigration History Research Center - An international resource, sponsored by the UniversityofMinnesota, on American immigration and ethnic history.

Jewishgen.org - Free. Access to professional research, information back to 1800s.

Legacy.com - nearly 5 million past six year newspaper obituaries. Recent obituaries usually free. Olderusuallycharge (about $2-$4

Lief Erikson Memorial in Seattle - The Leif Erikson statue given to the Port of Seattle in
1962 will be moved a short distance for the marina’s renovation, giving us a wonderful opportunity to
honor our Scandinavian roots.

Martin's Norwegian Genealogy Magazine - According to Martin, this is an "edutainment site". Itincludes recipe stuff, a link with Amazon.com, and other "stuff."

MyheritageResearch.com - to use, must download software. Free to use, may be some charges or subscriptions.

National Genealogical Society - A how-to and reference list

Norsk Slekeshistorisk Forening - Established by the Norwegian govenments as a web portal for most vital information regarding Norway. But the English versions appear not to be complete yet, so knowledge of Norwegian is more than helpful.

Norway Genealogy at Roots Web

Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesråd - This page also has links to specific web sites in Norway dealing with genealogy.
 
Norwegian Emigration Center in Stavanger - Established by the Norwegian govenments as a web portal for most vital information regarding Norway. But the English versions appear not to be complete yet, so knowledge of Norwegian is more than helpful.

Norwegian Historical Data Centre - Norwegian Census Information (18th and 19th century)

Norwegian National Archives - This site contains applications, decisions, court sentences, surveys and accounts. In addition, there are census and church records. The material is organized according to the office of responsibility not by topic. Site available in English.

Ostfoldlag

Personal Genealogy and a Store
(norskarv)

The Promise of America - Norwegian emigration to America and Norwegian-American history 1825-200

Slektsforum Karm - Slektsforum Karm y was founded in november 1996. 
It focuses on genealogy, family history and all kinds of information related to Karm y. 
We hope to be a forum for all persons who have any connection to this area. 
Currently our main tasks are:
  * Write of information from the Church register and then register the information into a database. 
          Work would be presented on our Internet pages when finished.
  * Updating of our Internet county books.
  * Register information about our Emigrants.
  * Collect information about family history. 
          We have more than 115 000 names registered in a database (Brothers Keeper).
  * Answering E-mails.
  * Collect old photos and register all information about the photos. 
It is our goal to transfer written information to databases, thus making the 
          information available for those who are interested. When we have the information
          in databases it is easy to maintain, access and extract information in the way you want it.
We would try as best we can to answering questions you my have about genealogy connected to Karm y.


Thor M. Anderson data base - Maintained at the University of Oslo, this is an on-line bibliography of documents printed between 1825 and 1930, concerning Norwegian emigrants to the US and Canada.

Valdres Valley Emigrants

World GenWeb Project - Dedicated solely to the assistance of those seeking information about their ancestors, this is the site specific to Norway.