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and organizations, consist primarily of guidebooks,
instructions, membership lists, invitations, menus,
and telephone directories. Printed products related
to communications, such as programs, exhibition
catalogues, brochures, time schedules and calendars,
have been placed in the Ephemera Collection.“ One of
the major collections is the images of the Industrial
price lists 1810-1944.
Ancestry.com
http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.
aspxi=d&tp=1652381&p=5086
Finland Country Study
http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspxdbid=3356
“Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network,
Inc., 1998. Original data: Solsten, Eric, ed.. Finland,
A Country Study. Washington, D.C.: Library
of Congress, 1988.
Lying largely within the Arctic Circle, the
hardy people of Finland share much in common
with both their Scandinavian and Russian
neighbors. This country study unfolds to
the researcher these and other facts about this
frigid land. Prepared by the Library of Congress
and completed in 1988, this database provides
the researcher information on Finnish culture,
economics, politics, and history. Regardless of
research experience, this database is designed
to illuminate significant aspects of the nation.
Although not a searchable list of names which patrons
of Ancestry.com have come to expect, this study is for
those attempting to understand the larger context in
which their ancestors lived.”
As they stated above (my italics) research is more
than just looking for information by a name. Learning
about the history of an area, the political events,
and stories about other people living in the same
time and place gives one a better understanding of
their ancestor’s lives. These are often the tools that
can help get past brick walls.
Norway
Family Search Research Outline for Norway:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/
frameset rg.aspDest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=
&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=
&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=Norway.ASP
Finding Records of Your Ancestors
in Norway 1827 to 1900
B&W: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/
RG/images/36578 norway finding ancestor.pdf
Color: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/
images/36578 norway finding ancestor color.pdf
Norway GenWebProject
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wgnorway/
I would like to thank Jerry at the Norwegian American
Genealogical Center & Naeseth Library www.
nagcnl.org in Madison, WI for his recommendations
for the three main Norwegian research sites: Digital
Archives, University of Tromso, and Norway Heritage
Hands Across the Seas.
Digital Archive of Norway
http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/index-eng.htm
“Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) is the Norwegian
National Archives’ channel for publication of
digitized archive material in the form of images,
transcribed texts, and databases. The publication
includes archive material both from electronic
sources and traditional paper sources, that are
either digitized from an original or a microfilm.
The digitized material is processed in the National
Archives (Riksarkivet), the regional state archives
(statsarkivene) or in our digitizing units. Some of
the material is also produced through external cooperation.
The Regional State Archives of Bergen
is responsible for the daily management of Digitalarkivet,
as well as being chief editor of the internet
site.” Their “How to” page is at http://digitalarkivet.
uib.no/sab/howto.html.
The language is Norwegian, but there are some
pages with English versions. Many of the search result
pages do not have English versions and any text in the
returned data fields and images is in Norwegian.
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