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Wednesday Wisdom – Pre Halloween Genealogy Story

Written by Tiffany on October 25, 2018.

I apologize for posting this on Thursday instead of Wednesday. I completely forgot until Thursday morning! Oh well. Here it is in all of its glory if not a little late. It’s getting closer to Halloween so I thought I would share with you an interesting story that I ran across. It’s about why living rooms are called living rooms. Many articles...

Wednesday Wisdom – How Can I do my Genealogy When I Can’t translate the Document?

Written by Tiffany on October 18, 2018.

Have you ever wondered how can I read a document when I don’t know the language? How can I do my genealogy when I can’t translate this document? I found this FamilySearchWiki article to be especially helpful when I was beginning to learn Norwegian and I still find it helpful now when trying to decipher handwriting. Norwegian Genealogical...

Wednesday Wisdom

Written by Tiffany on October 10, 2018.

Hey everyone! I hope your week is going well so far. This week is a pretty slow week for me so I’m able to catch up on all of my projects that are half done! Woo Hoo! Anyway, I’m starting a new midweek post about tips, tricks, humor, quick stories, pick of the week items, etc. to share with you guys. I hope it’s fun and a little...

Should I Hire a Professional Genealogist?

Written by Tiffany on September 28, 2018.

Hello readers! I was thinking about what I should write about today. I have written a lot about the practical side of doing genealogy. I decided to take a break from that on this post and focus instead on some stories and concerns that people might have about hiring a genealogist. First, I want to share a story with you about my own genealogy...

More American Records that Support Norwegian Research

Written by Tiffany on August 31, 2018.

This is so true!!! Norwegian Words of the Day Witnesses/Godparents-Fadder, testes Age-Ålder Child-Barn, Barnet, Born Welcome back friends to another exciting episode of discovering my Norwegian ancestor. In this post, I will be talking about what I found on Johanna’s Nebraska death and marriage records that linked her with her immigrant...

The saga continues…

Written by Tiffany on August 24, 2018.

Norwegian Words of the Day Father-Far Mother-Mor Parents-Forældre Hi friends! Welcome to another addition of how I found my immigrant ancestor part 2. As stated in my last post, I found an immigration document that I suspected was Johanna’s, but I wasn’t sure without other documents to verify that one. A good genealogist does her best to have multiple...

Immigration Records Pt. 1

Written by Tiffany on August 18, 2018.

Norwegian Words Man – Dreng, Drenge, Mandkjøn Wife – Kone, Hustru Girl/Maid, Unmarried woman – Pigen, Pige, Kvindekjøn Hi friends, I hope you enjoyed last week’s blog about finding your ancestor in census records. I know I didn’t go too in depth with them because there’s just too much to cover in one post. However, if you want to learn more,...

What does a genealogist do?!

Written by Tiffany on August 3, 2018.

So I’ve decided to include Norwegian words as a fun little thing at the beginning of each blog post. So here goes… Født=birth, as in a birth record. So any time you see that word on a title page of a record, then you know you’re looking at a birth record and not a marriage or death record. So on to the question of the day. What does a genealogist...

The Reason for my Scandinavian Obsession

Written by Tiffany on July 27, 2018.

Hello, everyone! I’m pleased to make your acquaintance. I hope we become better friends as I discuss all things genealogy on this blog. First, let me tell you how I became interested in genealogy. Long ago in high school, my church youth group did an assignment to find our grandparents on census records or any historical record. I was...