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wehelland
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Canada
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Posted - 16/02/2012 :  00:20:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
With limited understanding of the Norwegian language, and with use of Norwegian/English translation reference, it is difficut to decipher Norwegian language Parish records.

Ancestry.com offers English translation of report headings, does such exists to complement the Norwegian language parish records, that would help greatly. Understanding names, places, etc. is not that difficult once you know the headings.

Thank you for any help.

Bill Helland
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jkmarler
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USA
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Posted - 16/02/2012 :  01:49:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Second topic from the top is where to look for page heading translations from Norwegian parish registers:

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/kirkebok.html
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Hopkins
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USA
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Posted - 16/02/2012 :  11:46:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Good information about translating the formats of Norwegian parish church records during various time periods, many of the basic terms used and understanding how to use the information should be studied at this web site -
(http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/na20.html)

Actually when John Follesdal wrote that helpful article he wrote a series of others that you might find quite useful.
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/articles.html
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