Searching the Digital Archives of Norway
Introduction
The Digital Archives of Norway (Digitalarkivet) is a part of the larger national and state archives of Norway. It is an excellent source of information for people researching ancestors from Norway. These records include people listed in census records, parish registers, emigration records, property tax records, probate records, and more.
Here is a link to the Digital Archives of Norway homepage:
Key Norwegian Words in the Digital Archives
Many of the webpages and much of the material in the Digital Archives can be viewed in English. Even so, knowing some key Norwegian words can be helpful. Here is a link to a list of Norwegian words you might encounter in the Digital Archives:
Norwegian Genealogical Word List
Searching the Archives
On the Digital Archives main page, you will find a search box labelled “Search the Sources”. In theory, this should search all the digital records listed, but I’m unconvinced that it searches all the records. I need to do some more investigating. To be thorough, you should consider navigating to individual categories and then entering search information there.
Be sure to search with name variations. Sometimes even partial name searches can be helpful. While many of my ancestors had the name Høstager, when I searched using “Høst”, I would sometimes find some of them listed as “Høstaker.”
Digital Archives also has a page describing helpful search tips: How to Search the Data
Digital Archives Source Links
These links are also on the Digital Archives website. They are included here for convenience.
Census Records
1644-1646, 1701, 1769-1855, 1801, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1900, 1910
Municipal Censuses
Full Text Transcripts
New Solution for Scanned Censuses (beta)
Parish Registers
Digitized Parish Registers
New Site for Digitized Parish Registers (beta)
Transcribed Parish Registers
Marriage Register
Full Text Transcriptions
Probate Records
Digitized Probate Documents
Search in Probate Registers
Search in Death Reports
Full Text Transcriptions
Landed Propert Tax Records
Search Matrikler
Search Jordebøker
Digitized Matrikkel of 1838
Digitized Matrikkelforarbeidet of 1723
Digitized Jordebøker from 1595-1754
Full Text Transcriptions
Legal Proceedings and Sanctions
Digitized Documents from Legal Proceedings
Search Prison Registers
Tingbøker - Court Journal Transcripts
Accounts and Tax Lists
The Silver Tax of 1816
Search the Silver Tax of 1816
The Extra Tax 0f 1762
Search the Extra Tax of 1762
Search the Poll Tax
Norske Lensrekneskapsbøker
Search the Tax Censuses
Full Text Transcriptions
Miscellaneous
Emigratation Register
Real Estate Records
Search in Probate Registers
Digitized Address Books for Kristiania/Oslo and Aker