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1838 tax list for Vågå

Transcription of the Fortegnelse over Jordebrugene og deres Matrikulskyld, saaledes som samme befandtes ved 1838 Aars Udgang i Vaage Thinglag af Gudbrandsdalens Fogderi, attestet ifølge Kongelig Resolution af 29de December 1838.

I just love long titles, don't you? 

This is a list of farms in Vågå with their tax registration number, names of sub-farms (bruker), and the resident (opsidder) of each, along with the tax valuation of each farm.

Genealogy

Svare genealogy

Here's my on-line collection of genealogical information on the Svare family. It contains biographical and genealogical information on the family in the United States and Norway. If you have any additional information or corrections, please contact me.

Tweet genealogy

A collection of genealogical material on the family of Peder Johannesen (1844-1916) of Tveit farm in Eidfjord, Norway. Peder was born in Eidfjord, Norway, in 1844, and came to the United States in 1869. Click here for the information.

Fuchs & Winter families of Stearns County, Minnesota

Partial indexes to Stearns county vital records for the Fuchs and Winter families. The indexes, which are incomplete, can be accessed here.

 

Genealogical Resources

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1917 Inddeling

I've transcribed the 1917 edition of Norges civile, geistlige, og judicielle inddeling. This document gives the civil, clerical, and judicial divisions of Norway for the year 1917. The localities used in the Family History Library Catalog are based on the divisions put forward in this work. For ease of on-line use you can access the file in separate parts here. A single file (134k) is available here.

Hardanger Ættarbøker Index

An index to the ættarbøker of Hardanger, Norway is available here. This index is still being compiled, so please check back again.

Genealogical Research Norwegian Research

Information about my genealogical research services is available here.

 

Blogs Everyone's blogging nowadays, right? Here's some I like.

 

Activisim! Everyone needs a cause to believe in, right? Here's some things I feel strongly about.

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Ubuntu Linux
OpenOffice and StarOffice

 

Y2K? MMI? The Millenium - What it really is

Wondering when the current millennium started? It wasn't on January 1st, 2000. Look here for the facts! Y2K was a coding problem.

 

Places to go, people to see! Some links of interest

Here are some pages to check out (mostly belonging to friends of mine, but some just meet my own personal definition of cool). All right, I admit it. I use my homepage as a personal bookmark. A guy could learn a lot from checking some of these.

 

Star Trek The script for the ST XI is completed. Casting has begun, and negotiations are underway. Will this story soar or bore? Only time will tell.

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