Degerness and Ross Family History
You could consider this simply a post that combined Cluster Analysis with traditional genealogy. Or, this post might be considered a rant on the error of Ancestry trees. Or, you might consider it a confirmation on how genealogy research is needed … [Continue reading] about Cluster Analysis is not enough
Appropriate on our last day here, I spent some time at the Norwegian Genealogical Society. They are not usually open on a Tuesday but I received special permission to visit today. I did not have any *eureka* moments while I was there, but took … [Continue reading] about Last Genie Day in Scandinavia
We would have gone to visit a Stave church in Norway even if I did not have ancestors connected to one of them. There was at one time around 1,000 stave churches in Norway but only 28 remain. The Heddal Stave Church was built around 1250 (but some … [Continue reading] about Heddal Stave Church and Sauherad
The Haugen farm in Heddal parish was the last place my 3x great-grandfather Hans Torgersen Haugen lived before he moved from Norway to the United States in 1868. He is listed here on the 1865 census. His son John Hansen Torgersen sometimes used … [Continue reading] about Haugen, Gransherad, Hjartdal and Kviteseid
Today we went down to the Historical Museum. We went to one in Sweden and now in Norway too. In a gorgeous old building with marble stairs (a lot of them) we saw exhibits on the Samuari, which had just opened this week. They also had … [Continue reading] about Museum, Flea Market and Scots
