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Contents 1 Adding Sources 2 Example Citations for Norwegian Sources 2.1 Digitalarkivet 2.2 FamilySearch 2.3 Books 3 Source Citation Formatters

Adding Sources

For instructions on how to add sources to WikiTree profiles, see the help pages: Help: Sources and Help: Sources Style Guide.

For frequently asked questions about sources, see the help page: Help: Sources FAQ.

Some key points to remember:

• Include the source for any information you add to WikiTree
• Reliable sources must be used for pre-1700 profiles (see Sources for Pre-1700 Profiles in Norway)
• You can create a link to a website using brackets. Inside the brackets, include the URL, then a space, then the link title.

  Example: [https://www.wikitree.com Homepage]

• In-line source citations (using ref tags: <ref>...</ref>) go in the biography section, above the == Sources == section. Place the ref tags with the source information after a fact in the biography.
• Instead of using in-line references and ref tags, you can add sources underneath the == Sources == line in a list. Use the * (asterisk) before the source information to create a list.
• Be careful not to remove this section from the "Edit Text" box (or your sources won't be visible):

  == Sources ==
  <references />

Example Citations for Norwegian Sources

Digitalarkivet

The main resource for Norwegian research is Digitalarkivet.no, where scanned images of primary sources such as church books, censuses, probates, etc. can be found. Many sources are also transcribed.

• In your source citation, be sure to include a url (link) to the record, and include the page number (if available).
• When viewing a scanned image of a record, the main part of the source citation ("source information") can be copied by clicking the image of the clipboard in the top right corner.
• If a transcription of the record is also available, you may wish to include both a link to the transcription and the scanned image in your source citaiton.
• Include a description of the specific entry being cited (what event is it, who is mentioned in the entry, and what is the date of the event?)
• Note: for church records, if the name of the parish is not mentioned in the copied source information, you should add it to source citation yourself.

Example Source Citations with wiki code:

Example:

• "Church book from Nannestad parish 1840-1850 (0238P)", Digitalarkivet Record: pg00000000517413, Digitalarkivet Image: kb20060307030393, Ingeborg Jacobsd burial on 20 Sep 1840 (died 13 Sep 1840) in Nannestad parish, Age: 50; citing Nannestad prestekontor Kirkebøker, SAO/A-10414a/F/Fa/L0010: Ministerialbok nr. I 10, 1840-1850, s. 227.

Or, image only, without hidden links:

becomes:

• Nannestad prestekontor Kirkebøker, SAO/A-10414a/F/Fa/L0010: Ministerialbok nr. I 10, 1840-1850, s. 227, Digitalarkivet (https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20060307030393), Ingeborg Jacobsd burial on 20 Sep 1840, entry #14.

Example Source Citations:

Baptism:

• "Church book from Norderhov parish 1837-1847 (0613Q)", Digitalarkivet Record: pd00000036850130, Digitalarkivet Image: kb20051111050117, Ole baptism on 10 Dec 1843 (born 8 Nov 1843) in Norderhov parish, son of Ole Olsen and Inger Pedersdatter; citing Norderhov kirkebøker, SAKO/A-237/F/Fa/L0010: Ministerialbok nr. 10, 1837-1847, s. 113.

Or:

• Norderhov kirkebøker, SAKO/A-237/F/Fa/L0010: Ministerialbok nr. 10, 1837-1847, s. 113, Digitalarkivet (https://www.digitalarkivet.no/kb20051111050117), Ole baptism on 10 Dec 1843, entry #244.

Marriage (scanned image only):

• Volda prestegjeld, Møre og Romsdal, SAT/A-1454/511/L0137: Ministerialbok nr. 511A04, 1787-1816, s. 41, Digitalarkivet Image: kb20070829660260, Frans Gutormsen Welsvig marriage to Ane Jacobsdr Morstøl, 1792, 5 p. Trin. (8 July).

Census:

• "1875 census for 1660P Strinda", Digitalarkivet Record: pf01052377002789, Digitalarkivet Image: ft20110216170517, Jakob Pedersen (born 1870) at Teslimyhr in Strinda parish, Family position: s, Birthplace: Lade Strinden; citing SAT, Folketelling 1875 for 1660P Strinda prestegjeld, 1875, s. 2287.

Emigration (transcription only):

• "Emigrants from Kristiania 1871-1930, edited version", Digitalarkivet Record: pe00000000917949, Ole Anders (54) migrating to Duluth on 25 Apr 1872, Residence: Christiania.

Probate:

• Sør-Gudbrandsdal tingrett, SAH/TING-004/J/Ja/Jaa/L0003: Skifteprotokoll, 1740-1747, s. 313b-314a, Digitalarkivet (https://www.digitalarkivet.no/sk20081210680723), Probate for Steener Svendsen, 1 Apr 1743, Waalen i Gausdal.

Digitalarkivet Tips

Click the clipboard icon to copy the "source information".

Click the three blue lines to search transcribed entries for this source. If the three lines are greyed out, the source has not been transcribed.

Click the image ID to copy the image ID to your clipboard.

Many corresponding Ancestry sources use the same image IDs as Digitalarkivet. Copy the image ID from the Ancestry image page url (look for the "?"). Then in your browser enter the url "digitalarkivet.no/" followed by the copied image ID. This will take you to the free Digitalarkivet version of the same image.

FamilySearch

For sources found at FamilySearch.org, the "copy citation" button can be used to copy/paste an automatic source citation.

Note that FamilySearch and Ancestry's Norway church record index collections, such as "Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927" and "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926", are not a preferred source to use on WikiTree. These indexes do not contain links to images and do not indicate where in the church books the original source can be found. If possible, in addition to (or instead of) citing the FamilySearch index, find the original church book page to cite.

The more recent "Norway church books, 1815-1930" collection on FamilySearch and Ancestry does contain images and provides more detailed source descriptions. Note that the scanned images are generally higher quality at Digitalarkivet than they are in this collection.

FamilySearch citation examples:

• "Norway Marriages, 1660-1926", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWWZ-ZMQ : 20 February 2020), Peder Pedersen, 1735.

• "Norway Church Books, 1815-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6871-5H7B : 5 August 2021), Oline Olsdatter, 1855.

Books

Template - Online Book:

Example:

Lars Strømme and Ragnar Standal, Hjørundfjordboka Vol. 5: Gard og ætt (Ørsta : Hjørundfjord bygdeboknemnd, 1993), page 74, Nasjonalbiblioteket.

Source Citation Formatters

For help quickly formatting source citations, consider using these tools for automatic source citations:

• Norway Source Citation Formatter (Google Sheets doc) - for sources from Digitalarkivet.no
• Rob Pavey's WikiTree Sourcer (browser extension) - for sources from Ancestry or FamilySearch