1875 Norway Census Is Coming & Other Status Reports

The following announcement was written by FamilySearch. Please notice the words "FamilySearch’s Historical Family Reconstitution unit." That is a project that has not yet created much publicity but could be the basis for something very exciting: linking existing records in such a manner as to define, or "reconstitute," families, neighborhoods and villages.

1875 Norway Census

In the first week of December, we will start indexing the 1875 Norway Census. This will be a large segment of the census for rural areas of Norway, but not the entire census.  FamilySearch’s Historical Family Reconstitution unit has joined forces with the University of Tromsø in Norway to complete this project. The university is indexing the census records for the urban areas of Norway.

Pass the word along that anyone interested in Norwegian genealogical research is encouraged to help by volunteering as a FamilySearch indexer.

Completed Projects

The following projects have been completed in the past two weeks. Patrons should be able to search them shortly online at FamilySearch Record Search:

Missouri – 1870 US Census

Tennessee – 1870 US Census

Morelos – 1930 Mexico Census

Alabama – 1920 US Federal Census

Arkansas Marriages II

Alabama – 1850 US Federal Census – General

Current Projects, Record Language, and Percent Completion Status

1916 Canadian Census - English - 25%

Argentina Censo 1869 - Buenos Aires 2 - Spanish - 19%

Argentina Censo 1869 - Cordoba y San Luis - Spanish - 15%

Arkansas Marriages [Part 1] - English - 54%

Arkansas Marriages IV - English - 8%

Belgique – Registres Des Décès (Français) - French - 14%

België - Overlijdens Registers - In het Nederlands - Dutch, Flemish - 7%

Brandenburg Kirchenbücher - German - 29%*
   (*This percentage refers to a specific portion of a larger project.)

Bremer Schifflisten - German - 0.6%

España Lugo Registros Parroquiales [Part 1] - Spanish - 8%

Flanders Death Registration - FR, Dutch, Flemish - 33%

Florida 1945 Census - English - 96%

France, Coutances, Paroisses de la Manche - French - 7%

Guanajuato Censo de Mexico de 1930 - Spanish - 86%

Guerrero - Censo de Mexico de 1930 - Spanish - 51%

Illinois - 1920 US Federal Census - English - 31%

Indiana Marriages, 1790 – Apr 1905 - English - 60%

Indiana Marriages, 1882 – Apr 1905 - English - 84%

Indiana Marriage Returns, 1882 – Apr 1905 - English - 48%

Indiana Marriages, Apr 1905 – Dec 1957 - English - 40%

Massachusetts - 1920 US Federal Census - English - 44%

Massachusetts Death Records 1906-1915 - English - 53%

Massachusetts Marriage Records 1906-1915 - English - 9%

New Hampshire - Early to 1900 Births - English - 18%

Nicaragua, Managua Civil Records - Spanish - 8%

Nova Scotia Antig. Church Records, 1823 to 1905 - English - 39%

Ohio Tax Records – 2 of 4 - English - 61%

Queretaro - Censo de Mexico de 1930 - Spanish - 7%

UK - Cheshire - Church Records - English - 21%

UK - Cheshire - Land Tax - English - 4%

Venezuela Mérida Registros Parroquiales - Spanish - 1%

Comments

[patrick Kelly]

Once again,
I see that there is no mention of what is been done to publish Irish family histories, like the 1901 and 1911 census. It looks like the whole world is been digitised, but not the Irish State???

[Barb Johnson]

The 1875 Norwegian census along with the 1801, 1865 and 1900 censuses have been available for some years at www.digitalarkivet.uib.no which is the website for the University of Norway in Bergen. You can search a county, parish or the entire country by first name, surname, farm name or several other parameters. Best of all, it's free. Look to click "English" to get some of your options in English. In addition to the census records, there are many other data bases available at this site.

[Jeff Svare]

The indexing of the 1875 census that is available at digitalarkivet and the University of Tromsø's RHD site is not complete. If you go to this site (http://www.rhd.uit.no/folketellinger/reg_komm.html) you can get a list of what is currently available. FamilySearch is partnering with the University to complete the entire census enumeration. When it is complete, it will be free and searchable on all three sites.

[Marilyn]

As to Digitalarchivet and the Norwegian records, this is great news (completing the censuses). I made extensive use of this information this Spring and highly recommend their site for useability and usefullness. The people on the user group list are friendly and helpful, also, and willing to help non-Norwegian speakers.

[Marilyn]

As to Digitalarchivet and the Norwegian records, this is great news (completing the censuses). I made extensive use of this information this Spring and highly recommend their site for useability and usefullness. The people on the user group list are friendly and helpful, also, and willing to help non-Norwegian speakers.

[Marilyn]

As to Digitalarchivet and the Norwegian records, this is great news (completing the censuses). I made extensive use of this information this Spring and highly recommend their site for useability and usefullness. The people on the user group list are friendly and helpful, also, and willing to help non-Norwegian speakers.

[Marilyn]

I DID only hit that button once. Strange.

[Kim]

I, too, am curious as to the que status of the Irish B/M/D indexes that have been listed as a "completed" project for quite some time. Other "current" projects seem to be jumping the que - so to speak - and are being posted first. I think what FamilySearch has done is just fantastic, and this is by no means a criticism. But, I am curious as to why the delay? Concerns about web traffic? Or is the General Records Office in Ireland concerned with being overwhelmed by certificate requests?