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From: "Anne Hildrum" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Norwegian Data Entry
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 02:50:30 +0200
References: <3BA64B76.D05FE882@maine.rr.com>



From: "Bud Dorr" <>


> Hi all:
>
> I now have a new problem which I would like to share with the group
in hopes of
> some answers. My new son-in-law has Norwegian ancestry, and I've
traced his
> family to Norway. I am wrestling with how to enter the various
components of the
> names - the "farm name, " etc. I realize that there is no surname
for the
> working class before about 1900. Can someone with experience share
it with me?
> Also, I'd like to know how one has handled the locations.

You might get a lot of answers on this one.
basically you need to find the solution that you like the best.

Some will use the patronym as last name, and make the
farm name as a note or location, others will make a "name var"
including the
farm name, still others will use the farm name as a last name. As
someone else
noted there is still arguments about it between Norwegian
genealogists.

You got also to remember they could have lived at several farms, so
which one
do you choose.

Anne


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