GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH

The museum offers free advice and guidance for those seeking genealogical information in Norway. The museum also acts as an intermediary between those seeking such information and Norwegian scholars and genealogists. Requests for genealogical searches should be addressed to: The Norwegian Emigrant Museum
Genealogy
Åkershagan
2312 Ottestad
Norway

A NOTE ON GENEALOGICAL SEARCHES AT THE EMIGRANT MUSEUM

Genealogy is an abiding interest in Norway. Throughout the country, individuals and groups will be found who do serious and detailed genealogical research within their particular municipality or local geographic area. In many cases, they continually receive questions concerning Norwegian genealogy from overseas.

We refer genealogical enquiries to The Hedmark Genealogical Society. For a fee, the members will answer questions and conduct genealogical searches for customers throughout the world.

Upon receiving an inquiry, our staff notes it and refers it to the society. When the genealogical work is done, the answer is copied for the museum archives, and the originals are sent on to the customer. Thus, the records of all searches remain in the museum archives. They are available to the original customer and his or her descendants or assignees.