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Links to Information about Stadsbygd, Rissa, Fosen and Trøndelag

Adresseavisen (Trondheim's newspaper) (norsk)
Central Norway (1) (Midt-Norsk Reiselivs travel guide to central Norway)
Central Norway (2) (Tourist Magazine’s travel guide to central Norway)
Fosen Folk High School (A community college in Rissa)
FosenPortalen (The Fosen Portal. Comprehensive information for the kommuner on the Fosen peninsula, including Rissa; many links) (norsk)
Fosna-Folket newspaper (Local news for Stadsbygd, Rissa and the Fosen peninsula; published in Brekstad; many links) (norsk)
Rissa Upper Secondary School
Stadsbygd-Portalen (The Stadsbygd Portal. Excellent overview of Stadsbygd, including pictures) (norsk)
Virtual Trondheim (Comprehensive information source to help you plan your trip to Trondheim)

Links to Staværingers home pages:

Arild Haarsakers Hjemmeside (norsk)
Brooks Herbal Products (Linda Brooks' business)
Dennis L. Haarsager’s home pages: Contact information | Quick links | Weather links | Stadsbygd and Its People | Consulting | Washington State University Educational Telecommunications & Technology | WSU personal
Economy Roofing (Paul Horsager's business)
Egil and Gunhild Øyangen's Home Page
Geir Hårsaker's Home Page
Jerry Horsager's Home Page
Teveltunet Fjellstue (Nils-Petter Haarsaker)
Vanja Hårsaker (norsk; Vanja Hårsaker’s home page at the University of Oslo)

Genealogy Links:

Dictionaries including older genealogical terms:
· John Føllesdal's Norwegian-English Dictionary (from Ancestors From Norway site)
· Martin's Norwegian Genealogical Dictionary (from Martin's Magazine site)
· Otto Jørgensen's Norwegian-American Dictionary and other translation resources (from Otto Jørgensen's Links site)

Online Look-up Resources:
· Digitalarkivet/The Digital Archive (In English. From Riksarkivaren, The National Archives of Norway. Census records, ecclesiastical maps and more.)
· Diplomatarium Norvegicum (Records from the Middle Ages. Help available in English.)
· GeoNet Name Server (National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Find geographical coordinates of your farm or bygd in Norway.)
· Geomatikk (Find grandparents’ farm. Fantastic online map service from Bravida Geomatikk AS. In Norwegian, but easy for an English speaker to use. First, click GeoWEB. Then click on the map of Norway at a point of interest to you. That zooms you in some. Keep clicking all the way down to the farm level. In some cases, you can even see buildings.)
· Matrikkelutkastet av 1950 (Land tax records from 1950. Excellent source of current farm and sub-farm names.)
· Matrikkelutkastet av 1886 (Same, but for 1886.)
· 1660 (circa) censuses
· 1801, 1865 and 1900 censuses and more
· Emigrants from Trondheim, 1885-1916
· Oluf Rygh Norwegian Farm Names
· 100 Years of Emigrant Ships from Norway (Find the ship on which your ancestor sailed to America.)
· Statistics Norway Search for Names (In English. How common is your name? Is a given name male or female?)
· Terraserver (Find grandparents’ farm. Same as GEOWEB above except for U.S. You start with a place name, though, instead of a map. Satellite photos are even available for some areas. I can see our house, camping trailer and canoe!).
· University of Tromsø's Censuses for 1865, 1875 and 1900

Mailing lists and discussion groups:
There are two primarily English-language genealogy email lists of interest, one for all of Norway and the other for Trøndelag, the region near Trondheim where Stadsbygd is located. The people on these lists are friendly and very helpful. Both lists are quite active and generate many emails per day, so you may wish to subscribe in “digest mode” which waits until several emails have been sent, then sends them all to you in one large email. Both lists also have “newbe” information to help get you started researching your ancestors. To subscribe, send an email to Norway-L-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or Norway-D-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode), or to Trondelag-L-request@rootsweb.com or Trondelag-D-requeste@rootsweb.com, with the word subscribe in the body of the message. Put in no additional text (it’s a machine and doesn’t care if you say thank you) and turn off your automatic signature file. You do not need anything in the subject line, either. An online discussion group (like email, only everything is on the web) exists for Fosen (the peninsula in Trøndelag where Stadsbygd is located) genealogy. The list is called Fosenslekt. Although the prevailing language is Norwegian, many of its regulars will respond to requests posted in English.

Ancestors From Norway (John Føllesdal’s site. Probably the best genealogical site in English about Norway.)
Bygdebøker (Norwegian parish history) guide and list from the University of North Dakota Libaray. The UND collection does not circulate, however bygdebøker can be borrowed from many other libraries (e.g., University of Minnesota and University of Wisconsin) through inter-library loan. An indispensable resource for researching your family history. All bygdebøker are written in Norwegian.
Anne Hindrum's Home Page (Good resource if your ancestors are from Nord-Trøndelag.)
The Bygdelag Page (Ruth M. Sylte’s comprehensive listing of bygdelag, organizations made up of the descendants of emigrants from particular areas of Norway who are now living in North America. Trønderlag of America is the bydgelag which includes Stadsbygd.)
County (kommune) maps of Norway
Cyndi's List (If there's a more comprehensive list of genealogy resources, I don't know of it. This list has an extensive section on resources relating to Norway.)
DIS-Norge (English language pag-+/e for Norwegian genealogy organization)
How To Trace Your Ancestors In Norway
Martin's Magazine (Martin Eidhammer’s Norwegian Genealogy Magazine has lots of good information.)
Medieval Scandanavia (Stine and Tom Bjørnstad's site from Norway is a must visit for anyone wanting to learn more about Scandinavian history and genealogy.)
Nordic Notes on the Net (A wealth of information in English on Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, including many genealogy links)
Norwegian-American Bygdelagenes Fellesraad (Bygdelagenes are associations of people from the same parts of Norway. This English-language site has information on how to contact those associations which are currently active. Trønderlag of America is the bydgelag which includes Stadsbygd.)
Norwegian Church Registers (English language page for the oldest church registers in Norwegian Parshes)
Norwegian Diaspora Page (Good links.)
Norwegian-English dictionary (John Føllesdal’s excellent list includes archaic genealogy terms)
Norwegian Farm Names (Norwegian language search engine for Rygh's classic multi-volume work, Norske Gaardnavne)
The Norwegian Institute of Local History
Norwegian National Archives (English language page)
Norway List web site (If you are serious about Norwegian genealogy, Karla Halsan Mattila’s listserv is essential. Very active and populated by very helpful people. The site has lots of good information.)
Otto Jørgensen's Links (Otto has an excellent list of links relating to genealogy in both English and Norwegian)
Sør-Trøndelag to America: Our Norwegian Ancestors (Linda Schwartz's home page has many helpful links to genealogists and others interested in Sør-Trøndelag)

Travel:

Central Norway (1) Midt-Norsk Reiselivs travel guide to central Norway
Central Norway (2) Tourist Magazine’s travel guide to central Norway
dyrendal.no Cabin accommodations in Rissa (norsk)
Fantastic Fosen Tourist information in English, Norwegian and German
GoTo Scandinavia Very nice multi-language site (click on a flag) about travel in Norway, Denmark and Sweden.
Norwegian Mountains: the Willassen Guide Handy guide to touring in Norway's beautiful mountains.
SkiInfo Multi-lingual site on skiing in Norway (“ski” is a word of Norwegian origin where it is pronounced “she”).
Råkvåg boat landing (norsk)
Råkvåg tourist guide (beautiful small fishing village in northwestern Rissa)
Tourist Magazine Norway Detailed travel, culture and food information for Norway. There's a link to the Fosen page on the main page on this web site and a link to the Trøndelag food page on the recepies page on this web site.
Virtual Trondheim Comprehensive information source to help you plan your trip to Trondheim

Food Links:

Cooking With Daughters of Norway
Countryside Lefse
Granrud's Lefse Shack
Kokk.no (norsk – Kokk = cook. A very nice comprehensive web site about Norwegian cooking with hundreds of new and traditional Norwegian recipes.)
Nordland Lefse
Olsen Fish Company
Sons of Norway Recipe Box
Terry's Lefse Links

Other Links Of Interest:

Fenstad Miljøplanter (Fenstad garden center in Stadsbygd, norsk)
Johan Bojers biografi og forfatterskap (Excellent summary by great-grandson Axel Bojer of Johan Bojer’s life and work, norsk)
Museet Kystens Arv (The Coastal Heritage Museum, a museum in Stadsbygd where you can see Viking-like Åfjordsbåter being built just as they have been for a millenium. This site is in Norwegian, with an English language coming soon.)
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Norwegian Documentation Project (English language page for nationwide project applying computer technology to language and culture information at Norwegian universities)
Norwegian Maritime Museum. Has a picture if the Viking-link fishing boat associated with Stadsbygd.
Norwegian Mountains: the Willassen Guide Handy guide to touring in Norway's beautiful mountains.
Radio Norway Radio Norway no longer broadcasts in English. The link included here is for Radio Norway's remaining shortwave schedule. To convert UTC time to Eastern Standard Time, subtract 5 hours; Central Standard Time subtract 6 hours; for Mountain Standard Time, subtract 5 hours; and for Pacific Standard Time. During Daylight Savings Time, add back one hour.
Rosenborg Ballklub Norwegian language page for the best fotball (soccer) team in Norway (unfortunately, the English language version seems to have disappeared).
Sons of Norway Home Page
Team Norway's web site. Team Norway consists of the following: The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington, DC, the Royal Norwegian Consulate General in New York with the Norwegian Information Service to the United States, the Royal Norwegian Consulate Generals in Houston, Miami, Minneapolis and San Fransisco, the Norwegian Trade Council, the Norwegian Tourist Board (NORTRA), the Norwegian Industry Attaches, the Norwegian Seafood Export Council and the Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce.
Tourist Magazine Norway Detailed travel, culture and food information for Norway. There's a link to the Fosen page on the main page on this web site and a link to the Trøndelag food page on the recepies page on this web site.
Trondheim and Oslo "Cams"(Current images of Trondheim and Oslo from the Verdens Gang newspaper in Oslo -- click on the pictures for a larger version)
Trondheim Harbor "Cams" (Six live cameras on Trondheim Harbor; norsk)
Trondheim Weather 5-Day Forcast from CNN
Tuva Tøv English norsk (felted clothing and housewares made in Stadsbygd, norsk)

Updated 27.juli 2003

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