Rogalandslag Links

This page contains links to places that we believe are of interest to members of Rogalandslag.

Note that there are also a couple of downloadable files on our site that contain usefull links and that are not a complete overlap with these.

Sites in or about Rogaland

See also individual area pages with some links. Note that a web search shows 23,274 hits on "Rogaland".

	DIS-Rogaland the Rogaland Computer Genealogy Group. excellent site with bibliographic entries on most bygdeboker and some actual bygdeboker online.
	Eigersund Kommune
	EMBLA: Genealogy store including selling several bygdebøker (with descriptions), most of the site is available in English and Norwegian..
	Haugesund and North Rogaland pictures
	Haugesund: Site about the Haugesund area.
	International School of Stavanger
	Jelsa, site related to Jelsa, Ryfylke, Suldal, Rogaland
	John Follesdal's Genealogy which includes Rogaland links
	Slektsforum Karmoy english version and also in Norwegian
	Liv & Alf Fiveland, English version.
	Norwegian Emigration Center: Norwegian Emigration Center in Stavanger.
	Michael Willig and Anne Mo from Sand who have links to Suldal related sites including personal genealogies on the Internet.
	ROBIN - ROgaland Base for INformation.
	Rogaland Roots page by Michael VanBaaren. Lots of good information and links. Information on parishes, farms, church records, census records, bygdebøker and other items.
	ROGBASE has writeups on all parts of Rogaland.
	Sandnes Kommune
	Siri Lawson: A personal page with a lot of Rogaland roots.
	Sokndal from Stein N. Wisted. More in Norwegian.
	Stavanger some pictures around Stavanger.
	Stavanger Aftenblad: The main newspaper in Stavanger (in Norwegian).
	Høgskolen i Stavanger:
	Stavanger Kommune: In Norwegian about Stavanger services (buses etc) with a link to an English page with some nice pictures and general information.
	Stavanger Nettet
	Terje Bakkalia, Norwegian version. and english version Terje lives in Stavanger and has a nice genealogy home page
	Vindafjord Kommune
	Yahoo: The part dedicated to Rogaland.

Norwegian Related sites (not specifically Rogaland)

	Arkivverket - Archives index/starting point for many of the databases at the University of Bergen.
	Brekke Tours, Grand Forks ND
	C. F. Scheel: A set of pages that include bygdeboker lists, and other items of interest to Norwegian researchers.
	DIS Norge: Norwegian Computer Genealogy Group (mostly in Norwegian)
	Digital Archives: 1801, 1865 and 1900 Censuses and other sources like tax lists, military rolls, church registers, etc
	English directions for several Norwegian databases
	Emigration from Norway, The Solem, Swiggum & Austheim ship index 1825-1925
	How to trace your ancestors in Norway
	Lee Genealogy - some good general Norwegian genealogy stuff and lots of Sogn (particularly Vik) stuff. Parts in Norwegian.
	National Archives of Norway
	NorwegianAmerican Studies - Volumes 1-29 of NAHA Studies are available online.
	Norwegian-American Collection, National Library, Oslo:
	Norwegian GENWEB: The main Norwegian site on the World GENWEB system.
	Norwegian Lutheran Church Abroad
	Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Norwegian Newspapaers
	Norwegian Railway Club
	Norwegian Social Science Data Services
	Olaf Norlis Bokhandel - order any current Norwegian book (in Norwegian)
	Royal Family - The web site of the Norwegian Royal Family (English version). or (Norwegian version)
	Royal Norwegian Embassy - Includes a good reference about Norwegian Genealogy in English and the News of Norway publication that the embassy publishes.
	Rygh farm name lookups retrieves basic information on farms from the multi volume Rygh series.
	Scandinavian Heritage - Norwegian artisans
	Ship information
	Sons of Norway
	Thor M Andersen bibliographic collection.

Pages primarily of links, also search engines

	Cyndi's list - the Norwegian part
	Nordic Links a page of links to several Norwegian and Norwegian-American web locations.

	Norskland.com - links to many interesting Norwegian sites.
	norwaves.com
	Norwegian language: Links to Norwegian language items on the Web.
	Norwegian Search Engine

	Traveling in Norway: Links to many useful sites related to traveling in Norway. Includes links pages for specific regions.
	Norwegian people search.
	yourdictionary.com - links to various dictionaries and translators on the web.

Associations, Groups, Museums, etc

	DIS Norge: the Norwegian Computer Genealogy Group. Includes links to branches in most areas of Norway.
	Evangelical Lutheran Church Archives: Chicago IL
	Evangelical Lutheran Synod: was the Norwegian Synod of the American Evangelical Lutheran Church
	Hardanger Fiddle Association of America
	Lutheran Brotherhood
	Norsemanns-Forbundet (Norse Federation)
	Norwegian-American Genealogical Association: Minneapolis MN
	Norwegian-American Historical Association: archives, publishes one or two books each year.
	Norwegian Local History Institute
	Organizations in United States: Links to Norwegian related groups in the United States.
	RHD - Registry for Historical Data
	Sons of Norway
	Vesterheim Genealogy Library, Madison WI
	Vesterheim Museum, Decorah IA

Norwegian related Colleges, Universities, and schools

Most of these have libraries with Norwegian resources in them.

	Augsburg College: Minneapolis MN
	Augustana College: Sioux Falls SD
	Bethany College: Mankato MN - Evangelical Lutheran Synod
	Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary: Mankato MN - Evangelical Lutheran Synod
	Concordia College: Moorhead MN
	Folk High Schools: web site links to Norwegian Folk High Schools (Folkehogskule).
	Luther College: Decorah IA
	Luther Seminary: Minneapolis MN
	Saint Olaf College, Northfield MN
	Stavanger College: Stavanger Norway
	Pacific Lutheran University: Tacoma WA
	University of North Dakota: listed because of its large Norwegian Genealogy Collection in the Chester Fritz Library
	Wartburg College: Waverly IA.

Links pages

The Viking Ship: Links and information about Norway.

Norwegian Genealogy Related News Groups

soc.genealogy.nordic

no.slekt

no.slekt.etterlysning

The 2 ".no" ones may not be available to you unless you request them from your provider.

Other Bygdelag URL's

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