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Alvdal

Place / ParishShort NameYearsType of MediaDescription
AlvdalBygdebok Book – Published community historyAlvdal Bygdebok, Vol 1-4, 2011-2015. The LAG owns these four volumes. Since 2015, a number of additions and corrections have been posted online. You can find these corrections here. These books updated the older bygdebok published in 1966 and 1973. The LAG owns the older two volumes as well. The older volumes are available online using a VPN at the Norwegian National Library. The newer volumes are not available online.
AlvdalAlvdal.orgAllWebsiteNHOH member Torill Steivang has put a lot of information on Alvdal on this site.
AlvdalParish Records1761 – 1930Microfilm at LDS Libraries (10 films)Alvdal (Lille Elvedal) and Folldal until 1913. Alvdal parish along with Nedre Foldalen district were separated from Tynset clerical district and Øvre Foldalen district was separated from Dovre clerical district in Oppland county beginning 1 Jan 1863. For earlier records for Øvre Foldalen see Dovre and Lesja clerical districts in Oppland county and for Alvdal and Nedre Foldalen district see Tynset clerical district.
AlvdalHistorielag  Alvdal og Folldal Historielag, Krokhaug 2580, Folldal, Norway
AlvdalFamily SearchWebsiteFamily Search Wiki has lots of information on farms, available documentation and records
AlvdalArea information  WebsiteIn English. The U.S. Wikipedia page for Alvdal
AlvdalKommune  WebsiteIn Norwegian and English. The official website for the Alvdal municipality.

Folldal

Place / ParishShort NameYearsType of MediaDescription
FolldalBygdebok Book – Published community historyBydgebok for Folldal, by Ivar a. Streitlien, 12000 – 2001, 2 volumes. The LAG owns the two most recent volumes. There are other older volumes available online via a VPN.
FolldalVi er alle innvandrere her i USA by Vidar Støen, 2012 BookContains letters and photos from Norwegian immigrant society in Wisconsin in Fall Coulee, Stanley and Spring Lake 19 century. 95 figures.
FolldalUtvandrerhistorien for Folldal by Vidar Støen, 2002 BookVidar Støen has published a book about emigrants from Folldal and their descendants to 3 generations. The book includes 200 pages of text, an index of 2,281 people, years of birth, death, and immigration, destination, etc. Selected information (forward, summary, and some helps) are in English.
FolldalParish Records1722 – 1862Microfilm at LDS LibrariesSee Tynset for Nedre Foldalen, then see Alvdal.
FolldalParish Records1723 – 1863Microfilm at LDS LibrariesSee Lesja / Dovre in Oppland for Øvre Foldalen, then see Alvdal.
FolldalHistorielag  Alvdal og Folldal Historielag, Krokhaug 2580, Folldal, Norway
FolldalFamily SearchWebsiteFamily Search Wiki has lots of information on farms, available documentation and records
FolldalArea information  WebsiteIn English. The U.S. Wikipedia page for the Folldal municipality
FolldalKommune  WebsiteIn Norwegian and English. The official website for the Folldal municipality

Os

Place / ParishShort NameYearsType of MediaDescription
OsBygdebok Book – Published community historyOs i Østerdalene, by Thoralf Grue, 1943, 1 volume.
OsParish Records1815 – 1925Microfilm at LDS Libraries (5 films)Os (Dalsbygda) parish with Narbuvold chapel. They were separated from Tolga clerical district in 1926. See also Tolga clerical district.
OsHistorielag  Os Historielag, Jon Ola Gjermundsen, 2550 Os l, Osterdalen, Norway
OsFamily SearchWebsiteFamily Search Wiki has lots of information on farms, available documentation and records
OsArea information  WebsiteIn English. The U.S. Wikipedia page for the Os municipality.
OsKommune  WebsiteIn Norwegian and English. The official website for the Os municipality.

Rendalen

Place / ParishShort NameYearsType of MediaDescription
RendalenBygdebok Book – Published community historyYtre Rendal – Gard og Ætt, by Odd Nytrøen, 1970. The LAG owns this book. A new version, 1996 is available online via a VPN.
RendalenBygdebok Book – Published community historyØvre Rendal – Gårdenes og slektenes historie, Lintoft, Kari, 19889. The LAG owns this book
RendalenParish Records1661 – 1910Microfilm at LDS Libraries (7 films)Rendalen and Ytre Rendal. Included Øvre Engerdal parish with Drevsjø until 1911. They were separated from Åmot clerical district in 1741.
RendalenHistorielag  Rendalen Historielag, Ajas Kjaer, 2482 Stoersjoen, Norway
Ytre RendalFamily SearchWebsiteFamily Search Wiki has lots of information on farms, available documentation and records
Øvre RendalFamily SearchWebsiteFamily Search Wiki has lots of information on farms, available documentation and records
RendalenArea information  WebsiteIn English. The U.S. Wikipedia page for the Rendalen municipality.
RendalenKommune  Official town website

Tolga

Place / ParishShort NameYearsType of MediaDescription
TolgaBygdebok Book – Published community historyTolga: gards og slektshistorie, by Eystein Engen, 1968, 1 volume. This book is available online using a VPN
TolgaBygdebok  BookTolgen, by Ivar Sæter, 1908.
TufsingdalenBygdebok  BookTufsingdalen: Garden og slekter, by John Midtdal, 1991.
VingelenBygdebok  BookVingelen: sogeminner frå heimbygda, by Eystein Eggen, 1968.
TolgaParish Records1733 – 1929Microfilm at LDS Libraries (6 films)Tolga parish with the chapels Holøydal and Hodal; Vingelen and Os (Dalsbygda) parishes with Narbuvoll and Tufsingdal chapels. Tolga became its own clerical district in 1735, when it was separated from Tynset clerical district. Records prior to 1735 can be found in Tynset clerical district.
TolgaFamily SearchWebsiteFamily Search Wiki has lots of information on farms, available documentation and records
TolgaArea information  WebsiteIn English. U.S. Wikipedia page for the Tolga municipality.
TolgaKommune  WebsiteIn Norwegian and English. The official website for the municipality.

Tynset

Place / ParishShort NameYearsType of MediaDescription
TynsetBygdebok Book – Published community historyTynset bygdebok. Gard og ætt, Ivar A. Streitlien, 1972-78, 3 volumes. These volumes are available online via a VPN
TynsetBygdebok  BookTynset: En bygdehistorie, by Tore Aaen, 1925.
TylldalBygdebok  BookTylldalen – Brydalen bygdebok, by Eystein Eggen, 1957. The LAG owns this volume.
Tylldalen – Brydalen bygdebok, 1997 is available online via a VPN
KvikneBygdebok  BookKvikne: ei bygdebok, by Olav T. Hagen, 1951-52, 2 volumes. Available online via a VPN.
Kvikne: Gårds og slektshistorie, 2001. Available online via a VPN
KvikneFamily SearchWebsiteFamily Search Wiki has lots of information on farms, available documentation and records
TynsetParish Records1722 – 1930Microfilm at LDS Libraries (12 films)Tynset (Tønset) and Tylldal with Brydalen chapel. Included parishes Kvikne and Tolga until 1739 and Alvdal (Lille Elvedalen) with Nedre Foldalen until 1862.
TynsetHistorielag  Nordøsterdalsmuseet, Museumssentret Ramsmoen, 2500 Tynset, Norway
TynsetArea information  WebsiteIn English; The U.S. Wikipedia page for Tynset
TynsetKommune  WebsiteIn Norwegian and English; official website for the municipality.
TynsetFamily SearchWebsiteFamily Search Wiki has lots of information on farms, available documentation and records
TylldalTylldalen.org  WebsiteNHOH member Torill Steivang’s website – Local history of Tylldalen (English and Norwegian); this site also includes updates and corrections to the 1997 edition of the Tylldalen – Brydalen bygdebok.
TylldalFamily SearchWebsiteFamily Search Wiki has lots of information on farms, available documentation and records

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