Dave, Thanks for the tips. It looks like Finaas is now called Bømlo, the islands west of Fitjar & Stord. I found the farm I was looking for there (Gjøsætre). Still looking for a map that shows old and new parish names if anyone can help. Phil <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Someone who looks an awful lot like phil <[email protected]> wrote: > > BlankIs there a website that shows a map(s) of Norway and all the parish > > borders (old names & new)? Specifically I was looking for Finaas in > > Hordaland. I know where it is, approx., but would like to see a map of ALL > > parishes in ALL fylker. > > Hi, Phil. > > Check out http://www.norge.no/ and click on "Kart" (maps) > You can click on the Fylke you're interested in, and then this > will show you that map, with the parishes as they currently are. > (note: I don't see Finaas in this map). > > Once you do find the Parish you want, you can select it in the > "Velg kommune" menu to see a map of that parish. > > Another resource might be the 1801 census pages, which I seem > to recall have a "old name/current name" page (...somewhere). > Between that, and the maps at norge.no, perhaps you'll be able > to find what you're after. > > Hope this helps, > Dave Hinz >

Sat, 28 Jun 2003 21:26:43 -0600, in soc.genealogy.nordic, "phil" <[email protected]> wrote: >Dave, >Thanks for the tips. It looks like Finaas is now called Bømlo, the islands >west of Fitjar & Stord. I found the farm I was looking for there (Gjøsætre). > >Still looking for a map that shows old and new parish names if anyone can >help. http://www.dis-norge.no/genress/index.php?todo=visKategori&kid=66 -- Otto Jørgensen http://home.online.no/~otjoerge/ http://home.online.no/~otjoerge/bk/ All email is checked by NORTON

Someone who looks an awful lot like phil <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave, > Thanks for the tips. It looks like Finaas is now called Bømlo, the islands > west of Fitjar & Stord. I found the farm I was looking for there (Gjøsætre). Glad you found it helpful. > Still looking for a map that shows old and new parish names if anyone can > help. That might be tricky. I'm sure that the names changed gradually, over the centuries (unless there was a "great renaming" or something? Haven't heard of it if there was), so there's not really one set of "old", just a collection of snapshots in time. It certainly would be useful to have a listing of parishes which have changed name, and when they change. I don't know if this also involved border changes (I would think it would, or one parish splits into two). It's an interesting question...what you want, is a map that you can dial to a specific date & look at. The information exists, but I don't know if anyone has presented it that way. Kind of like going to mapquest, but where you could also enter a year, not just latitude/longitude. Dave Hinz