This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hcC.2ACE/1320.2 Message Board Post: You will also find a great deal of help about using those Norwegian church records here - http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/na20.html There is an older published book "Scandinavian Genealogical Research Manual" by Finn A.Thomsen which in Volume 1 includes a "Danish-Norwegian Language Guide and Dictionary". It includes some sample forms and formats for various church records. Volume 2 includes old handwritring and names used in Denmark and Norway. I also found useful a Research Paper published by The Genealogical Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which is entitled "Danish-Norwegian Paleography". I believe it to now be out of print - but it is available on microfiche from an LDS Family History Center. I encourage you to order a film and give it a try. That was the single most exciting step I took in tracking my Norwegian ancestors!