Thanks, Jostein. Very helpful as always! So are you saying that the page number is never reliable? Or that occasionally the clerk made an error? On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Jostein Austrheim < jostein.austrheim@haugnett.no> wrote: > The reason you don't found this entry is that the page 250 is wrong, it > should be page 300. > > If you go to all the books from Troms you can find book 3 for Tromsø > (there are two of them): > > > http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:tl_read?idx_primreg=PBOK&idx_fylke=19&idx_textsearch=&js=j > > And then go to page 300 and you will find it on the left page. > > Jostein A > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Aylard via" <norway@rootsweb.com > > > To: <norway@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 8:43 PM > Subject: [NOR] How to Cross-Reference Real Estate Registers > > > It seems this should be straightforward, but every approach I attempt in >> an >> effort to locate detailed entries from Norwegian real estate books fails. >> For example, an entry on the right-hand page linked below shows a pantebok >> reference of No. 3, Fol. 250. I want to locate that detailed entry >> (3-250). >> >> ​*Permanent pagelink:* >> http://www.arkivverket.no/URN:tl_read?idx_id=17507&uid=ny&idx_side=-83> >> The page has an orange button that says (in English) "Search for mortgage >> book". My first thought was that I click that button and then select the >> correct entry from the list of mortgage books that it provides. However, >> the date ranges of those books does not include 1851, which is the year of >> the entry I am searching for. Backing up to the main search page, when I >> attempt to search manually, I don't seem to be searching for the right >> thing - or at least I'm not finding what I expect! >> >> Would someone please explain to me how to use the reference number from >> the >> register to locate the detailed entry? Or am I fundamentally >> misunderstanding something? Thanks! >> >> -- James Aylard