mykle 0 Report post Posted July 8, 2007 Found some unlogic information in a church-register: Great-grandmother died (Death date) 14. nov. 1863 - she was buried february 1864?? What happened? - Lost in snowstorm? lost in a ferry-disaster (Probably something like this due to 5(?) burials the same day!?? Any information around historic events available anywhere?? Thanks anyway!? Arne Myklebost arne_myklebost@hotmail.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Talbot 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2007 Found some unlogic information in a church-register:Great-grandmother died (Death date) 14. nov. 1863 - she was buried february 1864?? What happened? - Lost in snowstorm? lost in a ferry-disaster (Probably something like this due to 5(?) burials the same day!?? Any information around historic events available anywhere?? Thanks anyway!? Arne Myklebost arne_myklebost@hotmail.com Seek out a public library that maintains newspaper archives of that area and period. Good luck, Mike Talbot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roy_Delos_Reyes 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2007 Depends on the area. In some parts of the world the winter of 1863 was *very* cold.. maybe frozen ground that didn't thaw untill Feb. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elevator 0 Report post Posted July 11, 2007 Norway is a little different than most countries. Here is what I mean: In Norway (especially in Northern Norway) priests had a large area to cover. A person who died from natural causes could not lay around and wait for the priest to arrive in the village but was instead BURIED. It is here very important to notice that burials are NOT church events. Instead the priest would later arrive and so something called "Jordfestelse" in Norwegian. Jordfestelse IS a church event and thus recorded in the church records. In many districts only the actual death date and the jordfestelse was recorded, not the actual burial. So what I am trying to get to here, is that a person may have died from natural causes, was buried by a group of people close to him or her without ANY interference from the church. When the priest then arrived at the district he would to "jordfestelse" on all the people who died and was buried since his last visit. That is why you may see several jordfestelse at one time, sometimes as much as 3-6 months after the actual death. If you go to the norwegian Digital Archives this is explained in detail in post 5026 in Debattforumet. http://www.digitalarkivet.no/ Notice the same for old births. The actual birth was NOT a church event, and so only the baptismal date (and sometimes the introduction - about 30-40 days after a natural birth) was recorded. For newer records, however, you will find more complete recordings of all dates involved with births and deaths. I suggest you read up on what exactly is recorded in those church records, otherwise as records get older, confusion will no doubt arise! Of course, with all that said; there is the remote possibility of something bad like an accident happened; but in most cases that would have been noted in the church records, especially with as many as 5 people involved. Ken. Found some unlogic information in a church-register:Great-grandmother died (Death date) 14. nov. 1863 - she was buried february 1864?? What happened? - Lost in snowstorm? lost in a ferry-disaster (Probably something like this due to 5(?) burials the same day!?? Any information around historic events available anywhere?? Thanks anyway!? Arne Myklebost arne_myklebost@hotmail.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
