Finding Norwegian Bygdebøkers Held at the University of Minnesota Libraries

We welcome everyone to use our bygdebøker (farm book) collection. Please note the following: 

• Most of these books are available to members of the general public via interlibrary loan from your public library. Consult your nearest public library for assistance. See borrowing privileges for visitors for more information on using materials from the UMN Libraries. 
• Some of the bygdebøkers are in closed stacks which are not accessible by the public. Consult Libraries Search to check on the location. For assistance, contact Brian Vetruba, European Studies Librarian.
• We are in the process of updating this guide as the listings on it are incomplete. Consult Libraries Search for additional titles. For assistance, contact Brian Vetruba, European Studies Librarian. 

Guide to Norwegian bygdebøker : Family history room, Elwyn B. Robinson department of special collections, Chester Fritz library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota   

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Norwegian local history : a bibliography of material in the collections of the Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison  

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Lokalhistorisk litteratur, 1969-1984 

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Norsk lokalhistorisk litteratur, 1946-1970  

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Norsk lokalhistorisk litteratur : bibliografi over by- og bygdebøker, regionhistorie og periodika ca. 1900-1996   

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