Norway, Oslo, Census, 1908 - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection is for the 1908 census for the city of Oslo, which, until 1925, was known as Kristiania. The census contains an enumeration of all persons resident in the city on 1 February. Municipal censuses for Oslo were taken in the following years: 1883, 1899-1905, 1907-1910, 1912-1929, 1931-1938, 1940-1943, 1946-1949, 1951-1954.

The census consists of the following parts: Husliste, identifying the street name and house number, including statistical data (Sammendrag af personlisterne); and Personliste containing details on each individual. The census is arranged alphabetically by street name, then by house number.

Census Records Available Online
For a list of records available online at Digitalarkivet see Oslo Censuses.

Reading These Records
These records are written in Norwegian. For help reading them see Norway Languages and Norwegian Word List.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know: • 2 If you know the street where someone was living you can download a PDF of [[media:VEIVISEREN (Street Index).pdf|Veiviseren : Samlagsafstemmingen i Kristiania 1899 : Kredsinddellingen med Alfabetisk Gadefortegnelse]] (The Guide : the Collective Vote in Kristiania 1899 District Divisions with Alphabetical Street Index) to determine which district of the city they lived in.

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use residence and names of parents to locate church records
 * Use the birth year to locate birth records in the parish register
 * Search the census for relatives living nearby

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * See Norway Personal Names to become familiar with Norwegian naming traditions
 * The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
 * Remember that spelling was generally not standardized until the early part of the 20th century

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in Norway.
 * Norway Guided Research
 * Norway Record Finder
 * Norway Research Tips and Strategies

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Norway, Kristiania, Kristiania, folketelling, 1908

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Norway, Oslo, Census, 1901 - FamilySearch Historical Records
 * Norway, Oslo, Census, 1912 - FamilySearch Historical Records

Citing This Collection
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