Need a help of Danish\Norwegian members.

[Not a Cop]

I recently found out that my ancestor came to Russia from kingdom of Denmark\Norway in 1707 and not Germany as i previously thought, so i would appreciate if some member can give me some usefull information about archives i can look to in order to dig a bit deeper.

[Methmatician]

I'm not Norwegian but I found this Norwegian website in English (http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/sab/howto.html) that helps you trace your ancestry in Norway. It has a lot of links you can use to find your ancestor.

[Not a Cop]

I'm not Norwegian but I found this Norwegian website in English (http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/sab/howto.html) that helps you trace your ancestry in Norway. It has a lot of links you can use to find your ancestor.

Thanks, i'll check it out, but i think that he most likely was German from Holstein or neighbouring areas, so i guess it's better to look in Danish archieves.

[Not a Cop]

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[Marshmallow Fluff]

Have you tried https://familysearch.org/



I recently found out that my ancestor came to Russia from kingdom of Denmark\Norway in 1707 and not Germany as i previously thought, so i would appreciate if some member can give me some usefull information about archives i can look to in order to dig a bit deeper.

[Methmatician]

Thanks, i'll check it out, but i think that he most likely was German from Holstein or neighbouring areas, so i guess it's better to look in Danish archieves.
I hope this is useful to you.

The parts of Schleswig that were reunited with Denmark in 1920 have their own archives in Aabenraa, in which are also the records of the Prussian local administration up till 1920. Sources from Holstein and from the parts of Schleswig that remained German must be looked for in German archives, in particular in the Landesarchiv Schleswig Holstein (address: Schloss Gottorf, D2380 Schleswig), or with church authorities; however, some central administrative records, such as the census forms from 1803 to 1860, are found in the Danish National Archives.

http://usa.um.dk/en/about-denmark/tracing-your-danish-ancestors/

There's also a list of family names of a Holstein colony on the Volga river in 1765 here: http://www.lowervolga.org/Holstein/index.html