[#4708] Finding deceased people

[Gjest Brent Mikkelsen]

If I know the name of a woman whose husband has died before the 1865 census, how can I find her husband's name? She and her children are listed . I have checked the church registers. Thank you.

[Gjest Brent Mikkelsen]

Specifically it is Malena Johnsdatter from Fjell

[Gjest Kjell Hamberg]

If you look at the years of birth and the patronyms of malena's children in the 1865 census, you can see that his name was Mikkel and died between 1862 and 1865. Fortunate for you, the death records for Fjell can be found here in the DA under "Source categories" - "church registers". If you follow the trail, you'll find Mikkel Salomonsen Skaalevik, who died 1862.Mvh Kjell Hamberg