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Johan Ingvald Borgos (historian and writer of local history)
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Johan I. Borgos Marianne F. Pettersen - and our daughters Strand Slekt & Data Øksnes (our birth place) Vesterålen (our region) A Vesterålen mapMail and comments to:
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'Bygdebok':
What is a 'bygdebok'? 'Bygdebok' publishing in Vesterålen Ordering 'bygdebok' from Vesterålen My 'bygdebooks'Resources:
Maps and info The oldest church registers Farm names in Vesterålen Some useful linksReadings:
Norwegian surnames Norwegian first names Norwegian farm names Tracing Norwegian immigrants Administrative units in Norway Norwegian farmer types The special Nordic characters Norwegian genealogy sources The Sami peopleAbout Øksnes history:
Ingeborg Mikkeldtr's legacy Dear Markor! The Sami in Øksnes "Jomfru Magdalena Helegunda"Net-book about coastal culture:
Preface Introduction Culture, cultural heritage and culture relics A coastal culture poem Cultural changes Ethnicity og identity Experience and insight About local societies Norwegian culture types The coast and the coastal culture Coastal history before AD 1000 Coastal history after AD 1000 The fisher-peasant The cotters The transport system The little Ice Age A letter of complaint from 1695 The Sami fishermen Collecting eggs Two district laws The mythical NorthenerOur ancestry:
Mariannes Romany (Gypsy) ancestry Hanne Katrines ancestryGuest sites:
Fredmunds pages: Dogs, photos and hobbies–
Vacation photos–
Sea photos–
A swimming elk–
My smokehouse–
Wooden things–
My dog "Snella"–
My dog "Brokkmann"–
My dog "Trigger" Øksnes Accordion ClubPhotos:
Hjellsand farm (b/w) Night photos (b/w) Waves (b/w) Mariannes photos More than a hundred slides Four panoramas Inside Øksnes church Vacation trip 2004 – ten pages with text and photos! Vacation trip 2006 – thirteen pages with text and photos!Christmas greetings:
Xmas 2000 Xmas 2001 Xmas 2002 Xmas 2003 w/bonus Xmas 2004 Xmas 2005 Xmas 2006 Xmas 2007 w/bonus Xmas 2008 w/bonus Xmas 2009 w/bonus Xmas 2010 w/bonus Xmas 2011 w/bonus Xmas 2012 w/bonusGuest writers:
Limerick guests page The limericks of Oddvar Øyangen Val Anthony's limericks and poems page The limericks of Olaf Agnar Gausvik The limericks of SvansJohan writes –
– about writing:
A Novel project– about himself
Bibliography A CV A fight for the sight Education and coincidences Fingertips and graphs– fiction
Short stories Limericks Songs and ballads Yesterday lyrics– about literature
Some book reviews Short poems My Wodehouse books A little tribute to Don Martin The Devils Dictionary– opinions:
The Mythical Northener Two districts laws On modern superstition Newspaper polemics (download) Speech March 8, 2013– about music:
Music and MIDI Musicana - a lighter look at music– about food:
Making food Warm food Breads and rolls Hanna's receipes– about this and that:
A summer job in 1962 A trip to Leningrad in 1963 A school project 1981-1984 "The funeral in Hardanger 1984" Kyllsundet - an abandoned place Høydalen - a buried farm Skjalg Halmøy, Tinden The Russian warship "Boiki" Damn spam! Norways Coastal Express Where is Norways centerpoint?