{"id":16809,"date":"2022-10-07T14:30:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T14:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/kai-samuel-is-asked-for-help-with-genealogical-research-every-day-news-culture-and-entertainment\/"},"modified":"2022-10-07T14:30:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T14:30:50","slug":"kai-samuel-is-asked-for-help-with-genealogical-research-every-day-news-culture-and-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/kai-samuel-is-asked-for-help-with-genealogical-research-every-day-news-culture-and-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Kai-Samuel is asked for help with genealogical research every day – news Culture and entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you curious about who your grandmother really was? Or would you like to know more about the history of your great-grandparents – or an unknown sibling? You are not alone in that. Interest in genealogical research has exploded in recent years. Genealogist Kai-Samuel Vigardt (35) has experienced an enormous increase in his inbox after he appeared on the TV screen as a digging family detective in “Unknown Heir” on news. – Today I probably received 50-60 inquiries. It’s nice, but it can also be a bit overwhelming. Sometimes I can hardly bear to look at the phone, Vigardt tells news. Together with Tarjei Str\u00f8m, Kai-Samuel Vigardt has managed to reunite unknown heirs. Identity seekers It is clear that many people want to know more about their ancestors and Vigardt has been a helping hand for many. Now he helps people to help themselves. Because he is no longer enough. And he sees that it is not so easy for people to maneuver their way through a landscape of all kinds of archives on their own. That the interest in our family history has increased can be confirmed by Simon Tr\u00f8an, who is an adviser at the National Archives. – People have become more curious, and a lot is probably thanks to programs such as “Tell me who you are” and “Unknown heir”. But we are more identity-seeking and concerned with our own origins than before, he believes. Tarjei Str\u00f8m and Kai-Samuel Vigardt have inspired the Norwegian people to begin genealogical research. Photo: Kjell Joran Hansen Read censuses as a 13-year-old Vigardt is part of the Romnai people and grew up with grandparents who loved to tell stories. The mother did genealogical research on her own family, and helped many of her people with family reunification. The traveling Romani people are a minority that has had to endure a lot of injustice throughout history. Families were destroyed and children were separated from their parents. The mother’s great interest in genealogical research sowed a seed – for this the son also wanted to do. Kai-Samuel Vigardt eagerly followed along when his mother worked on family research. Photo: Privat Vigardt entered the investigative bubble as a teenager. Genealogical research is perhaps not a typical teenage hobby, and there were several people who noticed the somewhat original 13-year-old. – I met a lady in Moss three weeks ago, and she said she remembered me from Moss’s library. She worked on genealogical research, and sat in the genealogy corner of the library. – She said that I used to come by bus from V\u00e5ler to Moss to sit and read censuses on a small device. She thought it was extremely funny. The urge to help Genealogy requires a lot of patience. But for the young researcher, there is one thing in particular that makes the job worthwhile. – Often I find nothing, but when I find that one little nugget of gold, it’s worth all the work. It is, in a way, a detective job, and it is exciting. The Romani people have always had a strong storytelling culture – something he has definitely chosen to continue. But there are also other aspects of the minority that are close to his heart. There were many good story times together with the family. Four generations of Vigardt are gathered here. Photo: Privat Because even though Vigardt has been spared prejudice and hate speech growing up, he knows how many of his people have faced resistance and fought for justice. – I have several relatives who have been taken from their parents – and I have been very involved in finding those who disappeared from my family, he says and continues: – Identity and family have been an important battle for my people, and therefore it means a lot to be able to help people find each other again, he says. Big and complex But how easy is it really to dig into your own family history? There are countless archives at both state and municipal level, and there is much to be found as long as you know how to proceed. – The archive world is large and complex, and it is not easy to find if you do not know exactly what to look for. And it is actually only 2-3 percent that is available online – the rest is only available in physical form and must be seen in the reading rooms in the various archives, says Vigardt. But how difficult is it for people to start their own genealogical research? Adviser Tr\u00f8an from the National Archives believes that there is a lot you can find online today, as long as you know where to look. Simon Tr\u00f8an believes that there is much that can be found about the family as digital archives. – It all depends on what you want to find out. But as long as you go to the right places, there is a lot of information available – with the exception of confidential things such as health records. You must then apply for access. The National Archives owns both the State Archives and the National Archives – in addition to Digitalarkivet.no, where you can find a lot of information through scanned documents and time changes. Do you want to start genealogical research? Talk to relatives and get information from them. Visit cemeteries, where you can get information about deceased relatives on gravestones. Look in family books and local history and village books. You can rent these at the library. Search in Digitalarkivet.no. There are many documents that have been scanned and digitized. Go to the National Library. There you can find millions of documents, newspapers and time changes. But to be successful you need to know what to search for and what the title or document contains. Contact the State Archives, the National Archives and municipal archives. It may also be a good idea to visit a local museum. There they often have private archives with photos and information about local history. Easier access in the future There are also various genealogy platforms online, such as MyHeritage and Geni – but there Tr\u00f8an advises people to be a little critical. – There are amateurs who publish what they have found out, and if they enter one mistake in a family tree, it can quickly spread. When asked if the accessibility is too poor for people, Tr\u00f8an answers this: – If you want to start as a genealogist, there is a lot in the Digital Archive. But if you want to dig further, you should visit the large archives, physically. – Will it be easier to find information in the future? – Yes, the archives are becoming more and more digitized, although there will always be something that is not. The digital archive is working on upgrading the website now to make it more intuitive for people. Kai-Samuel Vigardt talks about his great passion in the Lindmo studio. Kai-Samuel Vigardt and “Unknown heir” partner Tarjei Str\u00f8m in Anne Lindmo’s chair.Kai-Samuel Vigardt and “Unknown heir” partner Tarjei Str\u00f8m are Lindmo’s guests on news. In the first season of “Unknown Heir”, Vigardt helped people who contacted him, and he spent a lot of time helping people create family trees. – Now I don’t have time to help people, but I try to guide them on what they can do themselves, concludes Vigardt. Kai-Samuel Vigardt is Lindmo’s guest on Friday. Watch the interview on news 1 or whenever you want on news TV.
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