Can anyone read the text of this Øvre Rendal parish record?

Question

My 7/8ggf (depending on which line), Haagen Eriksen Haarset, was born 1670 and died in 1740 (Bull 1940: 82) and would have been 70 years old. It appears the 4th entry from the bottom on the left side of the page may be his, but the writing is not very clear. I'm wondering if the date might be Easter Monday. Thoughts?

https://media.digitalarkivet.no/view/9189/222

Answer 1

Hi Mark.  If you look at either the previous page or the next page you can see how Easter (paaske) was written.  

The entry above Haagen is for 3 pinsedag (07 Jun 1740). The entry after Haagen is for the 6th Sunday after Trinity (24 Jul). Haagen's entry is on Maria besøkelsesdag (02 Jul 1740).

Comments

Mange tusen takk for your help, Jeffrey. It's way easier to decipher when you know what you're looking for. lol

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Glad to help.  It was very hard to read so it was best to decipher other entries to narrow down the possibilities as there are several "feast" days in the old Norwegian Church calendar that are based on Maria (Mary the mother of Jesus).

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One would think the parish priests would get some handwriting lessons. lol. At first I thought "Maria" looked like "Mond".