Same life and records

[gj12591]

I am very pleased to find out that I have ancestors that were “flyttesamer”.
Can anyone please recommend a book that tells of the same’s life before they settled in one country and where to get it?
Beside the Norsk and Swedish church records – did the same keep any record of their own?

[dn23027]

Hello

There is a lot of information in this blog about saami people and their history (lot of links too here when scrolling down): http://saamiblog.blogspot.com/

There is an author;Odd Mathis Hætta, who has written several books about Saami. They are available in bookstores (also online). One of the books is called " Samene - Nordkalottens urfolk " and contains old and new and about saami history, culture, language, etc. But: it is in Norwegian!


Regards
Linda

[gj12591]

Thankyou Linda found the book online - have orderd it
Photos and story on "the blog" is wonderful and some of it very surprising.
I do read Norsk - spelling is a bit

[Leif Bjørn Mathiesen]

Here is some links more saami-sites.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people
http://www.sami.uit.no/
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/saami.htm
http://www.icenews.is/index.php/news/co ... countries/

[gj12591]

Hei Leif
Thank you for the wonderful web pages – have already been lost in them for hours The “Ice News” has some interesting bits in it and some wonderful photos.
Heidi