Initiating: The Data source is a zipped database allowing search on fields like 'given name', 'fathers name', 'mothets name ' [the names mentioned in the search fields]. Allow from 20 - 120 sec to transfer the zipped database [depending on the speed of your internet-connecion]. The database is ready when the queryfields are visible in the upper frame of your browser.

Search: Fill in text in one or more queryfields and press the "Search/Søk" button. The search will be performed in a 'field contains this string' manner, so if you put "ol" in the field, the database will show all fields that contains the part of string, eg. Ole, Oline, Karoline and Tollev. The found information is placed in tables in the lower frame. If no information fits your criteria, the message *** No records found *** is displayed. To show more information on a displayed record, press the ID-number in the left coloumn, to initiate an alternate view . (illustration: right side )

Printout: To print a table, click the "Skriv ut" hypertext on top of table

Browsers: To use the databases you better use the later versions of your prefered browser. Since Browseinform utilizes a Java™ based databasengine, you are advised to have the latest version of 'Java Runtime Environment' installed on your computer. Check http://www.java.com/en/ for the details.

Special characters: When you start a new database, you will for some tables get information in bottom of lower frame that the standard 4G is followed to transcribe the Churchbook. - Double questionmarks (??) tell you that the information probably is incorrect, while double exclamation marks (!!) gives the indication that the field in the source is blank, or clearly har incorrect data. If the source-information is crossed over, the data is sorroubded by %-signs. - Alternate interpretations of the source are put inside @ signs, example Anders @Andreas@ . Contradictory information are marked with ( !! )in the field, and they are normaly commented in the remarq-field. In the remarq-field - K - tells you this is a remarq made in the original source, - E - tells yoy this is a note from the transcriber, while - D - informs you that this is a 'Latin datefield .

Advanced search:  If you search for a name witch has a high frequency in the database (like Ole), the amounts of hits can grow too large, and cost yoy extra time browsing trough the tables searching for your Ole. - To reduce the number of hits, you might fill in more fields of the search, like given name Ole and fathers name Tron . If you want to search for strings in all coloumns in the database, not just the ones with their own searchfield, some tables has a Alle kolonner / All coloumns field. (illustration) . If you press the Search-button without filling in any serachcriteria, the whole table is displayed

Sorting inside tables: The tables can be sorted on the ASCII-value (alphabeticly) of each coloumn. Click on the coloumnheader to sort.

Known problems: No search-fields are shown even if I wait 2 - 3 minutes after clicking the link to the database from the http://www.valdresslekt.no/dataregistrerte_kilder.htm page. Update the page with the Update-button in your browser. The small button underneath the Searh-fields has a red color. This indicates an error in the database or the programcode transfered to your computer.Discribe your problem in a mail [ maillink ]