In 1922, there were just over 13,000 cars on the roads in Norway. Many people today have pictures of their ancestors behind the wheel or posing next to a car we would now call a vintage car. But what kind of car was it? Or was it really your great-grandfather who owned that car?
Bilboka 1922 can be found in scanned form on Digitalarkivet, but unless you know the registration number, it can be difficult to do random searches by name or make of car.
Slekt1 has now transcribed Bilboka for 1922. This makes it easier to find out whether grandparents, great-grandparents or great-great-grandparents were among Norway's earliest car owners.
You can search for free, but to find out more than the owner's name you need to be a subscriber here at Slekt1.
By searching in the Car Book, you can find out the following:
- Owner's name
- The registration number
- Type - Was the vehicle registered as a car, taxi, truck, electric car, etc.?
- Number of horsepower
- Brand
- Where in the country it was registered
The information found in Bilboka 1922 may not provide any confirmation of family relationships. However, it is a source that spices up the family history with more than just names and dates.
Unique insight into BilNorge in 1922
The searchable version of Bilboka from 1922 provides a unique insight into which cars rolled on Norwegian roads and what function they had.
Bilboken is intended to provide a «Complete list of registered automobiles in Norway, their type, horsepower, factory and owner's name, as well as various other useful information for car owners and car enthusiasts». Although there can be a lot of exciting additional information in Bilboka, Slekt1 has focused on transcribing information about car owners and their cars.
At the back of the book there is a disclaimer in relation to typing errors. There you can read that the content of Bilboka is collected from all over the country. Some data is copied several times before it reaches the printed edition of Bilboka 1922. Some errors, they write, are therefore inevitable.
Just as they may have made mistakes in the original, the searchable version may also contain errors. It is therefore recommended to look up the scanned version to double-check the result.
