When Knudsdatter was born about 1683, in Gjerstad, Aust-Agder, Norway, her father, Knud Erichson Østerholt, was 43 and her mother, Berthe Nilsdatter Levang, was 32.
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The State Church of Norway passed a law which required ministers to keep a written record of all baptisms, marriages, burials.
1n 1700 Norway changed from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar. The day after 18 Feb in the Julian Calendar became 1 March in the Gregorian calendar.
Law of 1736 legally established Confirmation in the Lutheran Church which led to organized education for all children. These became important records which the Pastor kept.
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