Researching Helga Stene
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The name Helga means "Holy, faithful" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Helga Stene on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Helga Stene and the Stene Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stene Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Stene family tree.
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Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Helga Stene using the FreeBMD database.
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Stene Family Tree Databases
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Stene Forums
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Miscellaneous Stene Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Helga Stene. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Helga Stene
Helga Stene
Helga Stene (8 October 1904 – 2 October 1983) was a Norwegian educator, feminist and resistance member. She was born in Notodden, and was a sister of Aasta Stene. She graduated from the University of Oslo in 1932. She lectured a few years at universities in Berlin and in Sweden. From 1937 to 1966 she was assigned to various secondary schools in Oslo, as teacher and administrator. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany she played a leading role in the parents' resistance, including massive protests against new laws for regulating children's life. She was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1977.
Source: Helga Stene, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Stene
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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