This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson / Helland Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Wl.2ADIB/8828.2.1 Message Board Post: On June 13, 2004 PR responds to my "Missing?" query: You were right on the money!!! Elias A.(Anderson) Helland and Ragnhild Turine Helland are my g-g-grandparents, whose listed emigration dates were 1852 & 1854. They were living in Polk Co., Minnesota, in the 1900 US census. I believe you are right about the adoption of the Helland surname in honor of a farm or community they came from. I now need help figuring out where they emigrated from... Possibly Ragnhild's maiden name, or her birth city, or birth city of Elias, might be listed. Any other clues where I might look??? Thanks. Steve. To PR: maybe we could connect off-line? Steve: [email protected]