This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2V.2ADI/287.1.1 Message Board Post: That is great! I try to find descedants of his brother Hans Charles Hansen who was married to my grandaunt Bredina Mathilda (Dina) , and know that they lived in Benicia. I think that is close to Walnut Creek. They all came from a small city in Norway, Holmestrand. Regards Inger