Good Morning Norway Listers, I have a copy of "A Century of Area History - Pierce County and Rugby, North Dakota 1886 - 1986" Table of Contents: Family Histories Pierce County and Townships City of Rugby Business Histories Organizations Rugby Public Schools Rural Schools Churches Villages Honor Roll Miscellaneous Stories Miscellaneous Pictures Letters Index of Names Will be happy to do lookups for anyone. Jeanne in Maine JMar137@aol.com

Todd Ronning skrev i meldingen ... >Greetings, > >I am just beginning researching my wifes ancestry, which is puzzling. I >have found 4 different surname spellings for her great grandma, who >emigrated from Norway in the late 1800's. Jenny Senstebe was born 27 June, >1874 in Drammen, Norway There is Sønsteby in Vestby, Ringsaker (Lillehammer), Våler (Elverum), Toten (several), Gran, Flå (Gulsvik), Geithus (near Drammen), Åmot på Modum (near Drammen), Ringerike (Steinsfjerdingen), Svelvik (near Drammen). Sønstebø: Lesja (Dombås), Uvdal i Numedal (Brostrud), Bø i Telemark (Oterholt), Kviteseid (Telemark), Gransherad (Notodden), Tinn (Tessungdalen, Rjukan), Bømlo (Meling). Med hilsen Arnstein Rønning

Welcome to Stavanger, Norway at http://www.stavanger-web.com .This site has a lot of tourist information and a discussion forum to answer your questions and share your travel experiences.

Ed, The only MUFFENBIER family in the book is: John and Anna Marie MUFFENBIER John MUFFENBIER was born near Odessa, Russia in 1862. He came to the United States through New York in 1892. He worked in various places, and then went to Aberdeen, SD., where he had relatives. There he married Anna Marie BACKEMEIER in 1894. Anna Marie BACKEMEIER was born in 1870. She came to the United States from Russia by way of Canada. Two children, Gunda and Jack were born to John and Marie while living in Aberdeen. In 1901, they moved to North Dakota, homesteading in McHenry County. A son, John was born while living there. In 1906 they moved to Reno Valley in Pierce County. Children Mike, Lena, Elizabeth, Mary Gertrude and Valentine were born there. John Muffenbier passed away in 1935 and Anna Marie in 1962. Gunda, Jack, John and Lena have all passed away. Taken from A Century of Area History, Pierce County and Rugby, North Dakota 1886 - 1986, page 150. There is a picture also, if you want a photocopy. ========================================================= Family #2 All I have for BURNS is: Howard BURNS, son of Harry C and Lorraine Moat BURNS. If you want this information I will send it to you. ========================================================== Family #3 (same as #2) If I can help further, please let me know. Jeanne

Hi to all, My mother and I recently visited the family history centre in Montreal to photocopy old church records. We could make out the date and the name, but we could barely read the rest, but without understanding what we were reading. I have scanned 7 church records. My scanner program would not allow me (go figure why) to save those documents in a .jpg format, but only in .psd from Adobe Photoshop. Is anyone interested in transcribing and translating those documents? I suppose they all more or less say the same thing. We're interested in having more information about the godparents, siblings, etc. Anyone interested can write to me at my personnal e-mail address : nina_k73@hotmail.com Thanks in advance, Nina _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

My maternal Grandmother passed on 2 years ago@ 102 yo Name : Hjordis Elizabeth Schlesinger born: 1896 Died: 1998 Montreal Canada. Married Victor Kirner Any info would be most appreciated. My Uncle's (Bill) Wife is re-creating family tree. My Mom: Margaret Gunvor Kirner (willis) Please email @ b.willis@home.com

Good Morning Norway Listers, I have a copy of "A Century of Area History - Pierce County and Rugby, North Dakota 1886 - 1986" Table of Contents: Family Histories Pierce County and Townships City of Rugby Business Histories Organizations Rugby Public Schools Rural Schools Churches Villages Honor Roll Miscellaneous Stories Miscellaneous Pictures Letters Index of Names Will be happy to do lookups for anyone. Jeanne in Maine JMar137@aol.com

There is a Martinius Nyfløt in the phone book with address Lågenveien 10, 2635 Tretten who has the phone number 61 27 69 27, and two mobile phone numbers 943 77 645 and 958 20 225. Per B. Lilje

Sønsteby or Sønstebye is such a common farm name, that it will give you problems finding the right one. These farms are all over the country. You say this lady was born in Drammen. Try looking for farms in circles starting from there. Have a nice day. John Morten "Todd Ronning" <ronfam@lakenet.com> wrote in message news:XNDs5.6179$B54.17303@newsfeed.slurp.net... > Greetings, > > I am just beginning researching my wifes ancestry, which is puzzling. I > have found 4 different surname spellings for her great grandma, who > emigrated from Norway in the late 1800's. Jenny Senstebe was born 27 June, > 1874 in Drammen, Norway. The following records came from Taylor Co., > Wisconsin. > > Marriage record spells her surname > Sensiby. > Her sons birth record lists the mothers maiden as > Suntiby. > Her sisters, childs birth record lists the mother's maiden name as > Soensteby. > My wifes grandmother (age 89) thought the spelling was > Senstebe. > > Wow....how can I sort this out. Are any of these names common in Norway? > Any body have any ideas? Thank you in advance. > > Todd Ronning > Two Harbors, Minnesota > > >

Ooohh - I hate to do this to you - but the closest thing I can find in Norwegian farm names in the 1865 census is Sønsteby and Sønstebye (I've often seen oe used as a substitution for the ø...) There seem to be 30 something farms using those names in various fylker of Norway. Two in Buskerud - the closest one to Drammen would probably be in Modum. http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/index-eng.htm PR Todd Ronning wrote: > Greetings, > > I am just beginning researching my wifes ancestry, which is puzzling. I > have found 4 different surname spellings for her great grandma, who > emigrated from Norway in the late 1800's. Jenny Senstebe was born 27 June, > 1874 in Drammen, Norway. The following records came from Taylor Co., > Wisconsin. > > Marriage record spells her surname > Sensiby. > Her sons birth record lists the mothers maiden as > Suntiby. > Her sisters, childs birth record lists the mother's maiden name as > Soensteby. > My wifes grandmother (age 89) thought the spelling was > Senstebe. > > Wow....how can I sort this out. Are any of these names common in Norway? > Any body have any ideas? Thank you in advance. > > Todd Ronning > Two Harbors, Minnesota

Greetings, I am just beginning researching my wifes ancestry, which is puzzling. I have found 4 different surname spellings for her great grandma, who emigrated from Norway in the late 1800's. Jenny Senstebe was born 27 June, 1874 in Drammen, Norway. The following records came from Taylor Co., Wisconsin. Marriage record spells her surname Sensiby. Her sons birth record lists the mothers maiden as Suntiby. Her sisters, childs birth record lists the mother's maiden name as Soensteby. My wifes grandmother (age 89) thought the spelling was Senstebe. Wow....how can I sort this out. Are any of these names common in Norway? Any body have any ideas? Thank you in advance. Todd Ronning Two Harbors, Minnesota

I have an index to the Ulen, Minnesota book "Spanning the Century" put out in 1985. It's quite long, so I don't wish to post it to the list. There are a lot of people from Hallingdal area in the book. If anyone one want's a copy, send to me offlist. If you find family in the index or have a question, write me back offlist. Margit

Edvard Ronning, b. 1868, married Johanna Olsdatter Eidsvag, b. 1865. They took over the farm Hjellen in 1894, from Johanna's father. They had the following children: 1. Paula Marie, b. 1893 2. Ola, b. 1895 3. Ingvald, b. 1897 4. Magnar Johan, b. 1900 5. Gudrun, b. 1902 6. Oluf Kristian, b. 1904 7. Ingeborg, b. 1907 I seek living descendants of Edvard. My granfather was brother to Edvard. His name was Thore Olsen Ronning, b. 1874, Eidsvag, Nesset, More Og Romsdal. Thank you. Todd Ronning Two Harbors, Minnesota

John You can try : http://www.telefonkatalogen.no/ which should have all Norwegian numbers. I tried just now, but the site was not available. Have a good trip Hilsen Svein "John Reindl" <reindl@chorus.net> wrote in message news:39B182D5.9ED7E829@chorus.net... Hei ~ I apologize for this short notice message. An acquitance is looking for the phone number and names of the people living at the Nyfløt farm in the Ringebu kommune. In an early edition of Norske Gardsbruk, the owners are listed as Martinus and Randi Nyfløt. Martinus was the brother of my friend's grandmother. He is leaving for Norway on Monday and would like to contact the current residents of the farm, as they may be relatives. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Med beste hilsen, John Reindl Madison, WI PS ~ De kan skrive paa norsk. Mange tusen takk

My thanks to all who helped on my request for a phone number for the Nyfløt farm near Ringebu in Gudsbrandsdalen. I was able to forward to my friend the phone number of a relative who speaks English and hopefully my friend will be able to visit the farm. This is a great list of wonderful people! Med beste hilsen og mange tusen takk, John Reindl Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Hi again! If you go to my website http://home.online.no/~afivelan/Familie.htm and go to the link slekta on the site it will open up with me first. Then choose my mother Iris and then choose her father Johannes and then his father Ole Karin and his father Johannes.....the last Johannes here is Christensas brother... Happy hunting! Liv Fiveland "J. Peterson" <jjlkpeterson@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:39b27c9e.49291787@news... > Hello Liv Fiveland, > > It appears that we are cousins! > > Unfortuneately, I am not able to read any Norwegian and was unable to > go through the information on your web site. My mother is still able > to speak it though and I will have to check with her if she can still > read Norwegian. > > Would you be able to provide any information on Christensa (my > G-Grandmother) concerning her parents, grand-parents, etc.? > > My wife and I would love to make a trip to Norway sometime in the next > few years. I would love to meet any relatives that I may have over > there. > > Thank you for your help! > > Jeff Peterson > jeff@norske.org > www.norske.org >

Correction, Christensa would be my G-G-Grandmother.

Hello Liv Fiveland, It appears that we are cousins! Unfortuneately, I am not able to read any Norwegian and was unable to go through the information on your web site. My mother is still able to speak it though and I will have to check with her if she can still read Norwegian. Would you be able to provide any information on Christensa (my G-Grandmother) concerning her parents, grand-parents, etc.? My wife and I would love to make a trip to Norway sometime in the next few years. I would love to meet any relatives that I may have over there. Thank you for your help! Jeff Peterson jeff@norske.org www.norske.org

This is great! Between yourself and Dag Hoelseth, you have just given me the information I was looking for! I am amazed as to the details that you have been able to provide. I had all of Lars children and have been to the cemetary in Rush Creek where a number of my Great-Uncles & Great-Grandfather are buried. I am curious, how were you able to provide this information as I assume that you are in Norway? Once I have more time, I am interested in researching the grandmother on my fathers side, and the grandfather/grandmother on my mothers side as they also came from Norway. I don't know what a "bygdebook" is, but I assume that may be a birth record of some sort? With the information that you have provided on Lars and his father, along with Christenca, how far back would I be able to go in the family line? I am interested in going back as far as I am able on the "Pederson" side for right now, but of course would welcome any other family information. I am interested in going to Norway and would like to do so in a few years. With the information that I can obtain, I would love to meet any relatives that I may have in Norway and possibly the home(s) that they lived. What is a parish or sub-parish in Norway? Also, when one talks of a farm name, what is that referring to? As my wife and I just had a baby boy, Garrett, I am interested in our family heritage. Thank you for the help that you have provided on my family and I hope that I am not asking too much from you! Jeff Peterson jeff@norske.org www.norske.org >This must be Lars Pederson Teigen that Dag Hoelseth pointed out. He was >born at Teigen under Sandvik farm in Luster parish (Gaupne subparish) >1848.09.08. He was the 6th child (of 10) of Peder Pederson Teigen >(1809-1885) from Aurland parish and Christenca Torbjørnsdatter Eikum >(1813-1883) from Hafslo. Lars emigrated to Crawford Co. in 1882 and >married there 1887.06.01 with Oline Olsdatter. Lars (called Louis) and >Oline (called Olena) farmed at Rush Creek, Freeman township, Crawford >Co. and got 11 children: Elmer, Peter, Lottie, Christina, John, Steen, >Anna, Rudolph, Alfred, Oscar, and Hannah. > >Quite a lot more details are found in the bygdebook for Luster which is >my source. If you want to find out where Teigen is, you have to find >Marifjøra in Luster (Lyster) on a map of Western Norway. Teigen is about >2 km along the coast southeast of Marifjøra. > >The g-g-grandmother of my wife emigrated to Crawford in 1874. She later >on moved to Sterling in Vernon, but some of her children settled in >Freeman. > >Knut Bryn, Molde

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