After many frustrating years of trying to find my Grandmothers place of birth in Norway I found the magic website. Only one shred of evidence found in 1995 led me to the vicinity and that was "Posgrunn". I read many microfilms from the area around Porsgrund to no avail. The Norwegian 1865 online census didn't do me much good either (being wriiten in Norwegian, I tried, really I did) until I stumbled across this website 2 days ago. http://draug.rhd.isv.uit.no/rhd/folketellinger_engelsk_britisk.html I plugged in her father/mothers name ( found on her Milwaukee County marriage certificate) and up jumped the census record for the family. Now I have the municipality (SOLUM) and my adventure begins anew. Armed with this parish I can get microfilms through the FHL and Bygdeboker through the library loan system. Bottom line is: Don't get discouraged Persevere, persevere, persevere Anybody else searching Solum? Would like to hear from you. David L. Johnson http://members.aol.com/borhaug