""ioannes"" <ioannes@ida.net> skrev i melding news:000101c09017$e357bf00$c95afea9@ivan... > The christening record for my ancestor Grethe Jorine Monsdaughter states > that her parents were unmarried when she was born in 1827. Her father is > listed as Mons Monsen from the farm Aase in Hoiland Parish and her mother is > Guri Borrildsdaughter from Stangeland Vestre. I have found a Mons Monsen > from the farm Aase in Hoiland but he is married (in 1829) to a Guri > Lorentzdaughter and listed as having 7 children. Grethe Jorine is not among > them. I have been able to establish parentage for Guri Borrildsdaughter and > believe that she is found living alone on the 1865 census; while the census > also shows Mons Monsen and Guri Lorentzdaughter living together. Does anyone > have any suggestions about where I go from here? I guess you have got a right picture of it. You may get some help to check it in Høyland bygdebok (farm history book). You find volonteers to do look-up in http://www.slektsbiblioteket.com/english.htm I guess Guri is the 2 years old girl at Østvold, Høyland, in the 1801 census. Bør(r)ild is a rather rare name. There is no Børild on Stangeland vestre in 1801. They have probably moved to Stangeland later on. Mon Monsen is perhaps son of Mogens Larsen, (18) on Aase, Høyland in 1801 census.